The 1st Annual PSFA Nominations

As the film half of Push-Start is getting ready to grow by about 1000%, I am pleased to announce the 1st Annual Push-Start Film Awards. The nominations are featured below, with the winners announced on February 24th, just hours before the Academy Awards are handed out. The voting body encompasses both current and past Push-Start film writers, as well as members of the games side of things.

Without further a do…

Best Picture

• Lincoln
• Argo
• Silver Linings Playbook
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Master
• Django Unchained

Best Director

• Ben Affleck – Argo
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
• Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Rises

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
• John Hawkes – The Sessions

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike/Killer Joe

Best Supporting Actress

• Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Judi Dench – Skyfall
• Juno Temple – Killer Joe

Best Screenplay

• Tony Kushner – Lincoln
• Chris Terrio – Argo
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
• Rian Johnson – Looper

Best Animated Feature

• Frankenweenie
• Brave
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Paranorman
• Rise of the Guardians

Best Cinematography

• Lincoln
• The Master
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Django Unchained
• Skyfall

Best Sound

• The Dark Knight Rises
• Lincoln
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables

Best Editing

• Argo
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty
• The Master

Best Art Direction

• Lincoln
• Argo
• Les Miserables
• Django Unchained
• Prometheus

Best Visual Effects

• The Avengers
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Life of Pi
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Skyfall

Best Costumes, Hair and Make-Up

• Lincoln
• Les Miserables
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Looper
• Argo

Best Score

• Lincoln
• Cloud Atlas
• Argo
• Skyfall
• The Master