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Goes out Sat Oct 10, a week ahead of your auction on Sat Oct 17.
A season needs 30 to 40 films. Give each a tier, a note, and the categories it could show up in.
Edit a film
The board goes out Sat Oct 10.
Requests
1 waitingAvatar: Fire and AshAlex: "it will make a billion", Dec 18
Added films start in Tier 3 with the requester's line as the note. Declines tell them why in the feed.
Goes out Sat Oct 10
7 days- 51 films30 needed: 5 seats × 6 films
- Every film has a note1 your own, the rest the season's. Edit a film to write your own.
Players see it the moment you publish. You can still edit notes and add requests until the auction. Change the date
Tier 1, 10 films
Fair $110–150Tier 2, 15 films
Fair $40–100Tier 3, 26 films
Fair $5–3051 films go to every player
Players see it the moment you publish. You can still edit notes and add requests until the auction.
The board, 51 films
Tier 1, 10 films
Fair range starts at $110–150CategoriesFairArtificialGuadagnino on Sam Altman's 2023 firing at OpenAI. A strong NYFF premiere, and Garfield's Actor buzz is rising.Pic, Dir, Actor3$110–150Edit
Dune: Part ThreeVilleneuve's finale, unseen until Dec 18. Already top ten for Picture on most lists.Pic, Dir, Script3$110–150Edit
FjordMungiu's drama of a couple accused of abuse in Norway won the Palme d'Or. Romania's entry, on the Picture bubble.Pic, Dir, Actor, Actress4$110–150Edit
La Bola NegraA Lorca-inspired queer epic across three eras. Best Director at Cannes, People's Choice at TIFF, Spain's entry, second on most lists.Pic, Dir, Supp. Actress3$110–150Edit
ObsessionA micro-budget horror that made $263 million. Top ten for Picture at Gold Derby; Navarrette is near the top of Actress.Pic, Actress, Script3$110–150Edit
Project Hail MarySpring's sci-fi crowd-pleaser, $684 million worldwide and warm reviews. A likely Picture nominee, with Gosling in the Actor hunt.Pic, Actor, Script3$110–150Edit
The DebutJulianne Moore as a Jersey housewife in a community-theatre musical. Top five for Picture; Moore and Giamatti lead their races.Pic, Actress, Supp. Actor, Script4$110–150Edit
The InviteWilde's dinner-party comedy, the summer's indie hit. Top ten for Picture, Wilde in Actress, Cruz in Supporting, a screenplay favorite.Pic, Actress, Supp. Actress, Script4$110–150Edit
The OdysseyNolan's Greek epic. Damon, Hathaway, Pattinson. Still the film to beat.Pic, Dir, Actor, Supp. Actress, Script5$110–150Edit
Wild Horse NineMcDonagh's black comedy set around Chile's 1973 coup. Malkovich won the Volpi Cup; a top-three pick everywhere.Pic, Dir, Actor, Supp. Actor, Script5$110–150Edit
Tier 2, 15 films
Fair range starts at $40–100CategoriesFairAll of a SuddenHamaguchi in French: Efira and Okamoto shared Best Actress at Cannes. Japan's entry, with a Director case.Dir, Actress2$40–100Edit
Behemoth!Gilroy's drama of a cellist scoring films in LA was NYFF's centerpiece. Mixed reviews; Pascal's notices are the case.Pic, Dir, Actor3$40–100Edit
Being HeumannThe Judith Heumann story opened TIFF and placed in its audience award. Rising, with Ruth Madeley in Actress.Pic, Actress, Supp. Actor, Script4$40–100Edit
Club KidFirstman's nightlife comedy, Cannes to NYFF on raves. Top ten for Picture at AwardsWatch, and an Original Screenplay contender.Pic, Actor, Script3$40–100Edit
DiggerIñárritu's Tom Cruise satire opened to $8 million and split reviews. Sinking, though Cruise is still in the Actor race.Pic, Dir, Actor3$40–100Edit
ElsinoreAndrew Scott as Ian Charleson, playing Hamlet while dying of AIDS. Scott is a top-three Actor pick; Picture is on the bubble.Pic, Actor, Supp. Actress3$40–100Edit
FatherlandPawlikowski's black-and-white road film with Thomas Mann and his daughter. Shared Best Director at Cannes; Hüller is top three in Actress.Dir, Actress2$40–100Edit
I Play RockyThe making of Rocky, TIFF's crowd-pleaser and People's Choice runner-up. On the Best Picture bubble.Pic, Actor, Supp. Actor3$40–100Edit
MichaelThe Michael Jackson biopic critics panned and audiences made a billion-dollar hit. Jaafar Jackson is outside the Actor five.Actor1$40–100Edit
Paper TigerJames Gray's 1980s Queens crime drama opened NYFF. A long shot for Picture; Driver and the screenplay have a real chance.Pic, Dir, Actor, Supp. Actor, Script5$40–100Edit
PrimetimeRobert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, out since Sep 25. Pattinson is inside the Actor top ten; the rest is a stretch.Dir, Actor2$40–100Edit
Tender Loving CareMike Leigh's billed final film won San Sebastián's Golden Shell to raves. Bailey and O'Flynn are campaigning.Pic, Dir, Actress, Supp. Actress, Script5$40–100Edit
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff BoothFincher directs Tarantino's script, with Pitt back as Cliff in 1977. Nobody has seen it; pundits range from top ten to nowhere.Pic, Dir, Actor, Script4$40–100Edit
The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkA festival favorite since Sundance. John Turturro, never nominated, is top four in Actor at AwardsWatch.Actor, Supp. Actor2$40–100Edit
The Social ReckoningSorkin's Facebook-leak follow-up to The Social Network. First reactions say good, not great; Strong as Zuckerberg is the case.Pic, Actress, Supp. Actor, Script4$40–100Edit
Tier 3, 26 films
Fair range starts at $5–30CategoriesFairA Long WinterHaigh's 1950s Colorado drama from a Colm Tóibín story. Reviews split; Hechinger and Balfe are the push.Dir, Actor, Supp. Actress3$5–30Edit
BackroomsThe YouTube horror that became A24's biggest hit ever. A box-office wild card with no clear race.None yet$5–30Edit
Bitter ChristmasAlmodóvar's tragicomedy, warm but minor. Not Spain's entry, and on no prediction lists.Dir1$5–30Edit
BunkerZeller's Venice entry drew mixed reviews. A late qualifying run, wide in 2027, and barely on the lists.Actor, Actress2$5–30Edit
CowardDhont's WWI love story; its two leads shared Best Actor at Cannes. Belgium's entry, just outside the predicted five.Dir, Actor2$5–30Edit
Disclosure DaySpielberg's summer sci-fi, a modest hit. Universal is pushing Emily Blunt; the pundits are cool.Actress1$5–30Edit
Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty!Sundance's directing winner, a Tokyo ballroom drama with Rinko Kikuchi. It opened small and the buzz has faded.Actress1$5–30Edit
HopeNa Hong-jin's monster epic, out since September. Not Korea's entry, so a long shot.Dir1$5–30Edit
I SwearThe John Davidson Tourette's story; Robert Aramayo won the BAFTA. Out since April, so eligible this year.Actor, Supp. Actor, Supp. Actress3$5–30Edit
InkBoyle on Murdoch's rise, from James Graham's play. Guy Pearce is a Supporting Actor contender, fading since Venice.Dir, Supp. Actor, Script3$5–30Edit
JosephineWon Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award to raves. A long shot from a small distributor.Pic, Supp. Actor, Supp. Actress, Script4$5–30Edit
MinotaurZvyagintsev's anti-war marriage thriller took Cannes' Grand Prix. France's entry, and a Director dark horse.Dir1$5–30Edit
Misty GreenChris Rock's TIFF drama: mixed on the film, glowing on Rosalind Eleazar, who's in the Actress conversation.Actress1$5–30Edit
Possible LoveLee Chang-dong's class drama won Venice's Grand Jury Prize. Korea's entry, with some of the year's best reviews.Dir, Actress2$5–30Edit
Queen at SeaHammer's dementia drama won three Silver Bears at Berlin. Binoche, Courtenay and Calder-Marshall are all in the mix.Actress, Supp. Actor, Supp. Actress3$5–30Edit
RoseSchleinzer's black-and-white 17th-century drama. Hüller won Berlin's Silver Bear; Austria's entry, out Dec 11.Dir, Actress2$5–30Edit
Sense and SensibilityGeorgia Oakley's Austen, to warm reviews. Its best shots are crafts we don't score; Creed-Miles is an outside Supporting pick.Supp. Actress1$5–30Edit
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaJane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher, an 89 on Metacritic and the Queer Palm. Gillian Anderson is a Supporting Actress long shot.Supp. Actress, Script2$5–30Edit
TenzingApple's Everest biopic of Tenzing Norgay. Warm but formulaic, and on nobody's list.None yet$5–30Edit
The Bride!Gyllenhaal's Frankenstein romance flopped in March. Out of the conversation.Actress1$5–30Edit
The LiberationCarrie Coon leads a war drama to strong notices. A fringe Actress pick, with a qualifying run in November.Actress1$5–30Edit
The UnknownHarari's body-swap mystery got mixed reviews at Cannes and isn't France's entry.Dir, Script2$5–30Edit
Goes out Sat Oct 10
7 days- 51 films30 needed: 5 seats × 6 films
- Every film has a note1 your own, the rest the season's. Edit a film to write your own.
Players see it the moment you publish. You can still edit notes and add requests until the auction. Change the date
Categories in play
3 tickedWhere it could plausibly be nominated. Players see the count and the list; it's the whole case for the film.
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