The 14th Annual Team Experience Awards: "OBAA" and "Sinners" lead the nominations

by Cláudio Alves

SINNERS | © Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another and Sinners lead the 14th annual Team Experience Award nominations. Both films scored twelve nods each, a bit below their Oscar haul in the horror flick’s case, but still respectable. However, neither beat the Team Experience Awards record set by The Favourite, which scored 13 nominations in 2019. As ever, it’s worth reminding that these honors are voted on by The Film Experience writers, excluding Nathaniel, who does his own Film Bitch Awards, wholly separate from this list. He probably wouldn’t have allowed the tie that expands this year’s Best Director roster to six slots. Oh well, it’s more cinema to celebrate, more artistry to cheer and applaud. So, let’s get to it!

Discover the full list of nominees, in our 20 categories, after the jump…

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER | © Warner Bros.

BEST PICTURE

• HAMNET
  Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes & Steven Spielberg 

• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
  Philippe Martin & Jafar Panahi

• MAGELLAN
  Joaquim Sapinho, Albert Serra, Paul Soriano, Montse Triola, Mark Victor & Marta Vieira Alves

• NO OTHER CHOICE
  Jisun Back, Alexandre Gavras, Park Chan-wook & Michèle Ray-Gavras 

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
  Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy & Adam Somner

• THE SECRET AGENT
  Emilie Lesclaux & Kleber Mendonça Filho

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

• SINNERS
  Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler & Sev Ohanian

• TRAIN DREAMS
  Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer & Teddy Schwarzman

• THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
  Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae & James Wilson

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
• Lav Diaz, MAGELLAN
• Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT
• Park Chan-wook, NO OTHER CHOICE
• Joachim Trier, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

THE SECRET AGENT | © Neon

BEST ACTRESS 

• Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
• Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
• Kathleen Chalfant, FAMILIAR TOUCH
• Jennifer Lawrence, DIE MY LOVE
• Emma Stone, BUGONIA 

BEST ACTOR

• Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS
• Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON
• Lee Byung-hun, NO OTHER CHOICE
• Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT
• Abou Sangaré, SOULEYMANE’S STORY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Kirsten Dunst, ROOFMAN
• Elle Fanning, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Regina Hall, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Inga Ibsdottir Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Jacob Elordi, FRANKENSTEIN
• Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Aram Sabbah, TO A LAND UNKNOWN
• Alexander Skarsgård, PILLION
• Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ENSEMBLE 

• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
  Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hasgemzadeh, Delmaz Najafi & Afsaneh Najm Abadi 

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
  Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn, April Grace, D.W. Moffett, Paul Grimstand, Dijon, Kevin Tughe, John Hoogenakker, Eric Schweig, Jim Downey, Alana Haim, Shayna McHayle, Brookleyn Demme, Sachi Diserafino, Melissa Dueñas, Starletta DuPois, Vanessa Ganter & Joe Silva 

• THE SECRET AGENT
  Wagner Moura, Tânia Maria, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Robério Diógenes, Roney Villela, Alice Carvalho, Hermila Guedes, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Thomñas Aquino, Laura Lufési, Isadora Ruppert, Igor de Araújo, Ítalo Martins, Udo Kier, João Vitor Silva, Luciano Chirolli, Geane Albuquerque, Fafa Dantas, Suzy Lopes, Gregorio Graziosi, Joálisson Cunha, Aline Marta maia, Buda Lira, Wilson Rabelo, Erivaldo Oliveira, Enzo Nunes, Márcio De Paula, Fabiana Pirro, Ruben Santos, Kaiony Venâncio, Licínio Januário, Marcelo Valle, Robson Andrade & Edilson Silva 

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lars Väringer, Ida Marianne Vassbotn Klasson, Vilde Søyland, Olivia Thompson,Iben Policer Havnevik, Irma Trier, Ida Atlanta Kyllingmark Giertsen & Julie Østhagen

• SINNERS
  Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Omar Benson Miller, Yao, Lola Kirke, Peter Dreimanis, Saul Williams, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Tenaj L. Jackson, Helena Hu & Buddy Guy

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT | © Neon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, PEPE
• Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
• Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT
• Jafar Panahi, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Shadmehr Rastin & Nader Saeivar, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
• Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh, DIE MY LOVE
• Harry Lighton, PILLION
• Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao, HAMNET
• Jahye Lee, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Park Chan-wook, NO OTHER CHOICE

SENTIMENTAL VALUE | © Neon

BEST EDITING

• Kirk Baxter, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
• Olivier Bugge Coutté, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Matthieu Laclau, Lin Xudong & Yang Chao, CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
• Michael P. Shawver, SINNERS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS
• Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Fabian Gamper, SOUND OF FALLING
• Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom & Rui Poças, GRAND TOUR
• Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS

TRAIN DREAMS | © Netflix

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Hannah Beachler & Monique Champagne, SINNERS
• Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton, HAMNET
• Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau, FRANKENSTEIN
• Jack Fisk & Adam Willis, MARTY SUPREME
• Qiang Liu, RESURRECTION

BEST COSTUME DESIGN 

• Colleen Atwood, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Ruth E. Carter, SINNERS
• Kate Hawley, FRANKENSTEIN
• Lindsay Pugh, HEDDA
• Malgosia Turzanska, HAMNET

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING 

• BRING HER BACK, Rebecca Buratto, Paul Katte & Larry Van Duynhoven
• FRANKENSTEIN, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel & Cliona Furey
• SINNERS, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine & Shunika Terry
• THE UGLY STEPSISTER, Thomas Foldberg & Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
• WEAPONS, Jascon Collins, Leo Satkovich & Melizah Anguiano Wheat

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon & Daniel Barrett
• F1, Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington & Keith Dawson
• NO OTHER CHOICE, Lee Seung-je
• RESURRECTION, Wu Songyi, Chi-Kit Chan, Lise Fischer & Strilen Liu
• SINNERS, Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter & Donnie Dean

HAMNET | © Focus Features

BEST MUSIC

• HAMNET, Max Richter
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Jonny Greenwood
• SINNERS, Ludwig Göransson
• SIRĀT, Kangding Ray
• THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, Daniel Blumberg

BEST SOUND

• F1, Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo & Juan Peralta
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio & Tony Villaflor
• SINNERS, Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor & Steve Boeddeker
• SIRĀT, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas & Yasmina Praderas
• SOUND OF FALLING, Billie Mind, Jürgen Schulz & Kai Tebbel

NO OTHER CHOICE | © Neon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 

• AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
  James Cameron & Jon Landau 

• THE BAD GUYS 2
  Pierre Perifel, JP Sans & Damon Ross  

• ENDLESS COOKIE
  Peter Scriver, Seth Scriver, Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle & Chris Yurkovich

• KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
  Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang & Michelle Wong

• LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
  Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade, Claire La Combe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago, Stephanie Sheh & Michael Sinterniklaas

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

• 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
  Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson & Michelle Mizner

• AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
  Albert Serra, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Luis Ferrón, Marta Lacima Ligero, Pedro Palacios, Ricard Sales, Joaquim Sapinho, Montse Triola & Marta Vieira Alves

• COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
  Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro & Stef Willen

• MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
  Julia Loktev 

• THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
  Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu & Alisa Payne

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
  France, Iran, Luxembourg 

• MAGELLAN
  France, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan 

• NO OTHER CHOICE
  France, South Korea

• THE SECRET AGENT
  Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, UK

MAGELLAN | © Janus Films

FUN FACTS & FIGURES

• In total, 49 films received votes in the Best Picture category.
• In total, 82 performances received votes across the four acting categories.
• Across these 20 categories, the Team Experience managed to recognize 44 features. The numbers are down from last year's 47. It is, however, significantly more than the Academy, whose voting body nominated a grand total of 35 feature films.
• With twelve nominations each, One Battle After Another and Sinners are this year's nomination leaders. Last year, this honor belonged to The Brutalist, with seven nods to its name.
• Among individuals, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Park Chan-wook are the most recognized, scoring citations for directing, writing, and producing their projects.
• Notably, The Voice of Hind Rajab follows in the steps of Close Your Eyes and Alcarrás by scoring a Team Experience nomination in Best Picture and nowhere else.
• With four nominations across the board, Frankenstein is the most nominated film out of the Best Picture race.
• Category confusion strikes again! Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor and Stellan Skarsgård all got votes as leads and supporting actors. Of these, only Skarsgård landed the nomination. This year, there was also category confusion in the writing races, as Roofman scored votes as both an adapted and an original screenplay.
• In terms of aligning with the Academy's taste, the Team Experience had ballots very similar to AMPAS' in the Best Production Design and Sound categories. In those cases, it was a 4/5 match.
• Father and son Stellan and Alexander Skarsgård are both nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Another such duo, the dearly departed Mohammad Bakri and his son Saleh Bakri, also received votes in the acting categories. In that case, both starred in the same film, All That’s Left of You.
• Though multiple actors had more than one eligible performance – the aforementioned Saleh Bakri, Everett Blunck, Amy Madigan, Josh O’Connor, A$AP Rocky, and Amanda Seyfried – they were mentioned for one of them on the ballots. This differs from Sebastian Stan’s situation last year, when he was splitting votes with himself for both A Different Man and The Apprentice.
• Some films are fated to be always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Marty Supreme was runner-up in four categories but was nominated only for Best Production Design. The Secret Agent and Sound of Falling were runners-up in three races, but, at least, they both received multiple nods elsewhere.
• Since we started sharing the team’s aggregated top ten, this is the first time that the majority of the nominees (6/10) are in a language other than English.

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB | © Willa

NOMINATION TALLY

Best Picture nominees are in bold.

12 nominations 

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• SINNERS 

9 nominations

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE

6 nominations

• HAMNET
• NO OTHER CHOICE
• THE SECRET AGENT

4 nominations 

• FRANKENSTEIN
• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 

3 nominations 

• MAGELLAN
• TRAIN DREAMS

2 nominations

• AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
• DIE MY LOVE
• F1
• PILLION
• RESURRECTION
• SIRĀT
• SOUND OF FALLING

1 nomination

• 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
• AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
• A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
• THE BAD GUYS 2
• BLUE MOON
• BRING HER BACK
• BUGONIA
• CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
• COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
• ENDLESS COOKIE
• FAMILIAR TOUCH
• GRAND TOUR
• HEDDA
• IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
• KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
• LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
• MARTY SUPREME
• MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
• PEPE
• THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
• ROOFMAN
• SOULEYMANE’S STORY
• THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN
• THE UGLY STEPSISTER
• THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
• WEAPONS

Winners will be announced at an, as yet, undecided date. But they’ll be here before the Oscars, don’t worry. In the meantime, tell us what you think of our choices.

Comments

[Flowers By Irene]

Why you’re doing category fraud even here?

[Mr Ripley79]

Well Done on recognising the sheer brilliance of Chalfant and even you people bought into the Buckley hype,I don't get it.

Not much a fan of your Supporting Actors outside of Penn esp the overrated Dad and Son.

Yeah for the Train Dreams love.

Surprised no Leo or Timothee.

WTH is Amy Madigan,horror gets the cold shoulder here yet again and sorry no Frankenstein 2026 is not one bit horrific except it's sets and costumes.

If you're names not Sinners in horror you had no chance..

The lack of Twinless love is baffling.

[Dave in Hollywood]

Well this is a lot of fun. I wonder how many votes it would take to get into the Best Picture category, so I guess how many people total were voting?

I haven't seen Magellan mentioned much at all, and yet here it is. Exciting to see something new (to me) listed, and I'm excited to check it out.

I assume that voters could put people in whatever category they wanted to. Did any of the vote splitters get enough votes that if they were combined they would have been nominated? So, for example, adding up Paul Mescal's total votes, would that have gotten him a spot if there wasn't category confusion?

And I'm impressed that a lot of the default nominees from other groups don't show up here. Nice to see some independent thinking!

[Mike in Canada]

Surprised Amy Madigan was left out - but if it left room for Regina Hall, I'm in. I wish Hall had been better recognized this year, I thought she was such a standout in OBAA.

Great music choices too, but I wish Daniel Lopatin's Marty score had gotten a little more love all season long.

At a certain point, I think you can retire the best non-English film category, given that they're bound to take up about 40-60% of any well-considered best picture category.

[whunk (he/him)]

Just saw Rosemead. Lucy Liu has got to be the most underrated performance of the year.

[Cláudio Alves]

Flowers by Irene -- As the person who organizes and tabulates this vote, I wish I could disqualify the votes for instances of what I perceive to be category fraud, but that would feel non-democratic and shitty of me toward my fellow writers. So, category fraud prevails... sigh.

Mr. Ripley79 -- TWINLESS received votes for Best Picture, Actor and Original Screenplay. Just not enough (or not rated high enough, since we do a preferential ballot in all categories) to score the nomination.

Dave in Hollywood -- We're not a big bunch - only contributing writers to TFE - and the votes are weighted by how they are ranked in each voter's ballot, so, sometimes, contenders with few but passionate supporters can get in. That's what happened with MAGELLAN. Indeed, it just missed Best Cinematography.

Also, you are correct in your assumption about the vote splitting. If I added Mescal's Best Actor points to his Supporting Actor ones, he'd be nominated for the latter category. The reverse wouldn't be true.

Mike in Canada -- I don't want to reveal too much, but Madigan was tied for sixth place with THE SECRET AGENT's Tânia Maria in Best Supporting Actress. Had both of them received just one extra vote, and we'd get seven nominees in that particular acting race. It was tight!

As someone who thinks MARTY SUPREME's score is the best thing about it, I am also sad that Lopatin keeps getting overlooked. I voted for him here. Regarding the Best Non-English-Language Film category, you're probably right. I guess we're just holding on because of tradition and the fact, most years, the Best Picture lineup tends to be majority English-language. This is the first year when it isn't.

whunk (he/him) -- Not a fan of the film, but she's very good in it. If it makes you feel better, as an awards voter, I saw a lot of effort put into her campaign. Indeed, that campaign is the only reason I made sure to check my screener before submitting my Golden Globe votes way back in November.

[DK]

It's amusing how Sean Penn has jolted back into the conversation.

He was treated like a nonentity from December 'til the end of February—nobody seemed to think he had a shot at winning a major precursor, much less the Oscar. Which always struck me as odd given that his performance was the one people left the year's biggest movie talking about.

And now he's won BAFTA and SAG back-to-back. I don't know if he'll win the Oscar (actually feel a Lindo wave coming in such an open field) but I'd say Penn was extremely underestimated.

[César Gaytán]

It would be interesting to know if voters make their decisions considering that are ranking their favourites or the films that each consider "the best"

In any case, I don't get the love for Emma Stone and Regina Hall, I love both of them but I feel are too contained, surprises me more about Stone because has much more atention than Jesse Plemons which I feel way interesting and complex

Is curious how this lists have some idiosyncrasy involved, a film very beloved in México (including myself) was The Ugly Stepsister but have been practically ignored outside

Is great to watch It Was Just an Accident, even more in ensemble, and I found Pepe more interesting in its direction than the screenplay but an inspiring choice anyway

[Dave in Hollywood]

Claudio, thank you so much for the replies! It was interesting to read how vote splitting occurs in a real situation re: Paul Mescal. When I left the movie, I could see his "category" going either way really. Definitely the leading man in his movie, but almost every scene he was in was dominated by Jessie Buckley (by design). I'm sure the same thing happened with all the other awards groups as well.

[Lynn Lee]

Thank you, fellow TFErs, for recognizing the brilliance of the editing in House of Dynamite.

[Arlo]

Maybe I have Emma Stone fatigue, but I really don't see how she consistently makes top 5 tabulations. Even here. Seyfried, Victor, Hawkins, etc??

[Mr Ripley79]

@Arlo she's in her prime years when everything she appears in is considered,a lot of actress have had those eras

1930's Norma Shearer,Irene Dunne,Bette Davis and Greta Garbo
1940's Bette Davis,Jennifer Jones,Ingrid Bergman,Barbara Stanwyk,Olivia de Havilland,Rosalind Russell and Greer Garson
1950's Audrey Hepburn,Elizabeth Taylor and Deborah Kerr
1960's Anne Bancroft
1970's Ellen Burstyn,Marsha Mason,Glenda Jackson and Jane Fonda
1980's Meryl Streep,Sissy Spacek,Glenn Close and Jessica Lange
1990's Susan Sarandon and Emma Thompson
2000's Kate Winslet,Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett
2010's Michelle Williams and Amy Adams
2020's Emma Stone,Jessie Buckley,Olivia Colman and Carey Mulligan