I think there is an opportunity to recognize acting in films, as no official list (as far as I am aware) focuses specifically on performances in movies. Two lists for consideration are:
For my third nomination, I really like the variety and focused nature of BFI’s list of films for children:
British Film Institute’s Top 50 Films for Children (2005) https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/british+film+institutes+top+50+films+for+children/moviedearest/
50 films (alphabetical)
“50 films you should see by the age of 14” is a list created by the British Film Institute in 2005 in order to inspire parents and educators to take movies as seriously as books and other kinds of art. It was created by more than 70 experts including film producers, teachers, authors and critics who all made their own top ten.
Sorted by ranking in groups of 10 (top 10 animation, then top 10 fantasy, etc.)
This list was created by AFI. It includes what they thought were the top 10 movies of 10 different genres including Animation, Fantasy, Gangster, Science Fiction, Western, Sports, Mystery, Romantic Comedy, Courtroom Drama, and Epic
Good point. Maybe it’s better to nominate a list of only the winners? Your choice is allowed, but personally I think 1148 titles is way too many. A list of all winners of male and female leading and supporting oscars would be better I think.
Also, with a theme like this it would be best to have an ongoing list like the oscars, so your second choice might not be such a good idea. Just saying.
Canadian Film Awards/Genies/Canadian Screen Awards Best Feature Film Winners
icm: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/canadian+screen+awardsslashgenie+awards+best+motion+picture/panunzio/
Source: Combination of three separate lists, since the Awards body/ceremony has changed over time
Updated annually
53 films (chronological)
“A list of winners of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie award) for Best Canadian Motion picture. The Canadian Film Awards were first held in 1949 with the award for Best Feature Film first being presented in 1964. This award was presented annually (except for 1974) until 1979, before becoming the Genie Awards in 1980. For the 2013 award season, the Genie awards and the Gemini awards (for excellence in Canadian television) were merged to form the Canadian Screen Awards. Voted on by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.”
I love all three of your nominations, Ferg - especially the Women Directors list. I remember how excited we all were last year at the prospect of the list possibly being made Official after being informed by Panunzio that he had received an adoption request (it ended up being his less exciting Comedy list that was adopted instead).
I would love to see the Japanese Academy Prize (a.k.a. Japanese Academy Awards) get an official list. Japan has the fourth-largest domestic film industry in the world (behind India, the U.S., and China), and yet the current official list of Kinema Junpo’s Top Japanese Films is mostly comprised of older films. In contrast, more than half of the films that won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year currently appear on 0 official lists, and only 9 of these winners appear on the aforementioned Kinema Junpo list. If these are the films that the Japanese Academy determined to be the best of the year, I believe they’re certainly worthy of a larger audience.
Plus, the national film awards of the U.S., U.K., Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, India, and Mexico all have an official list, so it seems a grave omission not to include the Japanese film awards among them.
It’s a nice mix of animated and live action films that are aimed at children/families. We don’t really have a list for this audience (outside of the IMDB one) so it would be a nice different one.
4 new checks would be added (including Matilda, which should have been official ages ago!)
The Tokyo International Film Festival began in 1985 as a biannual film festival until 1991 where it has since been organized every year where the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix stands as the top prize.
The Ophir Awards are film awards awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry. We are yet to have an Israeli film list, so this would act as a nice introduction.
