2023 Other Label Awards

[therewillbeblus]

Second

BEST RELEASE
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Radiance)

BEST UPGRADE
Promising Young Woman (Universal)
35 Shots of Rum (Cinema Guild)
A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)

BEST BONUS FILM
Eer (Sick of Myself, VS)

BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS
A Zed and Two Noughts/The Falls (Kino)

And I'll second all your covers

[Finch]

Seconding swo's votes for Heroic Times release and 35 Shots of Rum upgrade

[alacal2]

I'll second Lorenza Mazzetti. Genuinely underrated.
Also, are there really no worst cover entries. I nominated 2 awhile back but my technophobia meant I couldn't upload the pictures! They were Studio Canal's 4kUHD of The Wicker Man and 88 Films's The Sexploitation Films of Pete Walker Collection.

[swo17]

Also, are there really no worst cover entries.

Correct, only three nominations so far and no seconds

[TechnicolorAcid]

Seconding best bonus film for Surogat and best shorts collection for Silent Avant-Garde.

[swo17]

Seconding for Best Book/Booklet:

The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin (Radiance)
La guerre est finie (Film Desk)
The Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)

[swo17]

Second for Best Overall and Nominate for Best Collection of Shorts: Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley)

[swo17]

As a reminder, there are only two more days left to change the ballot. In case it helps give anyone ideas for some of the lighter categories, here are a bunch of things that are just a second away from being eligible:

BEST ENCODING

Aftersun (Mubi)
Decision to Leave (Mubi)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)
Hackers (Shout)
Inn of the Gruesome Dolls (Subkultur Germany)
In the Heat of the Night (Wicked Vision)
Ronin (Capelight)
Roter Himmel (Piffl Medien)
Le Samouraï (Pathé)

BEST BONUS FILM

Le Bombardement le port des perles (Richard Kerr: Field Trips, Black Zero)
Sarabande (Speaking Parts, CIP)
View from a Hill (Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2, BFI)

BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS

Bill Morrison: Footprints (Re:voir)
Heroic Times (Deaf Crocodile)
Josephine Massarella: Green Dreams (Black Zero)
Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley)
Robert Cahen: Entrevoir (Re:voir)
Stan Vanderbeek: Visibles (Re:voir)

BEST OTHER ON-DISC EXTRA

Resurrection of the Body (Palace of Pleasure, Black Zero)
Strange Codes: A Breakdown (Strange Codes, Black Zero)
The Water is Finally Blue (O.C. & Stiggs, Radiance)
We Were Once Kids (Kids, Umbrella)

BEST BOOK/BOOKLET

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Arrow)
Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani (Radiance)
The Exotic Ones (Indicator)
Mr. Murder: The Life and Times of Tod Slaughter (Indicator)
Pandora's Box (Masters of Cinema)

WORST COVER

The Wicker Man (StudioCanal)

BEST LATE DISCOVERY

French Noir (Kino)
Hyenas (Metrograph)

[domino harvey]

I'll second the Zulawski for worst cover, and the Pete Walker set, since I assume it doesn't star Charles Bronson as Charlie Chan in Pixelvision

It wasn't a late discovery for me, but if I wasn't the one to vote for it to begin with, I'll second the French Noir set as well

[TechnicolorAcid]

Seconding Arkana for Best Collection of Shorts.

[Maltic]

I'll second Medea for bonus film and Three Women for late discovery.

[swo17]

It wasn't a late discovery for me, but if I wasn't the one to vote for it to begin with, I'll second the French Noir set as well

You initially nominated it for Best Release in this thread but I counted it in the Best Late Discovery category because it came out in 2022. It still needs a second to be eligible

[bottlesofsmoke]

I'll second the French Noir set

[JamesF]

Re: other on-disc extra: Has anyone watched Flower's 3-hour video essay on Game of Death? (I haven't, but it seems an obvious choice.)

This is titled The Final Game of Death for anyone who wants to second it in the next 24 hours

[swo17]

Is that you nominating it? I didn't count Maltic's mention as a nomination because "I haven't watched it"

[Maltic]

It should be there, a game of death between MichaelB and JamesF

[swo17]

Is that you nominating it?

[Maltic]

OK

[Therewolf]

I’ll second Laurel & Hardy: Year One (Flicker Alley) for best collection of short films.

[ryannichols7]

Spoiler

As a reminder, there are only two more days left to change the ballot. In case it helps give anyone ideas for some of the lighter categories, here are a bunch of things that are just a second away from being eligible:

BEST ENCODING

Aftersun (Mubi)
Decision to Leave (Mubi)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Arrow)

BEST BONUS FILM

Sarabande (Speaking Parts, CIP)
View from a Hill (Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2, BFI)

BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS

Bill Morrison: Footprints (Re:voir)

BEST OTHER ON-DISC EXTRA

The Water is Finally Blue (O.C. & Stiggs, Radiance)

BEST BOOK/BOOKLET

Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani (Radiance)
The Exotic Ones (Indicator)
Mr. Murder: The Life and Times of Tod Slaughter (Indicator)
Pandora's Box (Masters of Cinema)

WORST COVER

The Wicker Man (StudioCanal)

BEST LATE DISCOVERY

French Noir (Kino)

seconded

also seconding The Final Game of Death

is Rosemary's Baby eligible to be nominated for worst cover? cause if so, I don't know how we skipped that one! all versions of The Exorcist, also

[TechnicolorAcid]

Seconding Exorcist for worst cover.

[swo17]

Yes, the Rosemary's Baby 4K cover is eligible

[ryannichols7]

Yes, the Rosemary's Baby 4K cover is eligible

someone please second this. I'm glad we all forgot about it (with good reason!) but if anything needs a landslide victory, it's this cover

[Therewolf]

Second Rosemary’s Baby worst cover

[ryannichols7]

perfect. we definitely have a much better ballot this year

best cover:
Black God White Devil (Mawu)
Jerzy Skolimowski (Second Run) [note: I nominate all covers here]
Touch of Evil UHD (MoC)

still hoping for some seconds here. also nominate Laurin (Second Run) for best release