Nominees are set for the 24th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) celebrating excellence in film, television, and short form costume design. Winners in the eight categories will be announced live on Wednesday, March 9. The annual awards ceremony will take place for the first time at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
Among the features garnering nominations are Cyrano, Dune, House of Gucci, In The Heights, No Time to Die and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
This year’s host, presenters and honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve been reminded how important costume design is, not only to entertain—but to inspire. We are thrilled to celebrate in person this year, with safety as our priority. We want to recognize our nominees and all of their phenomenal work as we take the CDGA into a new direction.” said Salvador Perez, president of the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892.
Below is the full list of nominations for the 24th CDGA:
24th CDGA NOMINEES:
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film
- Dune – Jacqueline West & Robert Morgan
- The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska
- The Matrix Resurrections – Lindsay Pugh
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Kym Barrett
- Spider-Man: No Way Home – Sanja M. Hays
- The Suicide Squad – Judianna Makovsky
Excellence in Contemporary Film
- Coming 2 America – Ruth E. Carter
- Don’t Look Up – Susan Matheson
- In The Heights – Mitchell Travers
- No Time to Die – Suttirat Anne Larlarb
- Zola – Derica Cole Washington
Excellence in Period Film
- Cruella – Jenny Beavan
- Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini & Jacqueline Durran
- House of Gucci – Janty Yates
- Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
- West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television
- The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 1 – Shawna Trpcic
- The Handmaid’s Tale: Nightshade – Debra Hanson
- Loki: Journey into Mystery – Christine Wada
- What We Do in the Shadows: Gail – Laura Montgomery
- The Witcher: Family – Lucinda Wright
Excellence in Contemporary Television
- Emily in Paris: French Revolution – Patricia Field & Marylin Fitoussi
- Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob – Heidi Bivens
- Hacks: Pilot – Kathleen Felix-Hager
- Mare of Easttown: Miss Ladyhawk Herself – Meghan Kasperlik
- Squid Game: VIPS – Cho Sang-kyung
Excellence in Period Television
- The Great: Seven Days – Sharon Long
- Halston: Becoming Halston – Jeriana San Juan
- The Underground Railroad: Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn – Caroline Eselin-Schaefer
- WandaVision: Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience – Mayes C. Rubeo
- What We Do in the Shadows: The Wellness Centre – Laura Montgomery
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
- Annie Live! – Emilio Sosa
- Dancing with the Stars: Semi-Finals – Daniela Gschwendtner & Steven Norman Lee
- The Late Late Show with James Corden: Crosswalk Cinderella – Lauren Shapiro
- The Masked Singer: 2 Night Season Premiere, Part 2: Back to School – Marina Toybina & Gabrielle Letamendi
- Saturday Night Live: Rami Malek / Young Thug – Tom Broecker & Eric Justian
Excellence in Short Form Design
- The Bold Type: “Cruella” (Commercial) – Mandi Line
- Cadillac: Edgar Scissorhands ft. Timothée Chalamet, “Hands Free” (Commercial) – Melissa DesRosiers
- Ed Sheeran: “Shivers” (Music Video) – Ami Goodheart
- Snoop Dogg’s Triller: Fight Club “We’re Bringing Boxing Back” (Commercial) – Dawn Ritz
- Swarovski: “Welcome to Wonderlab” (Commercial) – B. Åkerlund
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More