Autumn Arkapaw Durald ASC has been honoured with the National Board of Review’s Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography award for her outstanding work on Sinners.
The DP of Ryan Coogler’s standout hit takes the prize in the same week she received Best Cinematography at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
Speaking to British Cinematographer about the visual inspirations for the film, she said: “Ryan thought The Hateful Eight’s wider landscape photography could be impactful when we were conveying the flatness of the Mississippi Delta. I’m a huge fan of anamorphic so that approach excited me.
“It was also important to capture the sun dipping and rising along the horizon, something especially significant in telling our vampire story.”
Sinners also saw Coogler take Best Original Screenplay.
Elsewhere, One Battle After Another continued its stellar awards run with Best Film, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro and Breakthrough Performance for Chase Infiniti.
Sorry, Baby saw Eva Victor scoop Best Directorial Debut and Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar took Best Adapted Screenplay for Train Dreams.
It Was Just an Accident also continued its impressive streak as it was named Best International Film.
The full list of honours is available below.
- Best Film: One Battle After Another
- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
- Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
- Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
- Best Animated Feature: Arco
- Best International Film: It Was Just an Accident
- Best Documentary: Cover-Up
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
- Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order)
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Jay Kelly
- Marty Supreme
- Rental Family
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Wicked: For Good
Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order)
- Left-Handed Girl
- The Love That Remains
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sirāt
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
- 2000 Meters to Andriivka
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- My Mom Jayne
- Natchez
- Orwell: 2+2=5
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
- The Baltimorons
- Bring Her Back
- Father Mother Sister Brother
- Friendship
- Good Boy
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- The Mastermind
- Rebuilding
- Sorry, Baby
- Urchin
