Best Oscar contender Banshees Of Inisherin, Triangle Of Sadness, All Quiet On The Western Front, Living, Pinocchio are among those not approved by the WGA

EXCLUSIVE: Again under the restrictive Writers Guild rules for inclusion in the nominees for the WGA awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, several leading Oscar-winning screenplays passed the official WGA ballot, which was mailed to voting members Monday morning, went AWOL .

It is an annual event because unlike other guild competitions, including DGA, SAG and PGA, the WGA adheres to its golden rule to be considered for top film awards: the film must be under the WGA MBA or under a actual Written collective bargaining agreements of various international WGA affiliates.

Such hot Oscar and BAFTA contenders as Martin McDonagh Banshees of Inisherin, Cannes Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund triangle of sadness and many more did not even get through the starting gate of the WGA.

BAFTA was longlisted in the Original Screenplay category last week Banshees and triangle of sadness along with others ignored by WGA, including award-winning Charlotte Wells After sun and Good luck to you Leo Grande.

Other prominent original screenplays unearthed by the WGA are Sundance sensations take care and Cha Cha really smoothPersonal from Sam Mendes rich in lightContender for India’s Best Film RRR and even Ol Parker’s hit rom-com by George Clooney and Julia Roberts Entry ticket to paradise. Cannes triumphs Broker, Toki & Lokita, Close, Corsage, Holy Spider and Nice morning will also not have their screenplays reviewed by WGA members in addition to critically acclaimed films such as Argentina, 1985, Johanna Hoggs The Eternal DaughterFrench Oscar entry Holy Omer and award-winning indie films such as The inspection and BJ Novak’s film Focus Features Revenge. The latter is on my top 10 list for 2022 and one I would have easily voted for in my WGA vote (I’m a longtime member).

From the WGA’s custom script voice comes that of Netflix All quiet on the western front, the whale, the wonder, Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro Alive, Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro and Ireland’s nominated Oscar entry The quiet girl – all six are longlisted in their respective category of the 10 BAFTA films, with good prospects for Oscar viewing for many. Other adjustments that have left WGA in the cold are Marcel the shell with shoes on; The sonFlorian Zeller’s continuation of his Oscar and BAFTA win The father; happen; Three thousand years of longing; To Yang; and Downton Abbey: A New Era.

However, if you are so inclined, you would like to vote for people Black Adam and sonic the hedgehog 2, these scenarios is when voting takes place. The absence of many of the above banned films means more prospects in the guild for WGA eligible films such as: Everything everywhere at once, The Fabelmans, Tar, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, She Said, Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water and women talk. Members have until January 23rd to vote, just one day before the Oscar nominations are announced. It will be interesting to see the correlation between the two groups in the writing categories this year.

WGA screenplay nominations will be announced on January 25. The television nominations will be announced on Wednesday.