FRUITVALE STATION

The ABFF Hollywood Awards an online platform created to recognize the work of persons of African descent in the motion picture industry and outstanding films portraying the Black experience announce the nominees for the 2014 award season.  FRUITVALE STATION is up for multiple awards including Movie of the Year, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan,  Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, Best Screenplay, and Best Director for Ryan Coogler.  Other films receiving nominations include MOTHER OF GEORGE grabbed Best Actress for Danai Gurira, and Best Screenplay for THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE.  

Voting will take place January 15 through January 22, online at at www.abffhollywoodawards.com, and the winners will be revealed online February 19.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan and Anthony Katagas
FRUITVALE STATION (The Weinstein Company) produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker
LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Company) produced by Pam Williams, Laura Ziskin, Lee Daniels, Buddy Patrick and Cassian Elwes
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (The Weinstein Company) produced by David M. Thompson and Anant Singh
THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal Pictures) produced by Sean Daniel and Malcolm D. Lee

BEST ACTOR

Morris Chestnut The Best Man Holiday
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years A Slave
Idris Elba Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station
Forest Whitaker Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST ACTRESS

Halle Berry The Call
Danai Gurira Mother of George
LisaGaye Hamilton Go for Sisters
Nia Long The Best Man Holiday
Kerry Washington Peeples

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Terrence Howard The Best Man Holiday
Samuel L. Jackson Oldboy
David Oyelowo Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nicole Beharie 42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Naomie Harris Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sanaa Lathan The Best Man Holiday
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave
Octavia Spencer Fruitvale Station
Oprah Winfrey Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST DIRECTOR

Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station
Lee Daniels Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Antoine Fuqua Olympus Has Fallen
Malcolm D. Lee The Best Man Holiday
Spike Lee Oldboy
Steve McQueen 12 Years A Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY

12 Years A Slave (written by: John Ridley)
Black Nativity (written by: Kasi Lemmons)
Fruitvale Station (written by: Ryan Coogler)
The Best Man Holiday (written by: Malcolm D. Lee)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (written by: Michael Starrbury)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Baggage Claim
Black Nativity
Fast & Furious 6
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The Best Man Holiday

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Chadwick Boseman 42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Skylan Brooks The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave

ARTIST OF THE YEAR for an artist (male or female) in recognition of their collective body of work for the year.

Idris Elba (appeared in: Pacific Rim, Thor: The Dark World, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Kevin Hart (appeared in: Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, This Is The End, Grudge Match; produced: Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain)
Dwayne Johnson (starred in: Snitch, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pain & Gain, Fast & Furious 6)
Tyler Perry (appeared in: Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, wrote, directed and produced: Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor and Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas; produced: Peeples)
Forest Whitaker (appeared in: Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Black Nativity, Out of the Furnace; produced: Fruitvale Station)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR for a motion picture studio in recognition of the distribution of quality films directed by, written by, produced by or featuring in a leading role, a person(s) of African descent.

Lionsgate/Codeblack/Summit Entertainment: (Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, Peeples, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete)
The Weinstein Company (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Fruitvale Station, Scary Movie 5)
Twentieth Century/Fox Searchlight Pictures (12 Years A Slave, Baggage Claim, Black Nativity)
Universal Pictures (Fast & Furious 6, The Best Man Holiday, Riddick)