Picture: Joker (Todd Phillips) Director: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker** Actress: Kaitlyn Dever, Booksmart Supporting Actor: Al Pacino, The Irishman Supporting Actress: Park So-dam, Parasite Screenplay: One Cut of the Dead - Shinichiro Ueda Use of Music: Joker - Hildur Guonadottir, Todd Phillips Rediscovery: Day of Anger - Tonino Valerii (first watch)
* - This is Tarantino's sixth Banana, cementing his status as the most awarded Banana winner in history.
** - Joaquin Phoenix becomes only the second person to receive a second Best Actor Banana, having previously won for The Master (2013).
2018 - 29th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Hereditary (Ari Aster) Director: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Actor: Yoo Ah-in, Burning Actress: Meryl Streep, The Post Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Supporting Actress: Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Screenplay: Hereditary - Ari Aster Use of Music: Climax - Steve Bouyer, Pascal Mayer, Gaspar Noe Rediscovery: Two-Lane Blacktop - Monte Hellman (first watch)
2017 - 28th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Mother! Supporting Actor: Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan Use of Music: Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer, Christopher Nolan Rediscovery: Tokyo Story - Yosujiro Uzo (first watch)
2016 - 27th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook) Director: Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight* Actor: Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge Actress: Cate Blanchett, Carol Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed Supporting Actress: Kim Tae-ri, The Handmaiden Screenplay: The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino* Use of Music: Carol - Carter Burwell, Todd Haynes Rediscovery: Rocky - John G. Avildsen (rewatch)
* - This is Tarantino's fourth and fifth Banana, making him the most awarded Banana winner in history. The record was previously held by David Lynch. Tarantino also becomes the first person to win in all four non-acting categories.
2015 - 26th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) Director: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road* Actor: Miles Teller, Whiplash Actress: Laia Costa, Victoria Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, Birdman Supporting Actress: Veerle Baetens, The Ardennes Screenplay: Wild Tales - Damian Szifron Use of Music: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams, J.J. Abrams Rediscovery: True Romance - Tony Scott (rewatch)
* - This is Miller's second Banana, having previously won Best Screenplay for Babe (1996).
2014 - 25th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)* Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood** Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender, X-Men: Days of Future Past Supporting Actress: Agata Kulesza, Ida Screenplay: Edge of Tomorrow - Christopher McQuarrie***, Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth Use of Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat, Wes Anderson
Rediscovery: Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (rewatch)
* - Scorsese is the second director to win a Golden Banana for both Best Director and Best Picture, having received the Best Director trophy for Goodfellas (1990).
** - This marks Linklater's second Banana, following his Best Screenplay win for Before Sunset (2005).
*** - This makes McQuarrie the first person to win Best Screenplay twice, after The Usual Suspects (1995).
2013 - 24th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)* Director: Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Actress: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Supporting Actress: Lea Seydoux, Blue is the Warmest Color Screenplay: Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell Use of Music: The Great Gatsby - Craig Armstrong, Jay Z, Baz Luhrmann Rediscovery: Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (first watch)
* - Following his win for Children of Men (2006), Cuaron takes home his second Best Picture Banana, becoming the third person to do so.
2012 - 23rd Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Shame (Steve McQueen) Director: Leos Carax, Holy Motors Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Supporting Actor: Thomas Bo Larsen, The Hunt Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan, Shame Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Use of Music: The Broken Circle Breakdown - Bjorn Eriksson, Felix Van Groeningen Rediscovery: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg (rewatch)
2011 - 22nd Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn) Director: Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin* Actor: Matthias Schoenaerts, Bullhead Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Supporting Actor: Shahab Hosseini, A Separation Supporting Actress: Sareh Bayat, A Separation Screenplay: A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
Use of Music: Drive - Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn Rediscovery: Three Kings - David O. Russell (rewatch)
* - Spielberg joins Darren Aronofsky, Pedro Almodovar, Ang Lee, and the Coen Brothers as a two-time Best Director Banana winner, having previously won for Schindler's List (1994).
2010 - 21st Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois) Director: Adam Elliot, Mary & Max Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary & Max Actress: Hye-ja Kim, Mother Supporting Actor: Moritz Bleibtreu, Soul Kitchen Supporting Actress: Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass Screenplay: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Use of Music: A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski, Shigeru Umebayashi*, Tom Ford Rediscovery: Playtime - Jacques Tati (rewatch)
* - This marks Umebayashi's second Banana, following his win for In the Mood for Love (2000).
I have been handing out these awards since I was 14 at the end of 1990.
To be eligible in a certain year, a film must be released in Belgium and I must have seen it.
Screeners are always welcome :o)
(p.s. The winners were my favorites AT THE TIME, my tastes have changed over the years)