2013 CAST Awards Announcement

Posted on January 1, 2014 by James McNally
Spike Jonze - Her
A convincing win for Spike Jonze’s Her
(UPDATE: January 9): Thanks to the gentlemen of MAMO we were able to record another CASTcast this year. Check it out over on RowThree but be warned: it’s about as long as Prisoners but considerably more fun.

I’m very pleased to announce the results of the 4th edition of the CAST Awards. I received 33 completed ballots from film lovers in the Greater Toronto Area. Here are the CAST Top 25 voted from among all films that had a theatrical or festival release in Toronto during 2013. Voters ranked up to 10 films on their ballot from top to bottom, with first choices receiving 10 points, second choices 9, etc. The Points column lists the total score for each film, the Mentions column indicates the number of ballots it appeared on, and the First column indicates the total number of voters who chose the film as their top choice. I’m proud of the group of critics we’ve gathered, even though I’ve described us elsewhere as “a ragtag group of semi-professional film bloggers, tweeters and Lightbox lobby loiterers.” 142 different films received at least one mention this year, although 101 of those received only one mention.

FILM TITLE
POINTS
MENTIONS
FIRST
1. Her 149 18 5
2. 12 Years a Slave 124 16 6
3. Before Midnight 100 16 2
4. Gravity 81 14 2
5. Inside Llewyn Davis 52 11 0
6. Mud 49 9 1
7. Frances Ha 47 7 2
8. The Wolf of Wall Street 43 7 0
9. Upstream Color 42 7 0
10. Dallas Buyers Club 41 5 2
11. Blue is the Warmest Color 40 8 0
12. The Broken Circle Breakdown 38 6 0
13. Museum Hours 29 4 2
14. Stoker 29 6 0
15. Spring Breakers 26 6 0
16. The Act of Killing 26 4 0
17. The Strange Little Cat 26 4 0
18. Pacific Rim 24 3 0
19. Belle 21 3 1
20. Under the Skin 21 3 1
21. Short Term 12 20 6 0
22. Nebraska 20 4 0
23. Frozen 20 3 0
24. American Hustle 19 4 0
25. All Is Lost 17 3 1

Participants:

Here is a PDF with each person’s ballot and the collated results, with a few more interesting stats included.

And here is a very nice list on Letterboxd of the entire list of films, roughly ranked.
And for those still reading, here is my very own CAST ballot, with my top ten from 2013.

My CAST Ballot

  1. Her
  2. Frances Ha
  3. The Act of Killing
  4. The Square
  5. Club Sandwich
  6. Upstream Color
  7. Nebraska
  8. Blue Jasmine
  9. The Strange Little Cat
  10. These Birds Walk
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