The highest honours in movie marketing were given out this weekend at the Golden Trailer Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills. Gravity was the night’s big winner taking home Best in Show and Best Thriller for its “Detached” trailer, which is embedded below. The Oscar winning picture went into the night with 8 nominations for a number of its trailers, television spots and posters, winning 4 awards.
Warner Bros. led all film studios with 52 nominations, winning in 15 categories. Warner’s list of entrants included Gravity, Godzilla, Transcendence, and The Conjuring. Universal had 9 wins for their catalogue of films that included Neighbors, Despicable Me 2, and Rush. Lionsgate Came in third with 8 wins, many of which came for their mega hit The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
The award presentation was hosted by comedian Jay Mohr and was judged by a group of industry professionals including actors Adam Driver (Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars Episode VII) and Corey Stoll (House of Cards), and directors Neil Burger (Divergent) and Chris Buck (Frozen).
You can see a list of some of the trailer winners below, and for a full list head over to the Golden Trailer Awards website.
BEST ACTION
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE “World Event”
Lionsgate/Trailer Park
BEST ANIMATION/FAMILY
FROZEN “Forces First Ped”
Disney/Trailer Park
BEST COMEDY
BAD WORDS “Red Band Trailer”
Focus Features/Mark Woolen & Associates
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BLACKFISH
Magnolia/Zealot
BEST DRAMA
LEE DANIEL’S THE BUTLER
The Weinstein Company/AV Squad
BEST FANTASY ADVENTURE
MALEFICENT “Dream”
The Walt Disney Studios/Open Road Entertainment
BEST HORROR
THE CONJURING “Case”
Warner Bros./Buddha Jones
BEST INDEPENDENT TRAILER
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Focus Features/Mark Woolen & Associates
BEST MUSIC
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY “Go/Cloud”
Century Fox/Transit
BEST ROMANCE
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS “A Good Life/Story”
Century Fox/Motive Creative
BEST THRILLER
GRAVITY “Detached”
Warner Bros./mOcean
THE DON LaFONTAINE AWARD FOR BEST VOICE OVER
THE HEAT “Can You Dig It?”
Century Fox/Big Picture Entertainment
GOLDEN FLEECE
THE FIFTH ESTATE “The Future”
Dreamworks/InSync + BemisBalkind
MOST ORIGINAL TRAILER
THIS IS THE END “April Fools Trailer”
Columbia Pictures/Vibe Creative, Inc.
BEST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER TRAILER
GODZILLA “Ravaged/Event”
Warner Bros./Trailer Park
TRASHIEST TRAILER
Magnet Releasing/Jump Cut
BAD MILO!
BEST OF SHOW
GRAVITY “Detached”
Warner Bros/mOcean
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