Every year, starting in 2020, I do my own personal film awards that I call the Golden Hourglass Awards. Recently, I discovered an account, Cláudio Alves, that put together lists of eligible films for every year in Academy Awards history and it got me thinking about how a 1929 version of the Golden Hourglass Awards would have looked.

This list will be part of an ongoing personal project where I go through every Academy Awards and make two lists: The first, a retrospective ballot based off actual eligible films and using official categories for that ceremony. The second will be a retrospective of the Golden Hourglasses that I choose each year, without taking into consideration Academy eligibility or how the Academy defines the release of each film.

This is my retrospective ballot for the Golden Hourglass Awards, using my own personal categories, and using the eligibility period of 2013. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.

Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: 86th Academy Awards

Categories:
Best Picture:

Snowpiercer ***Winner***
Before Midnight
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Instructions Not Included
Mama
Man of Steel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
Short Term 12
Spring Breakers

Best Director:

Zack Snyder - Man of Steel ***Winner***
Destin Daniel Cretton - Short Term 12
Bong Joon-Ho - Snowpiercer
Harmony Korine - Spring Breakers
Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt

Best Actor:

Chris Evans - Snowpiercer ***Winner***
Henry Cavill - Man of Steel
Eugenio Derbez - Instructions Not Included
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt

Best Actress:

Brie Larson - Short Term 12 ***Winner***
Jessica Chastain - Mama
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Judi Dench - Philomena
Zhang Yi - The Grandmaster

Best Supporting Actor:

LaKeith Stanfield - Short Term 12 ***Winner***
James Franco - Spring Breakers
Song Kang-Ho - Snowpiercer
Thomas Bo Larsen - The Hunt
Michael Shannon - Man of Steel

Best Supporting Actress:

Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave ***Winner***
Go Ah-sung - Snowpiercer
Megan Charpentier - Mama
Kaitlyn Dever - Short Term 12
Annika Wedderkopp - The Hunt

Best Voice Actor

Billy Crystal - Monsters University ***Winner***
Hideaki Anno - The Wind Rises
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Josh Goodman - Monsters University
Kevin McKidd - Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Best Voice Actress

Chiwa Saito - Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion ***Winner***
Aki Asakura - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Scarlett Johansson - Her
Miori Takimoto - The Wind Rises
Aoi Yuki - Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

Best Casting:

Snowpiercer ***Winner***
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Short Term 12
Spring Breakers

Best Original Screenplay:

Her ***Winner***
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Inside Llewyn Davis
Instructions Not Included

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight ***Winner***
Mama
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
Short Term 12
Snowpiercer

Best Animated Feature

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion ***Winner***
Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox
Miniscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Wind Rises

Best International Feature Film

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion - Japan***Winner***
The Grandmaster - Hong Kong
The Hunt - Denmark
Instructions Not Included - Mexico
We Are the Best! - Sweden

Best Documentary Feature

20 Feet from Stardom ***Winner***
Cutie and the Boxer
Dear Mr. Watterson
Good Ol Freda
Terms and Conditions May Apply

Best Animated Short

Malaria ***Winner***
A Boy and His Atom
Coda
Mr. Hublot
Omelette

Best Live Action Short:

Cargo ***Winner***
The Fall
Lights Out
Necktie
The Voorman Problem

Best Documentary Short:

The Emblazoned Apparitions ***Winner***
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
From One Second to the Next
Urban Rashomon

Best Original Score

Man of Steel ***Winner***
The Great Gatsby
Her
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
Short Term 12

Best Original Song

Your Silver Garden - Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion ***Winner***
Can't Stop Singing - Teen Beach Movie
Let It Go - Frozen
Moon Song - Her
Young and Beautiful - The Great Gatsby

Best Sound:

Man of Steel ***Winner***
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Pacific Rim
Snowpiercer

Best Art Direction:

The Great Gatsby ***Winner***
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Snowpiercer

Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster ***Winner***
Mama
Man of Steel
Short Term 12
Snowpiercer

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Great Gatsby ***Winner***
Mama
Only Lovers Left Alive
Oz the Great and Powerful
Spring Breakers

Best Costume Design:

The Great Gatsby ***Winner***
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Hunger Games: Catching Firel

Best Stunt Choreography and Coordination

Man of Steel ***Winner***
The Grandmaster
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Snowpiercer
The Wolverine

Best Film Editing:

Spring Breakers ***Winner***
Mama
Man of Steel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
Snowpiercer

Best Visual Effects:

Pacific Rim ***Winner***
Gravity
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Star Trek: Into Darkness

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Films with multiple nominations:
12: Snowpiercer
10: Man of Steel
9: Short Term 12
7: Mama, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
6: Spring Breakers, The Great Gatsby, The Hunt
4: Her, Instructions Not Included
3: 12 Years a Slave, The Wind Rises, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Before Midnight, Inside Llewyn Davis
2: Monsters University, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Gravity, Pacific Rim, American Hustle, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Films with multiple wins:
4: Man of Steel
3: Snowpiercer, The Great Gatsby, 12 Years a Slave,
2: Short Term 12, Spring Breakers