'Gravity' wins Best of Show at Golden Trailer Awards
The 15th annual Golden Trailer Awards were held in Beverly Hills on Friday night, celebrating the best previews of the past year and secretly everyone’s favorite part about going to the movies.
Warner Brothers was the big winner of the night taking home 15 awards total including being named Best of Show for the trailer “Detached” of the Oscar-winning film Gravity. Other winners include Frozen for Best Animation/Family trailer, Dallas Buyers Club for Best Independent Trailer and Godzilla for Best Summer Blockbuster trailer. The Golden Trailer Awards were started in 1999 by Evelyn Brady-Watters and Monica Brady. “The Golden Trailer Awards represent the absolute best in marketing innovation and creativity. The show is always a really fun night of celebration and we couldn’t be more proud of the nominees and winners,” said Brady-Watters. This year saw the most contest submission in the awards 15 year history.
Winning trailers for all 18 categories that were handed out live at the ceremony held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills Friday can be viewed here. You can see the full list of winners in all 75 categories below:
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,” 20th Century Fox/Transit
BEST ROMANCE: The Fault in Our Stars, “A Good Life/Story,” 20th Century Fox/Motive Creative
BEST THRILLER: Gravity, “Detached,” Warner Bros./mOcean
BEST VIDEO GAME TRAILER: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Freedom Cry, “Reveal Trailer,” Ubisoft/Sunny Side Up Creative
THE DON LaFONTAINE AWARD FOR BEST VOICE OVER: The Heat, “Can You Dig It?,” 20th 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: Bad Milo!, Magnet Releasing/Jump Cut
BEST OF SHOW: Gravity, “Detached,” Warner Bros/mOcean
Technical and Non Show Categories
Best Motion/Title Graphics: Transcendence “Singularity,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
Best Original Score: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, “Trailer 4A,” Lionsgate, CARVE
Best Sound Editing: Into the Storm “Listen Plane,” Warner Bros. Buddha Jones
Best Trailer – No Movie: SHERPA: In the Shadow of the Mountain, Felix Media, The Solid State
Foreign Trailers
Best Foreign Action Trailer: Protector 2 “Revenge,” Magnet Releasing, AV Squad
Best Foreign Animation Trailer: Ernest & Celestine, GKIDS, Zealot Productions Inc.
Best Foreign Comedy Trailer: Hector and the Search for Happiness “International,” Bankside Films, Zealot Productions Inc.
Best Foreign Documentary Trailer: Hawking, “Trailer,” Vertigo Films, Intermission Film
Best Foreign Drama: Ida, Music Box Films, Zealot Productions Inc.
Best Foreign Graphics in a Trailer: Journey to the West “Demons,” China Film Group, AV Squad
Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer: The Babadook, eOne Entertainment, The Solid State
Best Foreign Romance Trailer: Le Weekend, Music Box Films, Zealot Productions Inc.
Most Original Foreign Trailer: The Turning, Madman Entertainment, The Solid State
TV Spots
Best Action TV Spot: Captain America: The Winter Soldier “The World 60,” Disney, Trailer Park
Best Animation/Family TV Spot: The Lego Movie “Special Cast,” Warner Bros., TRANSIT
Best Comedy TV Spot: Neighbors “Mad Neighbors,” Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
Best Drama TV Spot: Rush “Mark:60,” Universal Pictures, AV Squad
Best Documentary TV Spot: The Armstrong Lie “Ride 60,” Sony Pictures Classics, In Sync Advertising
Best Fantasy/Adventure TV Spot: Star Trek Into Darkness “Go :30,” Paramount Pictures, AV Squad
Best Foreign TV Spot: The Wind Rises “Visionary 30,” Disney/Studio Ghibli, Trailer Park
Best Graphics in a TV Spot: The Grand Budapest Hotel “30TV Dynamite,” Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Production
Best Horror TV Spot: The Conjuring “Event Review,” Warner Bros., TRANSIT
Best Independent TV Spot: 12 Years a Slave “Fight Back,” Fox Searchlight, Ignition
Best Music TV Spot: Frozen “Let it Go Review” :60, Disney, Trailer Park
Best Romance TV Spot: The Great Gatsby “You and Me,” Warner Bros., Wild Card
Best Summer 2014 Blockbuster TV Spot: Godzilla “Fight,” Warner Bros., Aspect Ratio
Best Thriller TV Spot: Gravity “No Escape,” Warner Bros., mOcean
Best Video Game TV Spot: Diablo III – Reaper of Souls “Face Off,” Blizzard Entertainment, CARVE
Best Voice Over TV Spot: Robocop “60 Infomercial,” Studio Canal, The Editpool
Most Original TV Spot: Muppets: Most Wanted “Across the Internet,” Disney, Buddha Jones
Posters
Best Action Poster: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate, Ignition
Best Animation/Family Poster: Despicable Me 2 “Side by Side Billboard,” Universal Pictures, Ignition
Best Comedy Poster: Neighbors “Teaser One-sheet,” Universal Pictures, Ignition
Best Documentary Poster: Muscle Shoals, Magnolia Pictures, Cold Open
Best Drama Poster: Gravity, Warner Bros., The Refinery
Best Foreign Poster: Roxanne, Good Hands/The Drum
Best Horror Poster: You’re Next, Lionsgate, Ignition
Best Independent Poster: 12 Years a Slave “One-sheet,” Fox Searchlight, Ignition
Best International Poster: Godzilla “International Spine One Sheet,” Warner Bros., Ignition
Best Romance Poster: About Time, Universal Pictures/Working Title, The Refinery
Best Summer 2014 Blockbuster Poster: Godzilla “Main Campaign One Sheet,” Warner Bros., Ignition
Best Teaser Poster: The Purge: Anarchy, Universal, Ignition
Best Thriller Poster: You’re Next “Comic-Con Poster,” Lionsgate, Ignition
Best Video Game Poster: Need for Speed: Rivals “One-sheet,” Electronic Arts, Ignition
Best Wildposts: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire “Teaser Outdoor,” Lionsgate, Ignition
Most Original Poster: You’re Next “Graffiti Billboard,” Lionsgate, Ignition
Trashiest Poster: Lovelace, Lionsgate, Cold Open
Best Motion Poster: 2 Guns, eOne Entertainment, Greenhaus GFX
Standee
Best Standee for a Feature Film: Despicable Me 2 “Whack-a-Minion Standee,” Universal, Ignition
Advertising in Theater & On Screen
Best Pre-show Theatrical Advertising for a Brand: White House Down “NCM,” Sony, Mob Scene
Original/Experiential Cinematic/Movie Advertising
Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film: The Wolf of Wall Street “Marty Party,” Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central
Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game: Ninja Gaiden Z “Load of Sh–,” Buddha Jones
Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product: The Lego Movie “Behind the Bricks,” Warner Bros., Aspect Ratio
Best Vine: Sabotage, Open Road, Buddha Jones
Best Viral Campaign: Muppets: Most Wanted “Watched the Commercials Extended Online,” Disney, Buddha Jones
Film Festival
Best Film Festival Trailer: New Directors New Films 2014, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jump Cut Creative
Best Film Festival Poster: Palm Springs Film Festival, Ignition
