This year the Fiennes forum sponsored the first ever Fiennes Film Festival. Over a course of several months fans watched the top 14 films of Mr. Fiennes' career and discussed them on the forum. Members who participated the most were selected for a jury. The jury's job was to come up with nominations for the first annual RAFE AWARDS (RAFE stands for Ralph-related Achievement of Film Excellence). The forum then voted on the RAFE Award Winners. Posted below is the winners list, as well as links to discussions about the films.

The Nominations

After the discussions were complete, jury members anguished over the nominations list below:

Best Film
1. Schindler's List
2. The English Patient
3. Oscar and Lucinda
4. The End of the Affair
5. Spider

Best Ralph Role
1. Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
2. Almasy (The English Patient)
3. Oscar Hopkins (Oscar and Lucinda)
4. Maurice Bendrix (The End of the Affair)
5. Dennis Clegg / Spider (Spider)

Best Female Costar
1. Juliette Binoche (Hannah, The English Patient)
2. Cate Blanchett (Lucinda, Oscar and Lucinda)
3. Julianne Moore (Sarah, The End of the Affair)
4. Miranda Richardson (Mother etc, Spider)
5. Kristin Scott Thomas (Katherine,The English Patient)

Best Male Costar
1. William Hurt (Andor Knorr, Sunshine)
2. Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler, Schindler's List)
3. Stephen Rea (Henry, The End of the Affair)
4. Paul Scofield (Mark Van Doren, Quiz Show)
5. John Turturo (Herbie, Quiz Show)

Best Director
1. Gillian Armstrong (Oscar and Lucinda)
2. David Cronenberg (Spider)
3. Neil Jordan (The End of the Affair)
4. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
5. Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)

Best Screenwriter
1. Israel Horovitz (Sunshine)
2. Laura Jones (Oscar and Lucinda)
3. Patrick McGrath (Spider)
4. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
5. Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List)

Best Cinematography / Art Direction
1. Schindler's List
2. The English Patient
3. Oscar and Lucinda
4. Onegin
5. Sunshine

Best Soundtrack
1. Maurice Jarre (Sunshine)
2. Michael Nyman (The End of the Affair)
3. John Williams (Schindler's List)
4. Gabriel Yared (The English Patient)
5. Prince of Egypt (various)

And the winner is.....

After a week of voting, the entire forum chose the best of the best. These winners represent the ultimate in Ralph's coterie of colleagues and the pinnacles of his film achievements. The following are posted in order from most votes to least..with winner highlighted:

Best Film

1. The English Patient
2. Schindler's List
3. Spider
4. The End of the Affair
5. Oscar and Lucinda

Best Ralph Role

1. Amon Goethe
2. Dennis (Spider)
3. Almasy (The English Patient)
4. Oscar (Oscar and Lucinda)
5. Maurice Bendrix (The End of the Affair)

Best Female Costar

1. Juliette Binoche (The English Patient)
2. Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient)
3. Cate Blanchette (Oscar and Lucinda)
4. Miranda Richardson (Spider)
5. Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair)

Best Male Costar

1. Liam Neeson (Schindler's List)
2. Stephen Rea (The End of the Affair)
3. Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)
4. John Turturro (Quiz Show)
5. William Hurt (Sunshine)

Best Director

1. Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
2. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
3. David Cronenberg (Spider)
4. Neil Jordan (The End of the Affair)
5. Gillian Armstrong (Oscar and Lucinda)

Best Screenwriter

1. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
2. Patrick McGrath (Spider)
3. Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List)
4. Israel Horovitz (Sunshine)
5. Laura Jones (Oscar and Lucinda)

Best Cinematography/Art Direction

1. The English Patient
2. Onegin
3. Schindler's List
4. The End of the Affair
5. Oscar and Lucinda

Best Soundtrack

1. The English Patient
2. The End of the Affair
3. Prince of Egypt
4. Sunshine
5. Schindler's List

Honorary RAFE Award

Just as other award shows have lifetime achievement awards. We have an honorary RAFE award given to the one individual who people thought most contributed to Ralph Fiennes career. The winner of the Honorary RAFE Award is:

Steven Spielberg

Most jury member felt that Steven Spielberg's decision to cast RF as Amon Goethe had the most influence on Ralph's success in films.


Thanks!!

Thanks so much to all the forum members who participated in this event. It was a real testament to how much fans can get involved and have a good time.

Special thanks to our jury members:

Mickledore- Wuthering Heights
Rinatonik/Simone- Schindler's List
Shamrock-Quiz Show
Elena-Strange Days
Katherine Y.- The English Patient
Aireen- The English Patient
Jackie- Oscar and Lucinda
Ian- The Avengers
Misha- The Prince of Egypt
Eva-Sunshine
Maxine- Onegin
Vikingess- The End of the Affair
Cygnet- Spider
Arctic Lady- Red Dragon
Honey- Maid in Manhattan

Mary K.

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