IFJA announces 2019 awards nominees
The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) has announced the nominees in all categories for its forthcoming 2019 awards — to be determined on Saturday, December 14.
Winners will be announced on Monday, December 16.
The IFJA will determine a winner and a runner-up in all categories other than the Hoosier Award, which is a physical award bestowed upon a single recipient. Hoosier Award nominees are also not published ahead of the announcement of winners.
In addition to Best Film and Runner-Up, the IFJA will also release an overall Top 10 — with eight other honored films listed alphabetically after the Best Film and Runner-Up.
BEST FILM 1917 Apollo 11 Avengers: Endgame The Beach Bum A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Bombshell Booksmart Dolemite is My Name The Farewell For Sama Ford v. Ferrari Hustlers In Fabric The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Just Mercy Knives Out The Lighthouse Little Women Marriage Story Midsommar Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire Uncut Gems Us Waves
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Dragon Ball Super: Broly Frozen II How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World I Lost My Body Missing Link Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN FILM Invisible Life Luz Monos Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire Shadow
BEST DOCUMENTARY American Factory Apollo 11 Echo in the Canyon For Sama Honeyland Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Love, Antosha Maiden One Child Nation
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, “Dolemite is My Name” Ari Aster, “Midsommar” Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story” Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, “Parasite” Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller, “Ford v Ferrari” Henry Dunham, “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek” Robert Eggers and Max Eggers, “The Lighthouse” Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman, “Booksmart” Rian Johnson, “Knives Out” Mindy Kaling, “Late Night” Jennifer Kent, “The Nightingale” Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy” Jordan Peele, “Us” Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, “Uncut Gems” Céline Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Trey Edward Shults, “Waves” Peter Strickland, “In Fabric” Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” Lulu Wang, “The Farewell”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham, “Just Mercy” Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Greta Gerwig, “Little Women” Edward Norton, “Motherless Brooklyn” Lorene Scafaria, “Hustlers” Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
BEST DIRECTOR Ari Aster, “Midsommar” Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story” Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite” Destin Daniel Cretton, “Just Mercy” Robert Eggers, “The Lighthouse” Greta Gerwig, “Little Women” Marielle Heller, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Rian Johnson, “Knives Out” Jennifer Kent, “The Nightingale” James Mangold, “Ford v Ferrari” Sam Mendes, “1917” Jordan Peele, “Us” Jay Roach, “Bombshell” Joe & Anthony Russo, “Avengers: Endgame” Josh and Benny Safdie, “Uncut Gems” Lorene Scafaria, “Hustlers” Céline Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman” Trey Edward Shults, “Waves” Peter Strickland, “In Fabric” Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit” Lulu Wang, “The Farewell” Olivia Wilde, “Booksmart”
BEST ACTRESS Awkwafina, “The Farewell” Jessie Buckley, “Wild Rose” Ana de Armas, “Knives Out” Kaitlyn Dever, “Booksmart” Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet” Beanie Feldstein, “Booksmart” Aisling Franciosi, “The Nightingale” Adèle Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “In Fabric” Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story” Noémie Merlant, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Elisabeth Moss, “Her Smell” Lupita Nyong’o, “Us” Mary Kay Place, “Diane” Florence Pugh, “Midsommar” Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women” Charlize Theron, “Bombshell” Emma Thompson, “Late Night” Alfre Woodard, “Clemency”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell” Zazie Beetz, “High Flying Bird” Laura Dern, “Marriage Story” Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit” Jennfier Lopez, “Hustlers” Thomasin McKenzie, “Jojo Rabbit” Florence Pugh, “Little Women” Margot Robbie, “Bombshell” Margot Robbie, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” Taylor Russell, “Waves” Julie Walters, “Wild Rose” Naomi Watts, “Ophelia” Zhao Shuzhen, “The Farewell”
BEST ACTOR Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” Matt Damon, “Ford v Ferrari” Roman Griffin Davis, “Jojo Rabbit” Robert De Niro, “The Irishman” Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” Robert Downey Jr., “Avengers: Endgame” Adam Driver, “Marriage Story” Taron Egerton, “Rocketman” Kelvin Harrison Jr., “Luce” Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell” Michael B. Jordan, “Just Mercy” Noah Jupe, “Honey Boy” Marc Maron, “Sword of Trust” Matthew McConaughey, “The Beach Bum” Eddie Murphy, “Dolemite is My Name” Edward Norton, “Motherless Brooklyn” Robert Pattinson, “High Life” Robert Pattinson, “The Lighthouse” Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” Brad Pitt, “Ad Astra” Matthew Rhys, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Ray Romano, “Paddleton” Adam Sandler, “Uncut Gems”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alan Alda, “Marriage Story” Alec Baldwin, “Motherless Brooklyn” Eric Bogosian, “Uncut Gems” Sterling K. Brown, “Waves” Timothée Chalamet, “Little Women” Sam Claflin, “The Nightingale” Willem Dafoe, “The Lighthouse” Mark Duplass, “Paddleton” Joel Edgerton, “The King” Jamie Foxx, “Just Mercy” Baykali Ganambarr, “The Nightingale” Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy” Tracy Letts, “Ford v Ferrari” John Lithgow, “Bombshell” Rob Morgan, “Just Mercy” Tim Blake Nelson, “Just Mercy” Al Pacino, “The Irishman” Joe Pesci, “The Irishman” Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood” Sam Rockwell, “Richard Jewell” Wesley Snipes, “Dolemite is My Name” Song Kang-ho, “Parasite” Gregg Turkington, “Mister America”
BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE Billy Eichner, “The Lion King” Mark Hamill, “Child’s Play” Jason Liles / Alan Manson / Richard Dorton, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” Idina Menzel, “Frozen II” Rosa Salazar, “Alita: Battle Angel”
BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING The Beach Bum Booksmart Dolemite is My Name The Farewell Ford v Ferrari Jojo Rabbit Just Mercy The King Knives Out Little Women Marriage Story Midsommar Parasite The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Waves
BEST MUSICAL SCORE Michael Abels, “Us” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, “Ford v Ferrari” Cavern of Anti-Matter, “In Fabric” Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women” Michael Giacchino, “Jojo Rabbit” Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Joker” James Newton Howard, “A Hidden Life” Mark Korven, “The Lighthouse” Bear McCreary, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” Emile Mosseri, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” Randy Newman, “Marriage Story” Thomas Newman, “1917” Daniel Pemberton, “Motherless Brooklyn” Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, “Waves” Alan Silvestri, “Avengers: Endgame”
BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR Rhianne Barreto, “Share” (actress) Pippa Bianco, “Share” (writer / director) Roman Griffin Davis, “JoJo Rabbit” (actor) Henry Dunham, “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek” (writer / director) Aisling Franciosi, “The Nightingale” (actress) Taylor Russell, “Waves” (actress) Tilman Singer, “Luz” (writer / director) Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (director / co-writer) Luana Velis, “Luz” (actress) Olivia Wilde, “Booksmart” (director)
ORIGINAL VISION AWARD Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite” Jérémy Clapin, “I Lost My Body” Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe, “Greener Grass” Robert Eggers, “The Lighthouse” Peter Strickland, “In Fabric” Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Established in 2009 by a dedicated group of six Indiana journalists, the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) was established to promote the art of film criticism in the Hoosier state, to support Indiana’s growing film industry and to promote quality film criticism in Indiana.
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