IFJA announces 2020 awards nominees
BEST FILM (28)
Another Round The Assistant Athlete A Bad Education Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Da 5 Bloods Dick Johnson Is Dead Emma The Father First Cow i’m thinking of ending things Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari The Nest Never Rarely Sometimes Always Nomadland One Night in Miami Palm Springs The Personal History of David Copperfield Possessor Promising Young Woman Small Axe: Mangrove Song Without a Name Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Twentieth Century The Vast of Night
BEST ANIMATED FILM (3)
Onward Soul Wolfwalkers
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (6)
76 Days Another Round Bacurau Beanpole La Dosis Song Without a Name
BEST DOCUMENTARY (15)
76 Days All In: The Fight for Democracy Athlete A Boys State Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Desert One Dick Johnson Is Dead Disclosure John Lewis: Good Trouble The Last Out Miss Americana MLK/FBI Time Totally Under Control Welcome to Chechnya
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (13)
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” Brandon Cronenberg, “Possessor” Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers, "Soul" Sean Durkin, “The Nest” Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman" Kitty Green, “The Assistant” Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round” James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, "The Vast of Night" Matthew Rankin, “The Twentieth Century” Andy Siara, "Palm Springs" Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Alice Wu, “The Half of It”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (8)
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father" Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” Charlie Kaufman, "i’m thinking of ending things" Mike Makowsky, “Bad Education” Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami” Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” Ruben Santiago-Hudson, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland"
BEST DIRECTOR (19)
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” Brandon Cronenberg, “Possessor” Pete Docter, "Soul" Sean Durkin, “The Nest” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” Kitty Green, “The Assistant” Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Kirsten Johnson, “Dick Johnson Is Dead” Charlie Kaufman, “i’m thinking of ending things” Regina King, “One Night in Miami” Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods” Melina León, “Song Without a Name” Steve McQueen, “Small Axe: Mangrove” Matthew Rankin, “The Twentieth Century” Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” Aaron Sorkin “The Trial of the Chicago 7” George C. Wolfe, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Alice Wu, “The Half of It” Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland"
BEST ACTRESS (17)
Haley Bennett, “Swallow” Jessie Buckley, “i’m thinking of ending things” Carrie Coon, “The Nest” Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Julia Garner, “The Assistant” Han Ye-ri, "Minari" Leah Lewis, “The Half of It” Rachel McAdams, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” Frances McDormand, "Nomadland" Pamela Mendoza, “Song Without a Name” Cristin Milioti, "Palm Springs" Elisabeth Moss, “The Invisible Man” Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” Aubrey Plaza, “Black Bear” Margot Robbie, “Birds of Prey” Anya Taylor-Joy, "Emma."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (9)
Jane Adams, “She Dies Tomorrow” Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Toni Collette, “i’m thinking of ending things” Olivia Colman, “The Father” Olivia Cooke, “Sound of Metal” Allison Janney, “Bad Education” Margo Martindale, “Blow the Man Down” Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari”
BEST ACTOR (15)
Christopher Abbott, “Possessor” Ben Affleck, “The Way Back” Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” Kingsley Ben-Adir, “One Night in Miami” Paul Bettany, "Uncle Frank" Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Eli Goree, “One Night in Miami” Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Hugh Jackman, “Bad Education” Jude Law, “The Nest” Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round” Jesse Plemons, “i’m thinking of ending things” Eddie Redmayne, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Steven Yeun, "Minari"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (18)
Chadwick Boseman, "Da 5 Bloods" Bo Burnham, “Promising Young Woman” Bill Burr, “The King of Staten Island” Peter Capaldi, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” Colman Domingo, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Aldis Hodge, “One Night in Miami” Caleb Landry Jones, “The Outpost” Alan Kim, "Minari" Frank Langella, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Orion Lee, “First Cow” Ewan McGregor, “Birds of Prey” Bill Murray, “On the Rocks” Leslie Odom, Jr., “One Night in Miami” Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” J.K. Simmons, “Palm Springs” Dan Stevens, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” David Strathairn, “Nomadland” David Thewlis, “i’m thinking of ending things”
BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE (6)
Sean Bean, “Wolfwalkers” Tina Fey, "Soul" Jamie Foxx, "Soul" Oliver Platt, “i’m thinking of ending things” Donald Ray Pollock “The Devil All The Time” Ben Schwartz, “Sonic the Hedgehog”
BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING (12)
Da 5 Bloods Another Round The Devil All the Time i'm thinking of ending things The King of Staten Island Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari One Night in Miami The Personal History of David Copperfield She Dies Tomorrow The Trial of the Chicago 7 Uncle Frank
BEST MUSICAL SCORE (12)
Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer, "The Vast of Night" Terence Blanchard, “One Night in Miami” Ludovico Einaudi, “Nomadland” Ludwig Göransson, “Tenet” Emile Mosseri, “Minari” Richard Reed Parry, "The Nest" Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Soul" William Tyler, "First Cow" Jay Wadley, “i’m thinking of ending things” Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer, "Emma." Benjamin Wallfisch, “The Invisible Man” Jim Williams, “Possessor”
BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR (14)
Maria Bakalova (actress), “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Max Barbakow (director), "Palm Springs" Emerald Fennell (writer/director) "Promising Young Woman" Sidney Flanigin (actress), “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Alan Kim (actor), "Minari" Orion Lee (actor), “First Cow” Leah Lewis (actress), “The Half of It" Darius Marder (writer / director) “Sound of Metal” Andrew Patterson (director), "The Vast of Night" Tayarisha Poe (writer/director), “Selah and the Spades” Kemp Powers (co-writer/co-director) “Soul,” and (writer) “One Night in Miami” Matthew Rankin (writer / director), “The Twentieth Century” Andy Siara (writer), “Palm Springs” Autumn de Wilde (director), "Emma."
HOOSIER AWARD
As a special award, nominees for the Hoosier Award are not revealed.
ORIGINAL VISION (10)
After Midnight Assassin 33 A.D. Dick Johnson Is Dead i’m thinking of ending things Possessor Promising Young Woman She Dies Tomorrow The Twentieth Century The Vast of Night Vivarium