2019 Columbus Film Critics Association award nominations announced
For awards season veterans (such as myself, I might argue), the Columbus Film Critics Association's award nominations announcement is a sure sign we're over the holiday hump and into the second part of the season. Often, that'd occur in January, but we're getting there a little earlier this year - it is, after all, a shorter-than-usual run to Oscar night.
Nine nods is the maximum for any movie this year with the CFCA (formerly the Central Ohio Film Critics Association). It's reached by Little Women and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, the former perhaps providing us with another sure sign: that Greta Gerwig's period drama is making its presence felt as it reaches ever more audiences.
Winners are due to be announced on the 2nd of January.
Best Film
1917
The Farewell
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems
Best Director
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Sam Mendes (1917)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Actress
Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Florence Pugh (Midsommar)
Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
Best Actor
Robert de Niro (The Irishman)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Zhao Shu Zhen (The Farewell)
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Original Screenplay
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won (Parasite)
Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)
Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
Roger Deakins (1917)
Hong Kyung Pyo (Parasite)
Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar)
Robert Richardson (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Hoyte van Hoytema (Ad Astra)
Best Film Editing
Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)
Bob Ducsay (Knives Out)
Fred Raskin (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Lee Smith (1917)
Yang Jin Mo (Parasite)
Best Score
Michael Abels (Us)
Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
Hildur Gudnadottir (Joker)
Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
Thomas Newman (1917)
Best Ensemble
The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Animated Film
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Documentary
Amazing Grace
American Factory
Apollo 11
Honeyland
One Child Nation
Best Foreign Language Film
Atlantics
Les Miserables
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Overlooked Film
Her Smell
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Missing Link
Ready or Not
Wild Rose
Best Breakthrough Film Artist
Julia Fox (Uncut Gems) - acting
Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit) - acting
Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family / Little Women / Midsommar) - acting
Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir) - acting
Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco) - directing, producing and screenwriting
Lulu Wang (The Farewell) - directing, producing and screenwriting
Olivia Wilde (Booksmart) - directing
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Adam Driver (The Dead Don't Die / Marriage Story / The Report / Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce / Waves)
Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame / Captain Marvel / Jojo Rabbit / Marriage Story)
Brad Pitt (Ad Astra / Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family / Little Women / Midsommar)
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