2019 Indiana Film Journalists Association award winners announced
The Indiana Film Journalists Association is known, in certain circles, for a few things. Giving a Best Film award to a Colin Trevorrow movie! Announcing 26 Best Film nominees in a given year! Having... questionable taste! Anyway, this year, they've almost overcome that final thing by choosing Marriage Story as their favourite film of 2019, with Parasite coming in second. The Noah Baumbach drama also wins in Best Actor and in Original Screenplay, while the Bong Joon Ho thriller wins Best Director and Foreign Language Film. Sound pretty good, until you realize they haven't placed The Irishman anywhere, in any category! Not good, Indiana, not good!
You can remind yourself of the IFJA's extensive list of nominations for the year at this link.
Best Film
1. MARRIAGE STORY
2. Parasite
Other finalists
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Booksmart
Ford v. Ferrari
Knives Out
The Lighthouse
Little Women
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Director
1. BONG JOON HO (PARASITE)
2. Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Best Actress
1. LUPITA NYONG'O (US)
2. Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Best Actor
1. ADAM DRIVER (MARRIAGE STORY)
2. Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Supporting Actress
1. JENNIFER LOPEZ (HUSTLERS)
2. Taylor Russell (Waves)
Best Supporting Actor
1. WILLEM DAFOE (THE LIGHTHOUSE)
2. Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Original Screenplay
1. NOAH BAUMBACH (MARRIAGE STORY)
2. Max Eggers and Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse)
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. GRETA GERWIG (LITTLE WOMEN)
2. Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Best Musical Score
1. MICHAEL ABELS (US)
2. Cavern of Anti-Matter (In Fabric)
Best Ensemble Acting
1. KNIVES OUT
2. Little Women
Best Animated Feature
1. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
2. I Lost My Body
Best Documentary
1. FOR SAMA
2. Apollo 11
Best Foreign Language Film
1. PARASITE
2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Breakout of the Year
1. OLIVIA WILDE (BOOKSMART)
2. Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)
Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance
1. RICHARD DORTON, JASON LILES AND ALAN MANSON (GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS)
2. Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)
Original Vision Award
1. ROBERT EGGERS (THE LIGHTHOUSE)
2. Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
The Hoosier Award
JASON KELLER (FORD V. FERRARI)
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