Latino Entertainment Journalists Association announces 2nd annual award nominations
'Twas the luck of the Irish, I suspect, that saw Italian-American Martin Scorsese's Irish gangster movie The Irishman win over none other than a group of Latinx critics. The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association has only offered up their year-end opinions once before, in last year's first ever LEJA awards, and this year's second crop is led by The Irishman with ten nominations. There are also impressive performances put in by titles like The Farewell and Parasite, and welcome Best Picture mentions for titles thus far under-acknowledged in this year's critics' awards, like Monos and The Two Popes.
Indeed, the LEJA award nominations are pleasantly peppered with surprise picks and non-English language titles throughout, be that in the 4/10 Best Picture nominees not in English, or in the support for features such as Birds of Passage, La Flor, Invisible Life, Tigers Are Not Afraid and Tremors. Some of these nominations betray a fine appreciation for the cinematic arts across a wide range of disciplines (across a wide range of categories: there are 26 prizes available here!), with several of LEJA's choices among the very best made by any voting body so far this season.
Award winners will be announced two weeks today on the 19th of January.
Best Picture
1917 (Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes and Jayne-Ann Tenggren)
The Farewell (Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz and Jane Zheng)
Hustlers (Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez and Adam McKay)
The Irishman (Robert de Niro, Randall Emmett, Gaston Pavlovich, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, David Heyman and Craig Shilowich)
Monos (Fernando Epstein, Alejandro Landes, Cristina Landes and Santiago A. Zapata)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino)
Pain & Glory (Agustin Almodovar)
Parasite (Kwak Sin Ae and Jang Young Hwan)
The Two Popes (Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin and Tracey Seaward)
Best Director
Pedro Almodovar (Pain & Glory)
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Fernando Meirelles (The Two Popes)
Sam Mendes (1917)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Best Actress
Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Gabriela Cartol (The Chambermaid)
Ana de Armas (Knives Out)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Renee Zellweger (Judy)
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas (Pain & Glory)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Juan Pablo Olyslager (Tremors)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Fernanda Montenegro (Invisible Life)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Taylor Russell (Waves)
Zhao Shu Zhen (The Farewell)
Best Supporting Actor
Moises Arias (Monos)
Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Original Screenplay
The Farewell
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Best Adapted Screenplay
Hustlers
Invisible Life
The Irishman
Joker
Little Women
The Two Popes
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (1917)
David Gallego (Birds of Passage)
Phedon Papamichael (Ford v. Ferrari)
Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)
Lawrence Sher (Joker)
Jasper Wolf (Monos)
Best Film Editing
Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)
Michael McCusker (Ford v. Ferrari)
Thelma Schoonmaker (The Irishman)
Lee Smith (1917)
Fernando Stutz (The Two Popes)
Yang Jin Mo (Parasite)
Best Production and Set Design
1917
Invisible Life
The Irishman
Knives Out
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Two Popes
Best Costume Design
Birds of Passage
Dolemite Is My Name
Hustlers
Little Women
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Rocketman
Best Sound Design
1917
Ad Astra
Ford v. Ferrari
The Irishman
Monos
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Best Visual Effects
1917
Ad Astra
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Best Hair & Makeup
Bombshell
Dolemite Is My Name
Hustlers
Invisible Life
Joker
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Score
Michael Abels (Us)
Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
Hildur Gudnadottir (Joker)
Mica Levi (Monos)
Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
Thomas Newman (1917)
Best Song
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - 'Into The Unknown' (Frozen II)
Joshuah Brian Campbell, Cynthia Erivo, Gabe Fox-Peck and Will Wells - 'Stand Up' (Harriet)
Gabriel Chwojnik and Mariano Llinas - 'Yo Soy El Fuego' (La Flor)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin - '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again' (Rocketman)
Alan Menken, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul - 'Speechless' (Aladdin)
Caitlyn Smith, Mary Steenburgen and Kate York - 'Glasgow (No Place Like Home)' (Wild Rose)
Best Ensemble Casting
Hustlers
The Irishman
Knives Out
Monos
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Stunts
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Ford v. Ferrari
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Terminator: Dark Fate
Best Animated Feature
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Documentary Feature
American Factory
Apollo 11
The Edge of Democracy
Knock Down the House
One Child Nation
Midnight Family
Best International Feature
The Chambermaid
Invisible Life
Monos
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Voice / Motion Performance
Tony Hale (Toy Story 4)
Tom Hanks (Toy Story 4)
Shirley Henderson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)
Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)
Will Smith (Aladdin)
Danny Trejo (Rosa and the Lost City of Gold)
Latino Breakout Award
ANA DE ARMAS (THE INFORMER / KNIVES OUT / WASP NETWORK)
Latino Activism Award
EVA LONGORIA BASTON
Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award
JENNIFER LOPEZ
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