Fair play to North Dakota's film community, establishing a society last year not only for journalists but for film professionals. They've just announced their 2020 award nominations, led by Mank with eight nods. It fails to crack their Best Picture top five, however, which is a sterling lineup regardless; among these nominees, Oscar frontrunner Nomadland has the biggest nomination haul with six. A few head-scratchers here - all those nominations for Ammonite? - but this is broadly a very handsome selection from the NDFS. Winners to be revealed a week today, on the 15th of January.
Best Picture
FIRST COW
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
NOMADLAND
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Best Director
Emerald Fennell - PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
David Fincher - MANK
Charlie Kaufman - I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Kelly Reichardt - FIRST COW
Chloé Zhao - NOMADLAND
Best Actress
Viola Davis - MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Sophia Loren - THE LIFE AHEAD
Frances McDormand - NOMADLAND
Carey Mulligan - PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Kate Winslet - AMMONITE
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed - SOUND OF METAL
Chadwick Boseman - MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Delroy Lindo - DA 5 BLOODS
Gary Oldman - MANK
Steven Yeun - MINARI
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova - BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
Ellen Burstyn - PIECES OF A WOMAN
Saoirse Ronan - AMMONITE
Amanda Seyfried - MANK
Youn Yuh Jung - MINARI
Best Supporting Actor
Bo Burnham - PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Sacha Baron Cohen - THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Orion Lee - FIRST COW
Paul Raci - SOUND OF METAL
David Strathairn - NOMADLAND
Best Screenplay
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
MANK
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
SOUND OF METAL
Best Production Design
EMMA.
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
MANK
NEWS OF THE WORLD
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Best Cinematography
EMMA.
FIRST COW
MANK
NOMADLAND
TENET
Best Film Editing
I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
MANK
NOMADLAND
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
TENET
Best Original Score
AMMONITE
THE INVISIBLE MAN
MANK
SOUL
TENET
Best Original Song
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM - ”Wuhan Flu”
MISS AMERICANA - ”Only the Young”
ON THE ROCKS - ”Identical”
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI - ”Speak Now”
OVER THE MOON - ”Rocket to the Moon”
Best International Feature
AND THEN WE DANCED
ANOTHER ROUND
BEANPOLE
COLLECTIVE
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Best Documentary Feature
ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
BOYS STATE
COLLECTIVE
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
TIME
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
Best Animated Feature
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
ONWARD
OVER THE MOON
SOUL
WOLFWALKERS