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It's that time of year, where Oscar season is coming up and a bunch of groups come together and publish their Best of 2020 lists.
Here's this year's award season calendar:
SEPTEMBER 2020
2nd-12th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) – in person
10th-19th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – virtual
25th-October 11th – New York Film Festival (NYFF) – virtual
OCTOBER 2020
8th-14th – Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) – virtual and drive-in
8th-18th – Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) – virtual and drive-in
15th-18th – Middleburg Film Festival (MFF) – virtual
15th-22nd – AFI FEST (AFI) – virtual
NOVEMBER 2020
12th – Gotham Award Nominations (IFP)
DECEMBER 2020
9th – SFFILM Awards Night
12th – European Film Awards (EFA)
18th – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)
20th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)
JANUARY 2021
9th – National Society of Film Critics Voting
11th – Gotham Awards (IFP)
26th – National Board of Review Awards (NBR)
28th-February 3rd – Sundance Film Festival
FEBRUARY 2021
3rd – Golden Globe Award Nominations (HFPA)
4th – Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations (CCA)
9th – Oscar Shortlists Announced (AMPAS)
16th – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
25th – Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
26th – American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)
28th – Golden Globe Awards (HPFA)
MARCH 2021
2nd – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
2nd – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
3rd – Annie Award nominations
4th – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG)
5th – Oscar Nomination Voting Begins
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)
8th – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
9th – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)
10th – Oscar Nomination Voting Ends
11th – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)
14th – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
15th – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
21st – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
24th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
31st – April 10th – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)
APRIL 2021
6th – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
7th – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)
10th – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
10th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
11th – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
13th – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
15th – Final Oscar Voting Begins
16th – Annie Awards
17th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
18th – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)
18th – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
20th – Final Oscar Voting Ends
24th – Film Independent Spirit Awards
25th – Academy Awards
I do wonder with the Oscars being pushed all the way back to April 25, 2021, if the winners will be less predictable than before now that movies that gain traction and seem unstoppable once they start winning a bunch of awards can lose steam with the longer period and fatigue can set in, or if early frontrunners who receive backlash and then lose awards can gain momentum back.
First off,
THE GOTHAM AWARDS
New York based group where every category has a small jury panel of voters with varying backgrounds in film who come together, watch every nominee, and choose a winner. Indie movies that are 30 million or less to make.
www.indiewire.com
Best Feature
“The Assistant”
“First Cow”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”
“Relic”
Best Documentary
“76 Days”
“City Hall”
“Our Time Machine”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Time”
Best International Feature
“Bacurau”
“Beanpole”
“Cuties (Mignonnes)”
“Identifying Features”
“Martin Eden”
“Wolfwalkers”
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Carlo Mirabella-Davis, “Swallow”
Rhada Blank, “The Forty Year Old Version”
Andrew Patterson, “Vast of Night”
Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth”
Alex Thompson, “Saint Frances”
Best Screenplay
“Bad Education,” Mike Makowsky
“First Cow,” Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
“The Forty-Year-Old Version,” Radha Blank
“Fourteen,” Dan Sallitt
“The Vast of Night,” James Montague and Craig Sanger
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Jude Law, “The Nest”
John Magaro, “First Cow”
Jesse Plemons, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth”
Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”
Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Breakthrough Actor
Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Jasmine Batchelor, “The Surrogate”
Kelly O’Sullivan, “Saint Frances”
Orion Lee, “First Cow”
Kingsley Ben-Adir, “One Night in Miami”
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
“The Great”
“Immigration Nation”
“P-Valley”
“Unorthodox”
“Watchmen”
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
“Betty”
“Dave”
“I May Destroy You”
“Taste the Nation”
“Work in Progress”
_________________________________
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
Known for having some more eccentric tastes, they have a really good track record of actors getting nominations.
variety.com
Best Picture: “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24)
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
Runner up: Julia Garner, “The Assistant” (Bleecker Street)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Brian Dennehy, “Driveways” (FilmRise)
Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix)
Best Screenplay: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix) – Charlie Kaufman
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24) – Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Shabier Kirchner, “Lovers Rock” (Amazon Studios)
Best Non-English Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr): “La llorona” – Jayro Bustamante (Shudder)
Runner up: “The Painted Bird” – Václav Marhoul (IFC Films)
Best Documentary: “Collective” – Alexander Nanau (Magnolia Pictures and Participant)
Runner up: “The Painter and the Thief” – Benjamin Ree (Neon)
Best Animated Film: “The Wolf House” – Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (Kimstim Films)
Runner up: “Wolfwalkers” – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” – Robert Frazen (Netflix)
Runner up: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): “The Father” – Florian Zeller (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Autumn de Wilde, “Emma” (Focus Features)
Best Ensemble Cast: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Runner up: “Minari” (A24)
Best Original Score: Emile Mosseri, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Mank” (Netflix)
________________________________________________
INDIEWIRE'S CRITICS SURVEY
231 critics from around the world voted in this year's survey, some margins were razor-thin.
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/b...-performances-nomadland-riz-ahmed-1234604554/
Film:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
3. “First Cow”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
6. “Beanpole”
7. “Time”
8. “Da 5 Bloods”
9. “Martin Eden”
10. “Bacurau”
Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
2. Steve McQueen, “Lovers Rock”
3. Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
5. David Fincher, “Mank”
6. Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods”
7. Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
8. Pietro Marcello, “Martin Eden”
9. Kantemir Balegov, “Beanpole”
10. Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Performance:
1. Riz Ahmed, “The Sound of Metal”
2. Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
3. Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
4. Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
5. Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
6. Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. Luca Marinelli, “Martin Eden”
8. Gary Oldman, “Mank”
9. Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
10. Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round”
Documentary:
1. “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
2. “Time”
3. “Collective”
4. “City Hall”
5. “The Painter and the Thief”
6. “Bloody Nose Empty Pockets”
7. “76 Days”
8. “The Social Dilemma”
9. “The Mole Agent”
10. “Totally Under Control”
Cinematography:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Mank”
3. “Vitalina Varela”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
6. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. “First Cow”
8. “Tenet”
9. “Beanpole”
10. “The Painted Bird”/”Gunda” (TIE)
Screenplay:
1. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
2. “First Cow”
3. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. “Promising Young Woman”
5. “Mank”
6. “Fourteen”
7. “Minari”
8. “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
9. “One Night in Miami”
10. “Kajillionaire”
International Film:
1. “Bacurau”
2. “Beanpole”
3. “Another Round”
4. “Vitalina Varela”
5. “Martin Eden”
6. “Collective”
7. “Wolfwalkers”
8. “And Then We Danced”
9. “The Painted Bird”
10. “His House”
First Feature:
1. “Promising Young Woman”
2. “The Vast of Night”
3. “The 40-Year-Old Version”
4. “One Night in Miami”
5. “Relic”
6. “The Sound of Metal”
7. “The Assistant”
8. “Ham on Rye”
9. “Babyteeth”
10. “The Climb”
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SIGHT & SOUND
Their list of the best 50 films of 2020. This list is complied by over a 100 of Sight & Sound's contributors.
In descending order:
50. The Vast of Night: Andrew Patterson, US
49. The Truth: Koreeda Hirokazu, Japan
48. The Invisible Man: Leigh Whannell, US
47. Richard Jewell: Clint Eastwood, US
46. Collective: Alexander Nanau, Romania
45. Clemency: Chinonye Chukwu, US
44. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Jason Woliner, US
43. Birds of Prey: Cathy Yan, US
42. Another Round: Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark
41. About Endlessness: Roy Andersson, Sweden
40. The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci, UK
39. The Forty-Year-Old Version: Radha Blank, US
38. Tenet: Christopher Nolan, US
37. She Dies Tomorrow: Amy Seimetz, US
36. Relic: Natalie Erika James, Australia
35. Mogul Mowgli: Bassam Tariq, UK
34. Mank: David Fincher, US
33. Limbo: Ben Sharrock, UK
32. Host: Rob Savage, UK
31. Ema: Pablo Larraín, Chile
30. Martin Eden: Pietro Marcello, Italy
29. Little Women: Greta Gerwig, US
28. Les Misérables: Ladj Ly, France
27. His House: Remi Weekes, UK
26. The Disciple: Chaitanya Tamhane, India
25. Babyteeth: Shannon Murphy, Australia
24. Undine: Christian Petzold, Germany/France
23. The Inheritance: Ephraim Asili, US
22. Possessor: Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/UK
21. The Year of the Discovery: Luis López Carrasco, Spain/Switzerland
20. Kajillionaire: Miranda July, US
19. WolfWalkers: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, Ireland/France/Luxembourg
18. The Woman Who Ran: Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
17. Bacurau: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, Brazil
16. David Byrne’s American Utopia: Spike Lee, US
15. Shirley: Josephine Decker, US
14. The Assistant: Kitty Green, US
13. Mangrove: Steve McQueen, UK
12. Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee, US
11. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US
10. Days: Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
9. Rocks: Sarah Gavron, UK
8. Nomadland: Chloé Zhao, US
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Eliza Hittman, US
6. Dick Johnson Is Dead: Kirsten Johnson, US
5. Saint Maud: Rose Glass, UK
4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things: Charlie Kaufman, US
3. First Cow: Kelly Reichardt, US
2. Time: Garrett Bradley, US
1. Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen, UK
Here's this year's award season calendar:
SEPTEMBER 2020
2nd-12th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) – in person
10th-19th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – virtual
25th-October 11th – New York Film Festival (NYFF) – virtual
OCTOBER 2020
8th-14th – Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) – virtual and drive-in
8th-18th – Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) – virtual and drive-in
15th-18th – Middleburg Film Festival (MFF) – virtual
15th-22nd – AFI FEST (AFI) – virtual
NOVEMBER 2020
12th – Gotham Award Nominations (IFP)
DECEMBER 2020
9th – SFFILM Awards Night
12th – European Film Awards (EFA)
18th – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)
20th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)
JANUARY 2021
9th – National Society of Film Critics Voting
11th – Gotham Awards (IFP)
26th – National Board of Review Awards (NBR)
28th-February 3rd – Sundance Film Festival
FEBRUARY 2021
3rd – Golden Globe Award Nominations (HFPA)
4th – Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations (CCA)
9th – Oscar Shortlists Announced (AMPAS)
16th – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
25th – Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
26th – American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)
28th – Golden Globe Awards (HPFA)
MARCH 2021
2nd – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
2nd – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
3rd – Annie Award nominations
4th – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG)
5th – Oscar Nomination Voting Begins
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)
8th – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
9th – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)
10th – Oscar Nomination Voting Ends
11th – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)
14th – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
15th – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
21st – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
24th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
31st – April 10th – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)
APRIL 2021
6th – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
7th – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)
10th – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
10th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
11th – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
13th – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
15th – Final Oscar Voting Begins
16th – Annie Awards
17th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
18th – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)
18th – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
20th – Final Oscar Voting Ends
24th – Film Independent Spirit Awards
25th – Academy Awards
I do wonder with the Oscars being pushed all the way back to April 25, 2021, if the winners will be less predictable than before now that movies that gain traction and seem unstoppable once they start winning a bunch of awards can lose steam with the longer period and fatigue can set in, or if early frontrunners who receive backlash and then lose awards can gain momentum back.
First off,
THE GOTHAM AWARDS
New York based group where every category has a small jury panel of voters with varying backgrounds in film who come together, watch every nominee, and choose a winner. Indie movies that are 30 million or less to make.
Gotham Award Nominations 2020: ‘First Cow,’ ‘Nomadland,’ and All Best Picture Noms by Women
For the first time in Gotham Awards history, all of the year's Best Feature nominees are directed by women.
www.indiewire.com
Best Feature
“The Assistant”
“First Cow”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”
“Relic”
Best Documentary
“76 Days”
“City Hall”
“Our Time Machine”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Time”
Best International Feature
“Bacurau”
“Beanpole”
“Cuties (Mignonnes)”
“Identifying Features”
“Martin Eden”
“Wolfwalkers”
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Carlo Mirabella-Davis, “Swallow”
Rhada Blank, “The Forty Year Old Version”
Andrew Patterson, “Vast of Night”
Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth”
Alex Thompson, “Saint Frances”
Best Screenplay
“Bad Education,” Mike Makowsky
“First Cow,” Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
“The Forty-Year-Old Version,” Radha Blank
“Fourteen,” Dan Sallitt
“The Vast of Night,” James Montague and Craig Sanger
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Jude Law, “The Nest”
John Magaro, “First Cow”
Jesse Plemons, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth”
Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”
Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Breakthrough Actor
Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Jasmine Batchelor, “The Surrogate”
Kelly O’Sullivan, “Saint Frances”
Orion Lee, “First Cow”
Kingsley Ben-Adir, “One Night in Miami”
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
“The Great”
“Immigration Nation”
“P-Valley”
“Unorthodox”
“Watchmen”
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
“Betty”
“Dave”
“I May Destroy You”
“Taste the Nation”
“Work in Progress”
_________________________________
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
Known for having some more eccentric tastes, they have a really good track record of actors getting nominations.
‘Nomadland’ Named Best Picture at Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Paul Raci and Yuh-jung Youn Among Winners
Boston Society of Film Critics named "Nomadland" and its director Chloe Zhao as the best film of the year. Other surprise winners named.
variety.com
Best Picture: “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24)
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
Runner up: Julia Garner, “The Assistant” (Bleecker Street)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Brian Dennehy, “Driveways” (FilmRise)
Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix)
Best Screenplay: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix) – Charlie Kaufman
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24) – Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Shabier Kirchner, “Lovers Rock” (Amazon Studios)
Best Non-English Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr): “La llorona” – Jayro Bustamante (Shudder)
Runner up: “The Painted Bird” – Václav Marhoul (IFC Films)
Best Documentary: “Collective” – Alexander Nanau (Magnolia Pictures and Participant)
Runner up: “The Painter and the Thief” – Benjamin Ree (Neon)
Best Animated Film: “The Wolf House” – Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (Kimstim Films)
Runner up: “Wolfwalkers” – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” – Robert Frazen (Netflix)
Runner up: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): “The Father” – Florian Zeller (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Autumn de Wilde, “Emma” (Focus Features)
Best Ensemble Cast: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Runner up: “Minari” (A24)
Best Original Score: Emile Mosseri, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Mank” (Netflix)
________________________________________________
INDIEWIRE'S CRITICS SURVEY
231 critics from around the world voted in this year's survey, some margins were razor-thin.
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/b...-performances-nomadland-riz-ahmed-1234604554/
Film:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
3. “First Cow”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
6. “Beanpole”
7. “Time”
8. “Da 5 Bloods”
9. “Martin Eden”
10. “Bacurau”
Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
2. Steve McQueen, “Lovers Rock”
3. Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
5. David Fincher, “Mank”
6. Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods”
7. Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
8. Pietro Marcello, “Martin Eden”
9. Kantemir Balegov, “Beanpole”
10. Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Performance:
1. Riz Ahmed, “The Sound of Metal”
2. Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
3. Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
4. Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
5. Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
6. Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. Luca Marinelli, “Martin Eden”
8. Gary Oldman, “Mank”
9. Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
10. Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round”
Documentary:
1. “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
2. “Time”
3. “Collective”
4. “City Hall”
5. “The Painter and the Thief”
6. “Bloody Nose Empty Pockets”
7. “76 Days”
8. “The Social Dilemma”
9. “The Mole Agent”
10. “Totally Under Control”
Cinematography:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Mank”
3. “Vitalina Varela”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
6. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. “First Cow”
8. “Tenet”
9. “Beanpole”
10. “The Painted Bird”/”Gunda” (TIE)
Screenplay:
1. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
2. “First Cow”
3. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. “Promising Young Woman”
5. “Mank”
6. “Fourteen”
7. “Minari”
8. “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
9. “One Night in Miami”
10. “Kajillionaire”
International Film:
1. “Bacurau”
2. “Beanpole”
3. “Another Round”
4. “Vitalina Varela”
5. “Martin Eden”
6. “Collective”
7. “Wolfwalkers”
8. “And Then We Danced”
9. “The Painted Bird”
10. “His House”
First Feature:
1. “Promising Young Woman”
2. “The Vast of Night”
3. “The 40-Year-Old Version”
4. “One Night in Miami”
5. “Relic”
6. “The Sound of Metal”
7. “The Assistant”
8. “Ham on Rye”
9. “Babyteeth”
10. “The Climb”
________________________
SIGHT & SOUND
Their list of the best 50 films of 2020. This list is complied by over a 100 of Sight & Sound's contributors.
The 50 best films of 2020
Our annual poll of the year’s top movies – at cinemas, festivals or online – as chosen by over 100 of our contributors from around the world.
www.bfi.org.uk
In descending order:
50. The Vast of Night: Andrew Patterson, US
49. The Truth: Koreeda Hirokazu, Japan
48. The Invisible Man: Leigh Whannell, US
47. Richard Jewell: Clint Eastwood, US
46. Collective: Alexander Nanau, Romania
45. Clemency: Chinonye Chukwu, US
44. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Jason Woliner, US
43. Birds of Prey: Cathy Yan, US
42. Another Round: Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark
41. About Endlessness: Roy Andersson, Sweden
40. The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci, UK
39. The Forty-Year-Old Version: Radha Blank, US
38. Tenet: Christopher Nolan, US
37. She Dies Tomorrow: Amy Seimetz, US
36. Relic: Natalie Erika James, Australia
35. Mogul Mowgli: Bassam Tariq, UK
34. Mank: David Fincher, US
33. Limbo: Ben Sharrock, UK
32. Host: Rob Savage, UK
31. Ema: Pablo Larraín, Chile
30. Martin Eden: Pietro Marcello, Italy
29. Little Women: Greta Gerwig, US
28. Les Misérables: Ladj Ly, France
27. His House: Remi Weekes, UK
26. The Disciple: Chaitanya Tamhane, India
25. Babyteeth: Shannon Murphy, Australia
24. Undine: Christian Petzold, Germany/France
23. The Inheritance: Ephraim Asili, US
22. Possessor: Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/UK
21. The Year of the Discovery: Luis López Carrasco, Spain/Switzerland
20. Kajillionaire: Miranda July, US
19. WolfWalkers: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, Ireland/France/Luxembourg
18. The Woman Who Ran: Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
17. Bacurau: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, Brazil
16. David Byrne’s American Utopia: Spike Lee, US
15. Shirley: Josephine Decker, US
14. The Assistant: Kitty Green, US
13. Mangrove: Steve McQueen, UK
12. Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee, US
11. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US
10. Days: Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
9. Rocks: Sarah Gavron, UK
8. Nomadland: Chloé Zhao, US
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Eliza Hittman, US
6. Dick Johnson Is Dead: Kirsten Johnson, US
5. Saint Maud: Rose Glass, UK
4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things: Charlie Kaufman, US
3. First Cow: Kelly Reichardt, US
2. Time: Garrett Bradley, US
1. Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen, UK
for that! 
