Nominees for the 18th annual Columbus Film Critics Association awards
(Columbus, December 29, 2019) The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 18th annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 2rd, 2020.
Founded in 2002, the Columbus Film Critics Association is comprised of film critics based in Columbus, Ohio and its surrounding areas. Its membership consists of 28 print, radio, television, and online critics. COFCA’s official website at www.cofca.org contains links to member reviews and past award winners.
The 2019 Columbus Film Critics Association awards nominees are:
Best Film
–1917–
The Farewell
–The Irishman
–Jojo Rabbit
–Knives Out
–Little Women
–Marriage Story
–Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
–Parasite (Gisaengchung)
–Uncut Gems
Best Director
-Bong Joon -ho, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
-Greta Gerwig, Little Women
-Sam Mendes, 1917
-Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
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 Actress
-Awkwafina, The Farewell
-Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
-Lupita Nyong’o, Us
-Florence Pugh, Midsommar
-Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Best Supporting Actor
-Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
-Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
-Al Pacino, The Irishman
-Joe Pesci, The Irishman
-Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress
-Laura Dern, Marriage Story
-Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
-Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
-Florence Pugh, Little Women
-Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Best Ensemble
–The Irishman
–Knives Out
–Little Women
–Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
–Parasite (Gisaengchung)
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
-Adam Driver (The Dead Don’t Die, Marriage Story, The Report, and Star Wars: Episode IX – The
Rise of Skywalker)
-Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce and Waves)
-Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Jojo Rabbit, and Marriage Story)
-Brad Pitt (Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
-Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family, Little Women, and Midsommar)
Breakthrough Film Artist
-Rowan Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit – (for acting)
-Julia Fox, Uncut Gems – (for acting)
-Florence Pugh, Fighting with My Family, Little Women, and Midsommar – (for acting)
-Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir – (for acting)
-Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco – (for directing, producing, and screenwriting)
-Lulu Wang, The Farewell – (for directing, producing and screenwriting)
-Olivia Wilde, Booksmart – (for directing)
Best Cinematography
-Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
-Roger Deakins, 1917
-Hong Kyung-pyo, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
-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 (Gisaengchung)
Best Adapted Screenplay
-Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
-Greta Gerwig, Little Women
-Lorene Scafaria, Hustlers
-Taiki Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
-Steve Zaillian, The Irishman
Best Original Screenplay
-Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
-Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
-Rian Johnson, Knives Out
-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
-Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Best Score
-Michael Abels, Us
-Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
-Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
-Randy Newman, Marriage Story
-Thomas Newman, 1917
Best Documentary
–Amazing Grace
–American Factory
–Apollo 11
–Honeyland
–One Child Nation
Best Foreign Language Film
–Atlantics (Atlantique)
– Les Misérables
–Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)
– Parasite (Gisaengchung)
– Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Best Animated Film
–Frozen II
–How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
– I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps)
–Missing Link
–Toy Story 4
Best Overlooked Film
–Her Smell
–The Last Black Man in San Francisco
–Missing Link
–Ready or Not
–Wild Rose
COFCA offers its congratulations to the nominees.
Previous Best Film winners:
2002: Punch-Drunk Love
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Million Dollar Baby
2005: A History of Violence
2006: Children of Men
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: WALL·E
2009: Up in the Air
2010: Inception
2011: Drive
2012: Moonrise Kingdom
2013: Gravity
2014: Selma
2015: Spotlight
2016: La La Land
2017: Lady Bird
2018: If Beale Street Could Talk
For more information about the Columbus Film Critics Association, please visit www.cofca.org or e-mail info@cofca.org.
The complete list of members and their affiliations:
Richard Ades (Freelance); Dwayne Bailey (Bailey’s Buzz); Adam Barney (The Film Coterie); Sam Brady (I Am Sam Reviews); Logan Burd (Cinema or Cine-meh?); Kevin Carr (www.7mpictures.com, FilmSchoolRejects.com); Bill Clark (www.fromthebalcony.com); Olie Coen (Archer Avenue, DVD Talk); John DeSando (90.5 WCBE); Johnny DiLoretto (90.5 WCBE, PencilStorm.com); Chris Feil (FilmMixTape.com, TheFilmExperience.net); Frank Gabrenya (The Columbus Dispatch); Mark Jackson (MovieManJackson.com); Brad Keefe (Columbus Alive); Kristin Dreyer Kramer (NightsAndWeekends.com, 90.5 WCBE); Adam Kuhn (Corndog Chats); Roger Legg (The Film Coterie, Faith and Film); Joyce Long (Freelance); Rico Long (Freelance); Hope Madden (Columbus Underground, MaddWolf.com and WTTE-TV); Paul Markoff (Filmbound); David Medsker (Bullz-Eye.com); Lori Pearson (Kids-in-Mind.com, critics.com); Mark Pfeiffer (Filmbound, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema); Melissa Starker (Freelance); George Wolf (Columbus Radio Group, MaddWolf.com, Columbus Underground, and WTTE-TV); Jason Zingale (Bullz-Eye.com); Nathan Zoebl (PictureShowPundits.com).
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