The North Dakota Film Society is a new regional critics group. They were formed just last year and today, they announced their inaugural nominees for their first batch of film awards.
And what can I say about these nominees other than the fact that they are freaking awesome! Only with the regular suspects — Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Parasite, and Marriage Story — they also nominated Midsommar and The Lighthouse!
Seriously, I can only hope that this group is as consistently interesting over the upcoming year!
Here are the nominees:
BEST PICTURE:
- THE LIGHTHOUSE
Directed by Robert Eggers; Produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, Jay Van Hoy, Robert Eggers, Lourenco Sant’Anna, Youree Henley - MARRIAGE STORY
Directed by Noah Baumbach; Produced by Noah Baumbach, David Heyman - MIDSOMMAR
Directed by Ari Aster; Produced by by Thomas Benski, Fredrik Heinig, Pelle Nilsson, Ben Rimmer, Philip Westgren - ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Directed by Quentin Tarantino; Produced by David Herman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino - PARASITE
Directed by Bong Joon ho; Produced by Bong Joon Ho, Sin-ae Kwak
BEST DIRECTOR:
- Ari Aster
MIDSOMMAR - Robert Eggers
THE LIGHTHOUSE - Bong Joon Ho
PARASITE - Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
UNCUT GEMS - Quentin Tarantino
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
BEST ACTRESS:
- Awkwafina
THE FAREWELL - Scarlett Johansson
MARRIAGE STORY - Lupita Nyong’o
US - Florence Pugh
MIDSOMMAR - Saoirse Ronan
LITTLE WOMEN
BEST ACTOR:
- Leonardo DiCaprio
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD - Adam Driver
MARRIAGE STORY - Robert Pattinson
THE LIGHTHOUSE - Joaquin Phoenix
JOKER - Adam Sandler
UNCUT GEMS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Laura Dern
MARRIAGE STORY - Jennifer Lopez
HUSTLERS - Florence Pugh
LITTLE WOMEN - Margot Robbie
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD - Zhao Shuzhen
THE FAREWELL
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 SCREENPLAY:
- THE LIGHTHOUSE
Written by Robert Eggers, Max Eggers - MARRIAGE STORY
Written by Noah Baumbach - MIDSOMMAR
Written by Ari Aster - ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Written by Quentin Tarantino - PARASITE
Written by Bong Joon Ho, Jin Won Han
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
- A HIDDEN LIFE
Director of Photography: Jorg Widmer - JOKER
Director of Photography: Lawrence Sher - THE LIGHTHOUSE
Director of Photography: Jarin Blaschke - ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Director of Photography: Robert Richardson - PARASITE
Director of Photography: Kyung-pyo Hong
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
- THE LIGHTHOUSE
Production Designer: Craig Lathrop; Set Decorator: Ian Greig - JOJO RABBIT
Production Designer: Ra Vincent; Set Decorator: Nora Sopkova - MIDSOMMAR
Production Designer: Henrik Svensson - ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Production Designer: Barbara Ling; Set Decorator: Nancy Haigh - PARASITE
Production Designer: Ha-jun Lee
BEST EDITING:
- THE IRISHMAN
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker - JOJO RABBIT
Editor: Tom Eagles - THE LIGHTHOUSE
Editor: Louise Ford - ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Editor: Fred Raskin - PARASITE
Editor: Jinmo Yang
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
- JOKER
Composer: Hildur Guonadóttir - LITTLE WOMEN
Composer: Alexandre Desplat - MARRIAGE STORY
Composer: Randy Newman - MIDSOMMAR
Composer: The Haxan Cloak - US
Composer: Michael Abels
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
- “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)”
WILD ROSE
Music and lyrics by Mary Steenburgen - “A Glass of Soju”
PARASITE
Music and lyrics by Bong Joon Ho and Jung Jae-Il - “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”
TOY STORY 4
Music and lyrics by Randy Newman - “I’m Gonna Love Me Again”
ROCKETMAN
Music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin - “Into the Unknown”
FROZEN II
Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
- HONEYLAND
Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
(Macedonia) - LES MISERABLES
Directed by Ladj Ly
(France) - PAIN AND GLORY
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
(Spain) - PARASITE
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
(South Korea) - PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Directed by Céline Sciamma
(France)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
- AMERICAN FACTORY
Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert - APOLLO 11
Directed by Todd Douglas Miller - THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
Directed by John Chester - HONEYLAND
Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov - ONE CHILD NATION
Directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
- FROZEN II
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee - I LOST MY BODY
Directed by Jérémy Clapin - KLAUS
Directed by Sergio Pablos - MISSING LINK
Directed by Chris Butler - TOY STORY 4
Directed by Josh Cooley
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