I’m done with moaning about 2020 in cinema. I already listed all the films that were postponed and I won’t be repeating myself. But – judging by the list below, you absolutely wouldn’t say that it was a bad year for film. Bad year for the industry, bad year for the theaters – definitely, though I wouldn’t bet on the death of this particular art yet. Ironically, all the delays I mentioned helped me to focus this year on indie and international cinema – with absolutely delightful results. Three years ago, we didn’t even have “international film” category. Now these films are visible in majority of the categories! And we’re still very ahead of the Oscars in terms of diversity. Just in the director category alone, there’s only one white male nominee! Without even trying!
I’m introducing a few new categories and I hope I’ll be continuing them in the future. I finally had a chance to watch a lot new short films this year. There are also two special categories for films usually underappreciated by the awards – genre films (so, science fiction and horror, mostly) and comedies.
Our awards will be revealed on the evening of 16th April 2021, Central European time. After this specific social media year, I seriously considered doing Instagram stream, but it seems risky for multiple reasons. But, as always, we'll be live tweeting the results on our Twitter account @MavoyOfficial and also on my Instagram stories (@mavoy93), and then we'll premiere them in a separate post here.
Mavoy
Movie Awards 2021 nominees
Best
Picture
I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mogul Mowgli
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
Soul
The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmao
There Is No Evil
The Father
Weathering With You
Best
Director
Bassam
Tariq - Mogul Mowgli
Charlie
Kaufman – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Chloe
Zhao - Nomadland
Emerald
Fennell - Promising Young Woman
Jasmila
Żbanić – Quo Vadis Aida
Lee
Isaac Chung – Minari
Mohammad
Rasoulof – There Is No Evil
Regina
King – One Night In Miami
Spike Lee – Da
5 Bloods
Steve
McQueen – Mangrove / Lovers Rock / Red White And Blue
Best
Lead Actress
Atsuko
Maeda – To The Ends Of The Earth
Carey
Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Frances
McDormand – Nomadland
Jasna
Đuričić – Quo Vadis Aida
Jessie
Buckley – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things / Fargo
Julia
Stockler – The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmao
Lee
Young-Ae – Bring Me Home
Natasa
Stork – Preparations To Stay Together For An Unknown Period Of Time
Olivia
Colman – The Father
Tilda
Swinton – The Human Voice
Best
Lead Actor
Anthony
Hopkins – The Father
Chadwick
Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Delroy
Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
John
Boyega – Red White And Blue
Kingsley
Ben-Adir – One Night In Miami
Lakeith
Stanfield – Judas And The Black Messiah
Mads
Mikkelsen – Another Round / Riders Of Justice
Riz
Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli / Sound Of Metal
Robert
Tarango - Feeling Through
Steve
Yeun – Minari
Best
Supporting Actor
Ashton
Sanders – All Day And A Night / Judas And The Black Messiah
Daniel
Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah
David
Thewlis – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Kyle
MacLachlan – Tesla
Leslie
Odom Jr. - One Night In Miami
Mark
Gatiss – The Father
Paul
Raci - Sound Of Metal
Robert
Pattinson - Tenet
Steve
Toussaint – Red White And Blue
Thomas
Bo Larsen – Another Round
Best
Supporting Actress
Amanda
Seyfried - Mank
Carol
Duarte – Invisible Life
Han
Ye-Ri - Minari
Lily
Collins – Mank
Mahtab
Sarvati – There Is No Evil
Olivia
Williams – The Father
Olivia
Cooke – Sound Of Metal
Tuppence
Middleton – Mank
Youn
Yuh-Jong – Minari
Best
Child Actor or Actress
Alan
Kim – Minari
Mariam
Kanj - The Present
Tiara
Richards – Buladó
Best
Original Screenplay
Eliza
Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Emerald
Fennell - Promising Young Woman
Jack
Fincher – Mank
Jasmila
Żbanić - Quo Vadis Aida
Lili
Horvat – Preparations To Stay Together For An Unknown Period Of
Time
Michael
Almereyda – Tesla
Mohammad
Rassoulof - There Is No Evil
Radha
Blank – The 40 Year Old Version
Riz
Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Steve
McQueen – Red White And Blue
Best
Adapted Screenplay
Charlie
Kaufman – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Chloe
Zhao – Nomadland
Florian
Zellner – The Father
Hareesh
S. & R. Jayakumar – Jallikattu
Heiward Mak -
Fagara
Kemp Powers -
One Night In Miami
Murilo Hausner,
Ines Bortagay, Karim Ainouz - The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmao
Naomi Kawase &
Izumi Takashari - True Mothers
Ruben Santiago –
Hudson - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best
Comedy
Fagara
Irresistible
Kajillionaire
Late
Night
Riders
Of Justice
Best
Genre Film
Come
True
La
llorona
Saint
Maud
Siberia
So
What If The Goats Die
Tenet
Two
Distant Strangers
The
Invisible Man
The
Call
Best
Live Action Short
Feeling
Through directed by Doug Roland
Good
Night directed by Anthony Nti
I
Am Easy To Find directed
by Mike Mills
Nimic
directed
by
Yorgos Lanthimos
So
What If The Goats Die directed by Sofia Alaoui
The
Letter Room directed by Elvira Lind
The
Present directed by Farah Nabulsi
Two
Distant Strangers directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
White
Eye directed by Tomer Shushan.
Best
Animated Short
Burrow
directed by Madeline Sharafian
If
Anything Happens I Love You directed by Michael Govier and Will
McCormack
Kapaemahu
directed by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Best
Cinematography
Arseni
Khachaturan – Beginning
Ashkan
Ashkani - There Is No Evil
Gianfranco
Rosi - Notturno
Gireesh
Gangadharan - Jallikattu
Helene
Louvart – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Joshua
James Richards – Nomadland
Lachlan
Milne - Minari
Łukasz
Żal – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Tami
Reiker - One Night In Miami
Yuta
Tsukinaga – True Mothers
Best
Editing
Andrew
Mondshein – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloe
Zhao – Nomadland
Deepu
Joseph - Jallikattu
Frederick
Thoraval – Promising Young Woman
Gabriel
Rhodes - Time
Jennifer
Lame – Tenet
Mark
Towns - Saint Maud
Mikkel
Nielsen – Sound Of Metal
Robert
Frazen – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Tariq
Anwan – One Night In Miami
Best
Sound Editing
Eduardo
Caceres Staackman – La llorona
Lewis
Goldstein – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Nicolas
Becker - Sound Of Metal
Paul
Davies - Saint Maud
Renganaath
Ravee - Jalllikattu
Best
Music
Akira
Kosemura - True Mothers
Adam
Janota Bzowski - Saint Maud
Emile
Mosseri – Kajillionaire / Minari
Jay
Wadley – I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Julia
Holter – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Ludwig
Goransson – Tenet
Ludovico
Einaudi – The Father
Pilotpriest – Come True
Terence
Blanchard – One Night In Miami
Trent
Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank / Soul
Best
Song
Black
Thought – Welcome 2 America
Electric
Youth – The Seeker
Emile
Mosseri, Han Ye-Ri – Rain Song
H.E.R.
- Fight
For You
Janelle
Monae – Turntables
Laura
Pausini – Io Si
Mary
J. Blige – See What You’ve Done
Robert
Glasper – Show Me Your Soul
Production
Design
Daniel T.
Dorrance - United States vs Billie Holiday
Donald
Graham Burt – Mank
Mark Ricker - Ma
Rainey’s Black Bottom
Molly
Hughes - I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
Nathan
Crowley – Tenet
Page Buckner –
One Night In Miami
Peter Francis -
The Father
Paulina
Rzeszowska- Saint Maud
Yong Ok Lee –
Minari
Costumes
Ann Roth - Ma
Rainey’s Black Bottom
Francine
Jamison-Tanchuk - One Night In MIami
Melissa
Toth - I’m
Thinking Of Ending Things
Nancy
Steiner - Promising Young Woman
Paolo Nieddu -
United States Vs Billie Holiday
Trish
Summerville - Mank
Best
Foreign Film:
Another
Round (Denmark)
(directed by Thomas Vinterberg)
Jallikattu
(India) (directed by Lilo Jose Pelissery)
Labyrinth
Of Cinema (Japan) (directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Quo
Vadis Aida (Bosnia) (directed by Jasmila Żbanić)
Preparations
To Stay Together For An Unknown Period Of Time (Hungary) (directed by
Lili Horvath)
There Is No Evil (Iran) (directed by Mahmoud Rassoulof)
The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmao (Brasil) (directed by Karim Aïnouz)
True Mothers (Japan) (directed by Naomi Kawase)
To The Ends Of Earth (Uzbekistan) (directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Weathering
With You (Japan) (directed by Makoto Shinkai)
Best
Animated Film
Over
The Moon
Our
Seven Day War
Raya
And The Last Dragon
Soul
Weathering
With You
Best
Documentary
Andrey
Tarkovsky - A Cinema Prayer (directed Andrei A. Tarkovsky)
All
In – A Fight For Democracy (directed Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortes )
For
Sama (directed by Waad Al-Kateab)
John
Lewis – Good Trouble (directed by Dawn Porter)
MLK/FBI
(directed by Sam Pollard)
Notturno
(directed by Gianfranco Rosi)
Stray
(directed by Elizabeth Lo )
Time
(directed by Garrett Bradley)
The
Mole Agent (directed by Maite Alberdi)
White
Noise (directed by Daniel Lombroso)
Best
TV Drama
Dark
Devs
Fargo
I May Destroy You
The Comey Rule
The Queen’s Gambit
The Third Day
Best
TV Comedy
Kidding
The Boys
The Good Lord Bird
Truth Seekers
WandaVision
Wellington Paranormal
What We Do In The Shadows
Leading
Actor in A Drama TV Series
Anthony
Mackie – Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Ben
Mendelsohn –
The Outsider
Chris
Rock - Fargo
Dietrich
Hollinderbaumer – Dark
Jeff
Daniels – The Comey Rule
Jude
Law – The Third Day
Nick
Offerman – Devs
Sebastian
Stan – Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Leading
Actor In A Comedy TV Series
Anthony
Starr – The Boys
Ethan
Hawke – The Good Lord Bird
Hugh
Laurie – Avenue 5
Jim
Carrey – Kidding
Kayvan
Novak – What We Do In The Shadows
Matt
Berry – What We Do In The Shadows
Mike
Minogue – Wellington Paranormal
Nick
Frost – Truth Seekers
Supporting
Actor in A Drama TV Series
Ben Whishaw - Fargo
Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule
Daniel Brühl – Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Glynn Turman – Fargo
Jack Huston - Fargo
Jason Schwartzman - Fargo
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Devs
Timothy Olyphant - Fargo
Winfried Glatzeder - Dark
Supporting
Actor In A Comedy TV Series
Daveed
Diggs – The Good Lord Bird
Frank
Langella – Kidding
Cole
Allen – Kidding
Joshua
Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird
Justin
Kirk – Kidding
Maaka
Pohatu – Wellington Paranormal
Mark
Proksch – What We Do In The Shadows
Malcolm
McDowell – Truth Seekers
Leading
Actress in A Drama TV Series
Anya
Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
Cynthia
Erivo – The Outsider
Lisa
Kreuzer – Dark
Michaela
Coel – I May Destroy You
Naomie
Harris – The Third Day
Sonoya
Mizuno - Devs
Leading
Actress In A Comedy TV Series
Elizabeth Olsen
- WandaVision
Catherine Keener
– Kidding
Karen O’Leary
– Wellington Paranormal
Nastasia
Demetriou – What We Do In The Shadows
Supporting
Actress In A Comedy TV Series
Aya Cash – The
Boys
Judy
Greer – Kidding
Juliet Morris –
Kidding
Karen Fukuhara –
The Boys
Kathryn Hahn -
WandaVision
Susie Wokoma –
Truth Seekers