Well, this is a first. Literally. As announced prior, the newly formed Pandora International Film Critics announced their 2019 nominations in film. The shortlists were revealed on Twitter not long ago, with the hashtag #PIFCawards.
Admittedly, much of the films you are about to peruse have been dancing along nicely all through the 2019 awards season, but rest assured their will be some talking points. Some popular films not quite making it, with smaller films performing rather well.
The full nominations in each category are below:
ANIMATION
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- I Lost My Body
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4
- Weathering With You
DOCUMENTARY
- American Factory
- Apollo 11
- The Cave
- For Sama
- Honeyland
HAIR / MAKEUP
- Bombshell
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Judy
- Little Women
- 1917
ACTING BREAKTHROUGH
- Ana De Armas (Knives Out)
- Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale)
- Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce, Waves)
- Noah Jupe (Honey Boy, Ford v Ferrari)
SCREENWRITING ADAPTED
- Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
- Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
- Anthony McCarten (The Two Popes)
- Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
- Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
SOUND DESIGN
- Ad Astra
- Ford v Ferrari
- The Lighthouse
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
COSTUME DESIGN
- Dolemite is My Name
- Jojo Rabbit
- Little Women
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Rocketman
SET DESIGN
- The Irishman
- Little Women
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
ACTOR SUPPORT
- Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
- Song Kang-ho (Parasite)
- Al Pacino (The Irishman)
- Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
- Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
- Roger Deakins (1917)
- Hong Kyung-pyo (Parasite)
- Claire Mathon (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
- Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar)
EDITING
- Ford v Ferrari
- The Irishman
- 1917
- Parasite
- Uncut Gems
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Knives Out
- Little Women
- Marriage Story
- Midsommar
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Uncut Gems
- Us
SPECIAL EFFECTS
- Ad Astra
- Avengers: Endgame
- The Irishman
- 1917
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
ACTOR LEAD
- Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
- Robert De Niro (The Irishman)
- Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
- Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
- Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
SCREENWRITING ORIGINAL
- Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
- Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
- Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won (Parasite)
- Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
- Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
SONG
- “Glasgow” (Wild Rose)
- “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
- “Into the Unknown” (Frozen II)
- “Show Yourself” (Frozen II)
- “Stand Up” (Harriet)
SCORE
- Michael Abels (Us)
- Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)
- Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
- Thomas Newman (1917)
FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH
- Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts (For Sama)
- Mati Diop (Atlantics)
- Alma Har’el (Honey Boy)
- Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
- Olivia Wilde (Booksmart)
ENSEMBLE CAST
- The Irishman
- Knives Out
- Little Women
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
ACTRESS SUPPORT
- Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
- Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
- Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit)
- Florence Pugh (Little Women)
- Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)
DIRECTING
- Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
- Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
- Sam Mendes (1917)
- Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
- Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
ACTRESS LEAD
- Awkwafina (The Farewell)
- Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
- Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
- Florence Pugh (Midsommar)
- Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE
- Atlantics
- Beanpole
- The Farewell
- For Sama
- Invisible Life
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night
- Monos
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire