Georgia Film Critics Association announce Nominations for 2019 Awards

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The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) announced their nominations for the best in film for 2019. The winners will be revealed on 10th January. Here are those nominees in full:

Best Picture

  • 1917
  • The Farewell
  • Ford v Ferrari
  • A Hidden Life
  • The Irishman
  • Little Women
  • Marriage Story
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
  • Parasite
  • Uncut Gems

Best Director

  • 1917 – Sam Mendes
  • The Irishman – Martin Scorsese
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
  • Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
  • Uncut Gems – Ben Safdie, Josh Safdie 

Best Actor

  • Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
  • Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
  • Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
  • Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)

Best Actress

  • Awkwafina (The Farewell
  • Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story
  • Lupita Nyong’o (Us
  • Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
  • Renée Zellweger (Judy)

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

  • Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell
  • Laura Dern (Marriage Story
  • Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers
  • Florence Pugh (Little Women
  • Margot Robbie (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
  • Shuzhen Zhou (The Farewell)

Best Original Screenplay

  • The Farewell – Lulu Wang 
  • Knives Out – Rian Johnson 
  • Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach 
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
  • Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Hustlers – Lorene Scafaria 
  • The Irishman – Steven Zaillian 
  • Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi 
  • Joker – Todd Phillips, Scott Silver 
  • Little Women – Greta Gerwig

Best Cinematography

  • 1917 – Roger Deakins 
  • Ad Astra – Hoyte van Hoytema 
  • A Hidden Life – Jörg Widmer 
  • The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke 
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Robert Richardson
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Claire Mathon

Best Production Design

  • 1917 – Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales 
  • The Lighthouse – Craig Lathrop, Matt Likely 
  • Little Women – Jess Gonchor, Chris Farmer 
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
  • Parasite – Lee Ha-joon

Best Original Score

  • 1917 – Thomas Newman 
  • Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir 
  • Little Women – Alexandre Desplat 
  • Parasite – Jung Jae-il 
  • Uncut Gems – Daniel Lopatin
  • Us – Michael Abels

Best Original Song

  • “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” (Wild Rose) 
  • “A Glass of Soju” – (Parasite) 
  • “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” – (Rocketman) 
  • “Into the Unknown” – (Frozen II) 
  • “Stand Up” – (Harriet)

Best Ensemble

  • The Irishman 
  • Knives Out
  • Little Women 
  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 
  • Parasite

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Farewell 
  • Long Day’s Journey Into Night 
  • Pain and Glory 
  • Parasite 
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Breakthrough Award

  • Ana de Armas (The Informer, Knives Out, Wasp Network
  • Awkwafina (The Farewell, Jumanji: The Next Level, Paradise Hills
  • Julia Fox (Uncut Gems
  • Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Bolden, Gully, Luce, Waves, The Wolf Hour
  • George MacKay (1917, A Guide to Second Date Sex, Nuclear, True History of the Kelly Gang
  • Florence Pugh (Fighting With My Family, Little Women, Midsommar)
  • Taylor Russell (Escape Room, Waves)

Best Animated Film

  • Frozen II 
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 
  • I Lost My Body 
  • Missing Link 
  • Toy Story 4

Best Documentary Film

  • American Factory 
  • Apollo 11 
  • The Biggest Little Farm 
  • Honeyland 
  • Love, Antosha 
  • Midnight Family

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

  • Avengers: Endgame (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)
  • Doctor Sleep (Mike Flanagan)
  • Ford v Ferrari (James Mangold, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller)
  • Greener Grass (Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe)
  • Gryphon Animo (short; Matthew Maloney)
  • Jumanji: The Next Level (Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg)
  • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham)
  • The Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz)
  • Reckoning (Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye)
  • Richard Jewell (Clint Eastwood, Billy Ray)
  • Summer Night (Joseph Cross, Jordan Jolliff)


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