Mank and Minari Lead 2020 Pandora International Film Critics Nominations

The nominations for the 2nd Pandora International Film Critics Awards have been unveiled where David Fincher’s Mank and Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari lead the way with eight nods each. Full list of nominations below. The winners will be announced on January 30 at 8pm GMT.

Created in 2019 by Filmotomy’s Editor-in-chief Robin Write, the Pandora International Film Critics Awards aims to provide a somewhat more international perspective to awards season with a diverse voting group from all corners of the globe.

International Motion Picture
And Then We Danced
Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
Ema
I Carry You With Me
La Llorona
Minari
A Sun
System Crasher

Documentary Motion Picture
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time

Animated Motion Picture
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

English-Language Motion Picture
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mangrove
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal

Directing
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Steve McQueen – Mangrove
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Filmmaking Breakthrough
Radha Blank – The Forty Year-Old Version
Kitty Green – The Assistant
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night

Acting Breakthrough
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie
Helena Zengel – System Crasher

Actress Lead
Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Actress Support
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman – The Father
Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal
Helena Zengel – News of the World
Amanda Seyfriend – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Actor Lead
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round

Actor Support
Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami
Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman
Alan S. Kim – Minari
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Ensemble Cast
Da 5 Bloods
Mangrove
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Screenwriting Adapted
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

Screenwriting Original
Another Round
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Editing
Da 5 Bloods
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Nomadland
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Cinematography
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Nomadland
Tenet

Set Design
Emma.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The Personal History Of David Copperfield

Costume Design
Birds Of Prey
Emma.
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The Personal History Of David Copperfield

Hair & Makeup
Birds of Prey
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Emma.
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Special Effects
Birds of Prey
The Invisible Man
Possessor
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984

Sound Design
Mank
Soul
Sound of Metal
Tenet
The Vast of Night

Score Composing
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Minari
Soul
Tenet

Song Composing
“Poverty Porn” – The Forty-Year-Old Version
“Rocket to the Moon” – Over the Moon
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
“Staring at the Mountain” – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
“Wuhan Flu” – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm