‘Parasite’, ‘1917’, ‘Knives Out’ Win Big at the Pandora International Film Critics Awards 2019

And so the time as come. Before we get completely engulfed in Sunday night’s BAFTAs and what it means to the illustrious awards season of 2019, we here at Filmotomy had the important business of announcing the winners of the Pandora International Film Critics Awards.

Voting ran for five days once the nominations were announced last week, and all entries have now been totaled and awaiting the public eye. As well as the 23 categories, there were three special awards honoring a world cinema icon, and both the Filmmaker and Actor or Actress of the Decade.

As expected, Parasite took the International Motion Picture prize and Directing for Bong Joon-ho – with the Set Design making it three wins. Also with three (consecutive) wins was Knives Out, winning Ensemble Cast, Breakthrough Acting for Ana de Armas, and Screenwriting Original for Rian Johnson.

With the most wins was 1917, with four awards. As well as English-Language Film, Roger Deakins and Thomas Newman both won, and the film also took Sound Design. The Irishman and Little Women grabbed two wins. Joe Pesci and Florence Pugh won in the Support acting categories, with The Irishman winning Editing, and Greta Gerwig winning Screenwriting Adapted.

Other winners included Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Lupita Nyong’o (Us), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Dolemite Is My Name, Bombshell, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, For Sama, and Wild Rose.

Winners list in full here:

DIRECTING

Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)

HAIR / MAKEUP

Bombshell

ACTOR SUPPORT

Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Avengers: Endgame

ANIMATION

Toy Story 4

SONG

“Glasgow” (Wild Rose)

ACTOR LEAD

Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

SOUND DESIGN

1917

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE

1917

SET DESIGN

Parasite

FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH

Lulu Wang (The Farewell)

SCORE

Thomas Newman (1917)

SCREENWRITING ADAPTED

Greta Gerwig (Little Women)

COSTUME DESIGN

Dolemite is My Name

ACTRESS SUPPORT

Florence Pugh (Little Women)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins (1917)

DOCUMENTARY

For Sama

EDITING

The Irishman

ACTRESS LEAD

Lupita Nyong’o (Us)

ENSEMBLE CAST

Knives Out

SCREENWRITING ORIGINAL

Rian Johnson (Knives Out)

ACTING BREAKTHROUGH

Ana De Armas (Knives Out)

INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE

Parasite

ANNA KARINA AWARD FOR WORLD CINEMA ICON

Agnès Varda

CLIO AWARD FOR FILMMAKER OF THE DECADE

Denis Villeneuve

THESPIS AWARD FOR ACTRESS / ACTOR OF THE DECADE

Amy Adams