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