Academy Awards 2020

Another eclectic and record-breaking twelve months of cinema—complete with all its festivals and releases, scandals and social change—culminated on Sunday evening in Hollywood California at the 92nd Academy Awards, the biggest night of the year for the industry. As is becoming tradition the event was preceded by some prerequisite media scandal and recrimination regarding the academy’s choices, while the show itself was once again a hostless affair.

A less diverse but no less impressive or deserving selection of nominees this year once again provided no clear front-runner, but were led by the likes of Todd Phillips’ stark super villain origin story ‘Joker’, Martin Scorsese’s latest mob masterpiece ‘The Irishman’, Quentin Tarantino’s singular ode to classic Hollywood ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ and tense Sam Mendes World War I frontier drama ‘1917’, a memorable quartet which racked up the bulk of the nominations. But it was Bong Joon-Ho’s South Korean class study and inequality black comedy which built on an already impressive awards season to take home the most golden statuettes including best director and the big one, making history as the first film not in the English language to win best picture in the show’s 92 year history.

Although all award shows are entirely subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what or even be nominated, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognised for another great year of work, so let’s see who the big winners were this year.

 

Best Picture

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• Parasite (Winner)

• 1917 

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Le Mans ’66

• Little Women
  

• Marriage Story
  

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Our Pick from the Nominees: 1917

Our Pick Overall: 1917

 

 

Directing

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• Bong Joon-ho for ‘Parasite’ (Winner)

• Sam Mendes for ‘1917’

• Todd Phillips for ‘Joker’

• Martin Scorsese for ‘The Irishman’

• Quentin Tarantino for ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’

Our pick from the nominees: Sam Mendes for ‘1917’

Our pick overall: Sam Mendes for ‘1917’

 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

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• Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker’ (Winner)

• Antonio Banderas in ‘Pain and Glory’

• Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’

• Adam Driver in ‘Marriage Story’

• Jonathan Pryce in ‘The Two Popes’

Our pick from the nominees: Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker’

Our pick overall: Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker’

 

 

Actress in a Leading Role

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• Renée Zellweger in ‘Judy’ (Winner)

• Cynthia Erivo in ‘Harriet’

• Scarlett Johansson in ‘Marriage Story’

• Saoirse Ronan in ‘Little Women’

• Charlize Theron in ‘Bombshell’

Our pick from the nominees: Renée Zellweger in ‘Judy’

Our pick overall: Renée Zellweger in ‘Judy’

 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

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• Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ (Winner)

• Tom Hanks in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’

• Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Two Popes’

• Al Pacino in ‘The Irishman’

• Joe Pesci for ‘The Irishman’

Our pick from the nominees: Al Pacino in ‘The Irishman’

Our pick overall: Shia LaBeouf for ‘Honey Boy’

 

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

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• Laura Dern in ‘Marriage Story’ (Winner)

• Kathy Bates in ‘Richard Jewell’

• Scarlett Johansson in ‘Jojo Rabbit’

• Florence Pugh in ‘Little Women’

• Margot Robbie in ‘Bombshell’

Our pick from the nominees: Kathy Bates in ‘Richard Jewell’

Our pick overall: Kathy Bates in ‘Richard Jewell’

 

 

Writing- Original Screenplay

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• ‘Parasite’ by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (Winner)

• ‘1917’ by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns

• ‘Knives Out’ by Rian Johnson

• ‘Marriage Story’ by Noah Baumbach

• ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ by Quentin Tarantino

Our pick from the nominees: ‘Parasite’ by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

Our pick from the nominees: ‘Parasite’ by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

 

 

Writing- Adapted Screenplay

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• ‘Jojo Rabbit’ by Taika Waititi (Winner)

• ‘The Irishman’ by Steven Zaillian

• ‘Joker’ by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver

• ‘Little Women’ by Greta Gerwig

• ‘The Two Popes’ by Anthony McCarten

Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘The Irishman’ by Steven Zaillian

Our pick overall: ‘The Irishman’ by Steven Zaillian

 

 

Music- Original Score

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• ‘Joker’ by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Winner)

• ‘1917’ by Thomas Newman

• ‘Little Women’ by Alexandre Desplat

• ‘Marriage’ Story by Randy Newman

• ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ by John Williams

Our pick from the nominees: ‘1917’ by Thomas Newman

Our pick overall: ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ by Daniel Pemberton

 

 

Music- Original Song

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• “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from ‘Rocketman’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Winner)

• “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from ‘Toy Story 4’ by Randy Newman

• “I’m Standing with You” from ‘Breakthrough’ by Diane Warren

• “Into the Unknown” from ‘Frozen II’ by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

• “Stand Up” from ‘Harriet’ by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

Our pick from the nominees: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from ‘Rocketman’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Our pick overall: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from ‘Rocketman’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

 

 

Animated Feature Film

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• Toy Story 4 (Winner)

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 

• I Lost My Body

• Klaus

• Missing Link

Our pick from the nominees: Toy Story 4

Our pick overall: Toy Story 4

 

 

International Feature Film

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• ‘Parasite’ (South Korea) (Winner)

• ‘Corpus Christi’ (Poland)

• ‘Honeyland’ (North Macedonia)

• ‘Les Misérables’ (France)

• ‘Pain and Glory’ (Spain)

Our pick from the nominees: ‘Parasite’ (South Korea)

Our pick overall: ‘Parasite’ (South Korea)

 

 

Cinematography

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• ‘1917’ by Roger Deakins (Winner)

• ‘The Irishman’ by Rodrigo Prieto

• ‘Joker’ by Lawrence Sher

• ‘The Lighthouse’ by Jarin Blaschke

• ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ by Robert Richardson

Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘1917’ by Roger Deakins

Our Pick Overall: ‘1917’ by Roger Deakins

 

 

Film Editing

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• ‘Le Mans ’66’ by Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (Winner)

• ‘The Irishman’ by Thelma Schoonmaker

• ‘Jojo Rabbit’ by Tom Eagles

• ‘Joker’ by Jeff Groth

• ‘Parasite’ by Yang Jin-mo

Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Le Mans ’66’ by Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker

Our Pick Overall: ‘1917’ by Lee Smith

 

 

Visual Effects

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• 1917 (Winner)

• Avengers: Endgame 

• The Irishman

• The Lion King

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Our Pick from the Nominees: The Lion King

Our Pick Overall: The Lion King

 

 

Production Design

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• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Winner)

• 1917

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Parasite
  

Our Pick from the Nominees: 1917

Our Pick Overall: 1917

 

 

Costume Design

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• Little Women (Winner)

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Our Pick from the Nominees: Jojo Rabbit

Our Pick Overall: Jojo Rabbit

 

 

Documentary – Feature

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• American Factory (Winner)

• The Cave

• The Edge of Democracy

• For Sama

• Honeyland

Our Pick from the Nominees: For Sama

Our Pick Overall: Apollo 11

 

 

Documentary – Short Subject

• Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) (Winner)

• In the Absence

• Life Overtakes Me

• St. Louis Superman

• Walk Run Cha-Cha

Our Pick from the Nominees: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

Our Pick Overall: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

 

 

Live Action Short Film

• The Neighbors’ Window (Winner)

• Brotherhood 

• Nefta Football Club

• Saria

• A Sister

Our Pick from the Nominees: A Sister

Our Pick Overall: A Sister

 

 

Animated Short Film

• Hair Love (Winner)

• Dcer
  

• Kitbull

• Memorable

• Sister

Our Pick from the Nominees: Kitbull

Our Pick Overall: Kitbull

 

 

Sound Editing

• Le Mans ’66 (Winner)

• 1917 

• Joker
  

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Our Pick from the Nominees: 1917

Our Pick Overall: 1917

 

 

Sound Mixing

• 1917 (Winner)

• Ad Astra
  

• Joker

• Le Mans ’66
  

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Our Pick from the Nominees: Le Mans ’66

Our Pick Overall: Le Mans ’66

 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Bombshell (Winner)

• 1917

• Joker

• Judy

• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Our Pick from the Nominees: Bombshell

Our Pick Overall: IT Chapter Two

 

 

So there it is! A night where the awards were spread evenly and went largely to script but with a few big surprises, which despite complaints about a lack of diversity and representation saw the academy bestow its biggest honour on a South Korean black comedy about class and equality, having given a black & white Mexican domestic drama the royal treatment last year—confirming that globalisation is alive and ready to thrive in Hollywood. Let us know what you think of the Oscar nominations and our picks this year by commenting here and on FilmPhonic at Facebook and Twitter.

 

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