The full winners list of the third annual KavehJAwards, highlighting the best (and some of the worst) in cinema this year.
Best Picture
Minari
Nomadland
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
First Cow
Sound of Metal
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mangrove [Small Axe]
Lovers Rock [Small Axe]
Shithouse
Bad Education
Bacarau
Another Round
The Vast of Night
Wolfwalkers
WINNER: First Cow
RUNNER-UP: Minari
Best Actress, Leading Role
Jessie Buckley, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version (pictured above)
Catherine Deneuve, The Truth
Elisabeth Moss, Shirley/The Invisible Man
Dylan Gelula, Shithouse
Cristin Milioti, Palm Springs
Han Ye-ri, Minari
Letitia Wright, Mangrove
WINNER: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
RUNNER-UP: Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear
Best Actor, Leading Role
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night In Miami
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
John Magaro, First Cow
Cooper Raiff, Shithouse
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Shaun Parkes, Mangrove
Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
WINNER: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
RUNNER-UP: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actress, Supporting Role
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal
Toni Collette, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Olivia Colman, The Father
Allison Janney, Bad Education
Swankie, Nomadland
Odessa Young, Shirley
Juliette Binoche, The Truth
WINNER: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
RUNNER-UP: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Best Actor, Supporting Role
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night In Miami
Bill Murray, On The Rocks
David Strathairn, Nomadland
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Orion Lee, First Cow
Brian Dennehy, Driveways
Michael Stuhlbarg, Shirley
Arliss Howard, Mank
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan S. Kim, Minari
WINNER: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
RUNNER-UP: David Strathairn, Nomadland
Best Ensemble Cast (Film Titles Mentioned Only)
Bad Education
Minari
Nomadland
Mank
Get Duked!
Black Bear
Sound of Metal
Mangrove
Bacarau
One Night In Miami
WINNER: Mank
RUNNER-UP: Bad Education
Best Foreign Film
Bacarau
A White, White Day
House of Hummingbird
We Are Little Zombies
The Whistlers
The Truth
I'm No Longer Here
Another Round
WINNER: Bacarau
RUNNER-UP: House of Hummingbird
Best Director
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Spike Lee, David Byrne's American Utopia/Da 5 Bloods
Charlie Kaufman, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
David Fincher, Mank
Steve McQueen, Small Axe (Lovers Rock/Mangrove/Education/Red, White & Blue/Alex Wheatle)
WINNER: Steve McQueen, Small Axe (Lovers Rock/Mangrove/Education/Red, White & Blue/Alex Wheatle)
RUNNER-UP: Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night
Best Screenplay, Original
Shithouse, Cooper Raiff
The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank
Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, and Magnus Millang
Palm Springs, Andy Siara
Get Duked!, Ninian Doff, Alice Lowe, and Eddie Izzard
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Eliza Hittman
Sound of Metal, Abraham Marder and Darius Marder
WINNER: Shithouse, Cooper Raiff
RUNNER-UP: Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Eliza Hittman
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
First Cow, Kelly Reichardt
I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman
The Father, Florian Zeller
Bad Education, Cory Finley
WINNER: Bad Education, Cory Finley
RUNNER-UP: First Cow, Kelly Reichardt
Best Animated Feature
Wolfwalkers
Soul
Onward
Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against The Universe
World of Tomorrow Episode 3: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
WINNER: World of Tomorrow Episode 3: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
RUNNER-UP: Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary
Boys State
Time
Feels Good Man
David Byrne's American Utopia
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Dick Johnson Is Dead
76 Days
City Hall
The Truffle Hunters
On The Record
WINNER: David Byrne's American Utopia
RUNNER-UP: Time
Best Original Score
Mank, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari, Emile Mosseri
Da 5 Bloods, Terrence Blanchard
Tenet, Ludwig Görranson
The Vast of Night, Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer
WINNER: Minari, Emile Mosseri
RUNNER-UP: The Vast of Night, Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer
Best Original Song
"Speak Now", Leslie Odom Jr., One Night In Miami
"Turntables", Janelle Monáe, All In: The Fight for Democracy
"Only The Young", Taylor Swift, Miss Americana
"What A Night", Scarlet Pleasure, Another Round
WINNER: "Turntables", Janelle Monáe, All In: The Fight for Democracy
RUNNER-UP: "What A Night", Scarlet Pleasure, Another Round
Best Editing
Sound of Metal
Mank
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Nomadland
Time
WINNER: I'm Thinking of Ending Things
RUNNER-UP: Time
Best Sound Design/Editing
Sound of Metal
Mank
The Invisible Man
The Vast of Night
The Forty-Year-Old Version
WINNER: Sound of Metal
RUNNER-UP: Mank
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Possessor
The Invisible Man
Wonder Woman 1984
WINNER: Tenet
RUNNER-UP: Possessor
Best Feel-Good Flick
Palm Springs
The Forty-Year-Old Version
On The Rocks
Wolfwalkers
Happiest Season
Get Duked!
WINNER: Get Duked!
RUNNER-UP: The Forty-Year-Old Version
Defining Cinema Award (Awarded to the film that I believe will be the most impactful on the world of cinema)
Sound of Metal
Shithouse
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lovers Rock
Palm Springs
WINNER: The Forty Year-Old-Version
RUNNER-UP: Lovers Rock
Worst Film
The Turning
Antebellum
Scoob!
The Kissing Booth 2
Brahms: The Boy 2
The Grudge
The Wrong Missy
The Binge
Artemis Fowl
The Last Days of American Crime
WINNER: The Wrong Missy
RUNNER-UP: The Kissing Booth 2