Columbus Film Critics Association nominations: ‘Little Women,’ Once Upon a Time…’ lead

The Columbus Film Critics Association has announced the nominees for its 18th annual awards and Little Women leads the way with 9 mentions including Best Film, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay (Greta Gerwig) and two nominations for Florence Pugh; one in Supporting Actress and one for her 2019 body of work that includes Little Women.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood also earned 9 nominations, Marriage Story followed closely with 8 and The Irishman and Parasite with seven each.

Winners will be announced on the evening of January 2nd, 2020. Here is the full list of nominations.

Best Film

• 1917
• The Farewell
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Knives Out
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Parasite (Gisaengchung)
• Uncut Gems

Best Director

• Bong Joon -ho, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
• Greta Gerwig, Little Women
• Sam Mendes, 1917
• Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Actor

• Robert De Niro, The Irishman
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Adam Driver, Marriage Story
• Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse
• Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
• Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

Best Actress

• Awkwafina, The Farewell
• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
• Lupita Nyong’o, Us
• Florence Pugh, Midsommar
• Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

Best Supporting Actor

• Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
• Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Al Pacino, The Irishman
• Joe Pesci, The Irishman
• Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

• Laura Dern, Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
• Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
• Florence Pugh, Little Women
• Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

Best Ensemble

• The Irishman
• Knives Out
• Little Women
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Parasite (Gisaengchung)

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

• Adam Driver (The Dead Don’t Die, Marriage Story, The Report, and Star Wars: Episode IX – The
  Rise of Skywalker)
• Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce and Waves)
• Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Jojo Rabbit, and Marriage Story)
• Brad Pitt (Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
• Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family, Little Women, and Midsommar)

Breakthrough Film Artist

• Rowan Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit – (for acting)
• Julia Fox, Uncut Gems – (for acting)
• Florence Pugh, Fighting with My Family, Little Women, and Midsommar – (for acting)
• Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir – (for acting)
• Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco – (for directing, producing, and screenwriting)
• Lulu Wang, The Farewell – (for directing, producing and screenwriting)
• Olivia Wilde, Booksmart – (for directing)

Best Cinematography

• Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
• Roger Deakins, 1917
• Hong Kyung-pyo, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
• Pawel Pogorzelski, Midsommar
• Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Hoyte Van Hoytema, Ad Astra

Best Film Editing

• Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
• Bob Ducsay, Knives Out
• Fred Raskin, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Lee Smith, 1917
• Yang Jin-mo, Parasite (Gisaengchung)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Greta Gerwig, Little Women
• Lorene Scafaria, Hustlers
• Taiki Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
• Steve Zaillian, The Irishman

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
• Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite (Gisaengchung)
• Rian Johnson, Knives Out
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Lulu Wang, The Farewell

Best Score

• Michael Abels, Us
• Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
• Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
• Randy Newman, Marriage Story
• Thomas Newman, 1917

Best Documentary

• Amazing Grace
• American Factory
• Apollo 11
• Honeyland
• One Child Nation

Best Foreign Language Film

• Atlantics (Atlantique)
• Les Misérables
• Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)
• Parasite (Gisaengchung)
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)

Best Animated Film

• Frozen II
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps)
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

Best Overlooked Film

• Her Smell
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Missing Link
• Ready or Not
• Wild Rose

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