Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) nominations: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ leads with 11

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) has announced nominees in all categories for its forthcoming 2020 awards with the Netflix drama i’m thinking of ending things leads all films with 11 total nominations. Winners will be announced on Saturday, December 19.

A24’s Minari and Amazon Studios’ One Night in Miami have 10 nominations each. Pixar’s Soul has eight nominations, while Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix), Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) and Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) have seven nominations each. Films that did not receive a 2020 qualifying release, like Paramount’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday and Warner Bros’ Judas and the Black Messiah, did not receive nominations. Curiously, Netflix’s biggest push, Mank, which has been available on the streamer for two weeks, was snubbed entirely. So were two more of the streamer’s contenders, Hillbilly Elegy and Pieces of a Woman.

Many of the categories are more longlists than nominations as they contain up to 20 or more contenders. The IFJA

Midwest Film Journal staff writers and guest contributors who vote in the IFJA include: Bob Bloom, Aly Caviness, Evan Dossey, Eric Harris, Lou Harry, Matt Hurt, Brent Leuthold, Richard Propes, Mitch Ringenberg, Nick Rogers, Joe Shearer, Sam Watermeier and Emily Wheeler.

The IFJA will determine a winner and a runner-up in all categories other than the Hoosier Award, which is a physical award bestowed upon a single recipient. Hoosier Award nominees are also not published ahead of the announcement of winners.

In addition to Best Film and Runner-Up, the IFJA will also release an overall Top 10 — with eight other honored films listed alphabetically after the Best Film and Runner-Up.

Nominees are listed below.

BEST FILM
Da 5 Bloods
Another Round
The Assistant
Athlete A
Bad Education
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Dick Johnson is Dead
Emma.
The Father
First Cow
i’m thinking of ending things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
The Nest
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
One NIght in Miami
Palm Springs
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Possessor
Promising Young Woman
Small Axe: Mangrove
Song Without a Name
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Twentieth Century
The Vast of Night

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Onward
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
76 Days
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Dosis
Song Without a Name

BEST DOCUMENTARY
76 Days
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Athlete A
Boys State
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Desert One
Dick Johnson is Dead
Disclosure
John Lewis: Good Trouble
The Last Out
Miss Americana
MLK/FBI
Time
Totally Under Control
Welcome to Chechnya

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor
Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers, Soul
Sean Durkin, The Nest
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Kitty Green, The Assistant
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, The Vast of Night
Matthew Rankin, The Twentieth Century
Andy Siara, Palm Springs
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alice Wu, The Half of It

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father
Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Charlie Kaufman, i’m thinking of ending things
Mike Makowsky, Bad Education
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor
Pete Docter, Soul
Sean Durkin, The Nest
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Kitty Green, The Assistant
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson is Dead
Charlie Kaufman, i’m thinking of ending things
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Melina Léon, Song Without a Name
Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Mangrove
Matthew Rankin, The Twentieth Century
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Alice Wu, The Half of It
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTRESS
Haley Bennett, Swallow
Jessie Buckley, i’m thinking of ending things
Carrie Coon, The Nest
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigin, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Julia Garner, The Assistant
Han Ye-ri, Minari
Leah Lewis, The Half of It
Rachel McAdams, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Pamela Mendoza, Song Without a Name
Cristin Milioti, Palm Springs
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear
Margot Robbie, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Adams, She Dies Tomorrow
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toni Collette, i’m thinking of ending things
Olivia Colman, The Father
Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal
Allison Janney, Bad Education
Margo Martindale, Blow the Man Down
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

BEST ACTOR
Christopher Abbott, Possessor
Ben Affleck, The Way Back
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Paul Bettany, Uncle Frank
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Eli Goree, One Night in Miami
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Jude Law, The Nest
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
Jesse Plemons, i’m thinking of ending things
Eddie Redmayne, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Steven Yeun, Minari

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Bo Burnham, Promising Young Woman
Bill Burr, The King of Staten Island
Peter Capaldi, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Aldis Hodge, One Night in Miami
Caleb Landry Jones, The Outpost
Alan Kim, Minari
Frank Langella, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Orion Lee, First Cow
Ewan McGregor, BIrds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
J.K. Simmons, Palm Springs
Dan Stevens, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
David Strathairn, Nomadland
David Thewlis, i’m thinking of ending things

BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Sean Bean, Wolfwalkers
Tina Fey, Soul
Jamie Foxx, Soul
Oliver Platt, i’m thinking of ending things
Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time
Ben Schwartz, Sonic the Hedgehog

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Da 5 Bloods
Another Round
The Devil All the Time
i’m thinking of ending things
The King of Staten Island
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Personal History of David Copperfield
She Dies Tomorrow
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Uncle Frank

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer, The Vast of Night
Terence Blanchard, One Night in Miami
Ludovico Einaudi, Nomadland
Ludwig Göransson, Tenet
Emile Mosseri, Minari
Richard Reed Parry, The Nest
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul
William Tyler, First Cow
Jay Wadley, i’m thinking of ending things
Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer, Emma.
Benjamin Wallfisch, The Invisible Man
Jim Williams, Possessor

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Maria Bakalova (actress), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Max Barbakow (director), Palm Springs
Emerald Fennell (writer / director), Promising Young Woman
Sidney Flanigin (actress), Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Alan Kim (actor), Minari
Orion Lee (actor), First Cow
Leah Lewis (actress), The Half of It
Darius Marder (writer / director), Sound of Metal
Andrew Patterson (director), The Vast of Night
Tayarisha Poe (writer / director), Selah and the Spades
Kemp Powers, co-writer / co-director, Soul and writer, One Night in Miami
Matthew Rankin (writer / director), The Twentieth Century
Andy Siara (writer), Palm Springs
Autumn de Wilde (director), Emma.

ORIGINAL VISION AWARD
After Midnight
Assassin 33 A.D.
Dick Johnson is Dead
i’m thinking of ending things
Possessor
Promising Young Woman
She Dies Tomorrow
The Twentieth Century
The Vast of Night
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