Indiana Film Journalists go for ‘Mass’ en masse

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) has named Mass as Best Film of the Year. It won four awards in total, including Best Original Screenplay for Fran Kranz, the first-time writer/director who also was named Breakout of the Year, and Best Ensemble Acting for the cast of Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton.

Kristen Stewart took Best Actress for Spencer and Gaby Hoffmann won Best Supporting Actress for C’mon C’mon. Oscar Isaac was named Best Actor for The Card Counter and Troy Kotsur of CODA won Best Supporting Actor.

Best Director went to Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog, which also won Best Musical Score for composer Jonny Greenwood. Other winners include Flee as Best Animated Film and Olivia Colman for Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance for The Mitchells vs. the Machines.

IFJA members issued this statement for the Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award, which was renamed earlier this year upon the passing of their beloved founding member: 

“Robert B. Weide’s extraordinary undertaking to document the life and writings of Indianapolis’ iconic native son leaps beyond mere biography, also chronicling the friendship that grew between filmmaker and subject over the course of decades. The resulting film gives a far richer and more revealing portrait of Kurt Vonnegut and his creative life than seen in any medium.”

Here is the full list of winners and runners-up from the Indiana Film Journalists Association awards.

BEST FILM
Mass
Runner-Up: Drive My Car

Rest of the Top 10 (listed alphabetically):
Annette
The Card Counter
C’mon C’mon
CODA
The Green Knight
The Last Duel
Pig
The Power of the Dog

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Flee
Runner-Up: Luca

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Lamb

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Runner-Up: Procession

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Fran Kranz, Mass
Runner-Up: Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, The Last Duel

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Fran Kranz, Mass

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Runner-Up: Jodie Comer, The Last Duel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Gaby Hoffmann, C’mon C’mon
Runner-Up: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
Runner-Up: Nicolas Cage, Pig

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Runner-Up: Jason Isaacs, Mass

BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Winner: Olivia Colman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Runner-Up: Tom Hardy, Venom: Let There Be Carnage

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Winner: Mass
Runner-Up: The Humans

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Hans Zimmer, Dune

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fran Kranz (writer-director), Mass
Runner-Up: Michael Sarnoski (director / co-writer), Pig

ORIGINAL VISION AWARD
Winner: Annette
Runner-Up: Titane

EDWARD JOHNSON-OTT HOOSIER AWARD
Winner: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

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