Friday, April 16, 2021

2020 YEAR-END BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 


Past ballots at The Wandering Image:
 198019811982198319841985198619871988
1989, 19901991199219931994199519961997,
 199819992000 2001, 20022003200420052006,
 200720082009201020112012,  201320142015,
 2016201720182019

To view my Top 30 films of 2020, visit the Final Cinema.




Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's bullshit and the academy shouldn't do it anymore either. Also, Oscar winner predictions will be added later this year beneath my *top pick in each category.




**Actual AMPAS nominees added 3/15/2021**
**Oscar winner predictions added 3/20/2021 below actual AMPAS nominees**
**Actual Oscar winners noted 4/25/2021** 








2020
*THE WOLF HOUSE
VITALINA VARELA
FIRST COW
MINARI
WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
LOVERS ROCK
MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
GRETEL & HANSEL
KOKO-DI KOKO-DA
WOLFWALKERS
BACURAU
DA 5 BLOODS
WILD GOOSE LAKE
I WAS AT HOME, BUT
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG
HAM ON RYE
KAJILLIONAIRE
THE PORTUGUESE WOMAN
THE 20TH CENTURY


actual oscar nominees best picture:
NOMADLAND (won)
THE FATHER
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
MANK
MINARI
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
SOUND OF METAL
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

actual oscar nominees foreign language:
ANOTHER ROUND (won)
BETTER DAYS
COLLECTIVE
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
QUO VADIS, AIDA?

prediction best pic:
TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

prediction foreign:
ANOTHER ROUND












2020
*Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña 
         for THE WOLF HOUSE
Pedro Costa for VITALINA VARELA
Kelly Reichardt for FIRST COW
Steve McQueen for LOVERS ROCK
Lee Isaac Chung for MINARI

actual oscar nominees
Chloé Zhao for NOMADLAND (won)
Thomas Vinterberg for ANOTHER ROUND
David Fincher for MANK
Lee Isaac Chung for MINARI
Emerald Fennell for PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

prediction:
Emerald Fennell for PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN














2020
*Helena Zengel 
              in SYSTEM CRASHER
Elisabeth Moss in SHIRLEY
Viola Davis in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Julia Garner in THE ASSISTANT
Carrie Coon in THE NEST

actual oscar nominees
Frances Mcdormand in NOMADLAND (won)
Viola Davis in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Andra Day in THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY
Vanessa Kirby in PIECES OF A WOMAN
Carey Mulligan in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

prediction:
Carey Mulligan in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN














2020
*Delroy Lindo in DA 5 BLOODS

Anthony Hopkins in THE FATHER
Chadwick Boseman in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Lakeith Stanfield in JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH
Steven Yeun in MINARI

actual oscar nominations
Anthony Hopkins in THE FATHER (won)
Riz Ahmed in SOUND OF METAL
Chadwick Boseman in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Gary Oldman in MANK
Steven Yeun in MINARI

prediction:
Anthony Hopkins in THE FATHER












2020
*Maria Bakalova in BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM

Amanda Seyfried in MANK
Yuh-jung Youn in MINARI
Alice Krige in GRETEL & HANSEL
Brigette Lundy-Paine in BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC

actual oscar nominees
Yuh-jung Youn in MINARI (won)
Maria Bakalova in BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
Glenn Close in HILLBILLY ELEGY
Olivia Colman in THE FATHER
Amanda Seyfried in MANK

prediction:
Olivia Coleman in THE FATHER












2020
*
Stephen McHattie 
                   in COME TO DADDY
Brian Dennehy in DRIVEWAYS
Daniel Kaluuya in JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH
Eamon Farren in LINGUA FRANCA
Christopher Abbott in POSSESSOR

actual oscar nominees:
Daniel Kaluuya in JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH (won)
Sacha Baron Cohen in TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Leslie Odom Jr in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Paul Raci in SOUND OF METAL
Lakeith Stanfield in JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH

prediction:
Daniel Kaluuya in JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH













2020
*JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH
 - W.Berson, Shaka King, Lucas bros.
THE VAST OF NIGHT - Andrew Patterson, Craig W. Sanger 
COME TO DADDY - Toby Harvard, Ant Timpson
MINARI - Lee Isaac Chung
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION - Radha Blank

actual oscar nominees:
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (won)
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
MINARI
SOUND OF METAL
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

prediction:
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7













2020
*ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
                           Kemp Powers
PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD 
                             - Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci
SHIRLEY - Josephine Decker
MARTIN EDEN - Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello
THE FATHER - Florian Zeller
QUO VADIS, AIDA? - Jasmila Zbanic
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG - Shaun Grant

actual oscar nominees:
THE FATHER (won)
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
NOMADLAND
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
THE WHITE TIGER

prediction:
NOMADLAND













2020
*TIME

THE GRAND BIZARRE
BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
COLECTIV
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA
THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS
EPICENTRO
CITY HALL
SPACE DOGS
AMERICAN UTOPIA
CRIP CAMP

actual oscar nominees:
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (won)
COLECTIV
CRIP CAMP
THE MOLE AGENT
TIME

prediction:
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER













2020
*THE WOLF HOUSE 
            [LA CASA LOBO]
THE GRAND BIZARRE
MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE
WOLFWALKERS
ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND
FARMAGEDDON: A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE
KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN
THE WILLOUGHBYS
WEATHERING WITH YOU
SOUL

actual oscar nominees
SOUL (won)
ONWARD
OVER THE MOON
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
WOLFWALKERS

prediction:
SOUL











2020
*MINARI - Emile Mosseri >

BLOOD MACHINES -  Carpenter Brut >
SOUL - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross >
KAJILLIONAIRE - Emile Mosseri >
DOLITTLE - Danny Elfman >
DA 5 BLOODS - Terence Blanchard >

actual oscar nominees:
SOUL (won)
DA 5 BLOODS
MANK
MINARI
NEWS OF THE WORLD

prediction:
SOUL







2020
*WHAT DID JACK DO?

THE HUMAN VOICE
STRASBOURG 1518
GIVERNY DOCUMENT [SINGLE CHANNEL]
COLD MERIDIAN
HUNGER WARD
HECK by Kyle Edward Ball
LADY GAGA: 911 
CARDI B, feat. MEGAN THEE STALLION: WAP
BEYONCE: ALREADY [BLACK IS KING segment]
ARCA: NONBINARY
NIMIC
PERFUME GENIUS: DESCRIBE

actual oscar nominees narrative short
TWO DISTANT STRANGERS (won)
FEELING THROUGH
THE LETTER ROOM
THE PRESENT
WHITE EYE

prediction:
FEELING THROUGH


actual oscar nominees documentary short
COLETTE (won)
A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION
DO NOT SPLIT
HUNGER WARD
A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA

prediction:
A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA













2020
*WORLD OF TOMORROW - EPISODE 3: 
THE ABSENT DESTINATIONS OF DAVID PRIME
THE PHYSICS OF SORROW
METAMORPHOSIS by Carla Pereira & Juanfran Jacinto
CARNE [FLESH] by Camila Kater
HOMELESS HOME
OPAL by Jack Stauber
TIERRA WHACK: DORA
JUST A GUY by Shoko Hara
DENZEL CURRY / KENNY BEATS: UNLOCKED
IGORRR: VERY NOISE
EL GRAN CORELLI
GENIUS LOCI
BURROW
COMING OUT by Cressa Maeve Beer
THE LIVING TOMBSTONE: DRUNK
OUT [Pixar]

actual oscar nominees:
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU (won)
BURROW
GENIUS LOCI
OPERA
YES-PEOPLE

prediction:
BURROW












categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓



2020
*
THE PAINTED BIRD 
              - Vladimír Smutný, ACKS
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG - Ari Wegner, ACS
NEWS OF THE WORLD - Dariusz Wolski, ASC, SFP
VITALINA VARELA - Leonardo Simões
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Vincent Biron, CSC
PINOCCHIO - Nicolai Brüel, DFF

actual oscar nominees:
JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH
MANK (won)
NEWS OF THE WORLD
NOMADLAND
TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

prediction:
MANK











2020
*THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 
                - Matthew Rankin
GRETEL & HANSEL - Josh Ethier, Julia Wong
THE FATHER - Yorgos Lamprinos
SOUND OF METAL - E. G. Nielsen
THE WILD GOOSE LAKE - Jinlei Kong, Matthieu Laclau
COLOR OUT OF SPACE - Brett W. Bachman 

actual oscar nominees
SOUND OF METAL (won)
THE FATHER
NOMADLAND
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

prediction:
SOUND OF METAL













2020
*THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
 
                 - Dany Boivin
THE FATHER - Peter Francis; Cathy Featherstone
GRETEL & HANSEL- Jeremy Reed, Jenny Oman
MANK - Donald Graham Burt; Jan Pascale
BIRDS OF PREY - K.K. Barrett, J.Lukehart, Florencia Martin

actual oscar nominees:
MANK (won)
THE FATHER
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TENET

prediction:
MANK













2020
*JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY 
Michael Wilkinson
BLACK IS KING - Zerina Akers
EMMA - Alexandra Byrne
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Patricia McNeil
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM - Ann Roth
MANK - Jacqueline Durran

actual oscar nominees
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (won)
EMMA
MANK
MULAN
PINOCCHIO

prediction:
EMMA












2020
*PINOCCHIO

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
CAPONE
BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
MANK
JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

actual oscar nominees:
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (won)
EMMA
HILLBILLY ELEGY
MANK
PINOCCHIO

prediction:
MANK











2020
*THE VAST OF NIGHT

SOUND OF METAL
GREYHOUND
SOUL
UNDERWATER
SPUTNIK

actual oscar nominees:
SOUND OF METAL (won)
GREYHOUND
MANK
NEWS OF THE WORLD
SOUL

prediction:
SOUND OF METAL













2020
*TENET
THE INVISIBLE MAN
LOVE AND MONSTERS
PENINSULA
GREENLAND
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
SPUTNIK
UNDERWATER
COLOR OUT OF SPACE
THE MIDNIGHT SKY

actual oscar nominees:
TENET (won)
LOVE AND MONSTERS
THE MIDNIGHT SKY
MULAN
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN

prediction:
TENET














muriel awards categories:




2020
*1) Finally reunited - TIME

2) Gretel VS head witch. Psychic battle finale! 
----------------------------------- GRETEL & HANSEL
3) The wolves crying + healing mother - WOLFWALKERS
4) Party to Janet Kay's "Silly Games" - LOVERS ROCK
5) An entire village rises up armed to the teeth - BACURAU
6) The Hitchcockian night time Gas station set piece 
----------------------------------------------- ALONE
7) mental ward rampage - THE INVISIBLE MAN
8) a spontaneous & surreal musical moment. 
                Ethan Hawke covers Tears for Fears - TESLA
9) Apartment 302 ambush - THE WILD GOOSE LAKE
10) Grandma's shedding skin.. 
      surprisingly emotional body horror ending - RELIC
11) Paul's vision of a Christ-like Norman - DA 5 BLOODS
-tie- Levee's emotional history monologue 
------------------- MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
12) clinic questionnaire 
--------------------- NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
13) One last call for alcohol 
-------------- BLOODY NOSE EMPTY POCKETS
14) The family barn burns down - MINARI
15) Artemis & Hunter first Diablos slaying 
--------------------------------- MONSTER HUNTER

also this!





Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   198019811982198319841985,
 198619871988, 198919901991,1992, 1993,
 19941995199619971998199920002001,
 2002,2003200420052006200720082009,
 2010201120122013201420152016, 2017,

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