JASON EVANS' AWARDS BALLOT

The best of the best in film from 2020


 As a voting member of the Atlanta Film Critics Circle and the Southeastern Film Critics Association, I get to vote on our annual awards. It is worth noting that different groups have different criteria for what does and does not qualify for awards consideration. For the Atlanta Film Critics Circle, we could only consider films that got some kind of release or at least showed at a festival in calendar 2020. This means that films like The US vs. Billie Holiday and Judas and the Black Messiah were not eligible for awards consideration.

But, among films we were allowed to consider, there were some true standouts and I wanted to let all of you know which ones I considered the best. So, here is my ballot for the Atlanta Film Critics Circle. I will come back here and post my ballot for SEFCA when I see all the criteria for that group.


TOP 10 FILMS

  1. Promising Young Woman
  2. Trial of the Chicago 7
  3. The Father
  4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  5. One Night in Miami
  6. The Vast of Night
  7. Da Five Bloods
  8. Palm Springs
  9. Mank
  10. My Octopus Teacher

 

BEST LEAD ACTOR

  1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey
  2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
  3. Delroy Lindo, Da Five Bloods

 

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

  1. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
  2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey
  3. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Sacha Baron Cohen, Chicago 7
  2. Charles Dance, Mank
  3. Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Olivia Coleman, The Father
  2. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
  3. Helena Zengel, News of the World

 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

  1. Trial of the Chicago 7
  2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  3. One Night in Miami

 

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Aaron Sorkin, Chicago 7
  2. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
  3. Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

  1. Aaron Sorkin, Chicago 7
  2. Florian Zeller, The Father
  3. Palm Springs, Andy Siara

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  1. My Octopus Teacher
  2. All In, The Fight for Democracy
  3. The Speed Cubers

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

  1. Asia (Israel)
  2. Another Round (Denmark)
  3. 200 Meters (Jordan)

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM

  1. Soul
  2. Wolfwalkers

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  1. News of the World
  2. The Vast of Night
  3. Mank

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  1. News of the World
  2. Soul
  3. Mank

 

BREAKTHROUGH AWARD FOR ACTING

  • Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami

 

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman



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