2nd Annual Four Kents Film Awards
Last year, ahead of the Oscars nominations, I released my own list of winners and nominations to honor the films that stood out to me in 2020. This year’s Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, so I am excited to announce the winners and nominees for the 2nd Annual Four Kents Film Awards! Originally I planned to keep winners and nominees to just five per category but there was such a wealth of talent this year that I couldn’t keep them to just five. And I figured this is my own blog anyway so I get to make the rules! So each category has up to ten nominees! :)
Warning: the following contains spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’.
Best Film: Dune
Runner-Up: Bố Già (Dad, I’m Sorry)
Drive My Car
The Father
King Richard
Mass
No Time to Die
The Rescue
The Suicide Squad
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Best Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi — Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Denis Villeneuve — Dune
Jane Campion — The Power of the Dog
Jon M. Chu — In the Heights
Julia Ducournau — Titane
Cary Joji Fukunaga — No Time to Die
Maggie Gyllenhaal — The Lost Daughter
James Gunn — The Suicide Squad
Lin-Manuel Miranda — tick, tick… BOOM!
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin — The Rescue
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins — The Father
Runner-Up: Martha Plimpton — Mass
Nicolas Cage — Pig
Olivia Colman — The Lost Daughter
Jodie Comer — The Last Duel
Andrew Garfield — tick, tick… BOOM!
Jason Isaacs — Mass
Hidetoshi Nishijima — Drive My Car
Will Smith — King Richard
Kristen Stewart — Spencer
Best Supporting Actor: Aunjanue Ellis — King Richard
Runner-Up: Colman Domingo — Zola
Jessie Buckley — The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose — West Side Story
Rebecca Ferguson — Dune
Andrew Garfield — Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tony Leung — Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Park Yoo-rim — Drive My Car
Linh-Dan Pham — Blue Bayou
Medina Senghore — Those Who Wish Me Dead
Best Voice Actor: Kelly Marie Tran — Raya and the Last Dragon
Runner-Up: Danny McBride — The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Awkwafina — Raya and the Last Dragon
Stephanie Beatriz — Encanto
Olivia Colman — The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Abbi Jacobson — The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Ensemble: Mass
Runner-Up: Drive My Car
Drive My Car
Dune
In the Heights
King Richard
No Time to Die
The Suicide Squad
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Best Animated Feature Film: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Runner-Up: Raya and the Last Dragon
Encanto
Best International Feature Film: Bố Già (Dad, I’m Sorry)
Runner-Up: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Drive My Car
The Falls
Titane
Best Documentary Feature Film: The Rescue
Life in a Day 2020
Best Adapted Screenplay: Drive My Car — Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
Runner-Up: The Suicide Squad — Screenplay by James Gunn, based on the characters from DC Comics
Bố Già (Dad, I’m Sorry) — Screenplay by Trấn Thành, Kalei An Nhi, and A Quay, based on the web series by Trấn Thành
Dune — Screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth, based on the novel by Frank Herbert
The Lost Daughter — Screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante
The Matrix Resurrections — Screenplay by Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, and Aleksandar Hemon, based on the characters by The Wachowskis
Best Original Screenplay: Mass — Screenplay by Fran Kranz
Runner-Up: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy — Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The Falls — Screenplay by Chung Mong-hong and Chang Yao-sheng
King Richard — Screenplay by Zach Baylin
Malignant — Screenplay by Akela Cooper
Titane — Screenplay by Julia Ducournau
Best Cinematography: Dune — Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Runner-Up: The Green Knight — Cinematography by Andrew Droz Palermo
Drive My Car — Cinematography by Hidetoshi Shinomiya
In the Heights — Cinematography by Alice Brooks
Last Night in Soho — Cinematography by Chung-hoon Chung
The Lost Daughter — Cinematography by Helene Louvart
No Time to Die — Cinematography by Linus Sandgren
The Power of the Dog — Cinematography by Ari Wegner
The Suicide Squad — Cinematography by Henry Braham
West Side Story — Cinematography by Janusz Kamiński
Best Film Editing: The Rescue — Bob Eisenhardt
Runner-Up: Drive My Car — Azusa Yamazaki
Dune — Joe Walker
In the Heights — Myron Kerstein
Life in a Day 2020 — Mdhamiri Á Nkemi, Nse Asuquo, and Sam Rice-Edwards
Mass — Yang Hua Hu
tick, tick… BOOM! — Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
Best Original Score: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — Joel P. West
Runner-Up: Eternals — Ramin Djawadi
Don’t Look Up — Nicholas Britell
Drive My Car — Eiko Ishibashi
Dune — Hans Zimmer
Encanto — Germaine Franco
No Time to Die — Hans Zimmer
Raya and the Last Dragon — James Newton Howard
Best Original Song: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from ‘Encanto’ — Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Runner-Up: “Dos Oruguitas” from ‘Encanto’ — Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Be Alive” from ‘King Richard’ — Music and lyrics by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Dixson
“Beyond the Shore” from ‘CODA’ — Music and lyrics by Nick Baxter, Sian Heder, Marius de Vries, and Matt Dahan
“Inside Your Heart” from ‘Vivo’ — Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Just Look Up” from ‘Don’t Look Up’ — Music by Ariana Grande and Nicholas Britell, lyrics by Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, and Taura Stinson
“Surface Pressure” from ‘Encanto’ — Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Sound: Dune
Runner-Up: tick, tick… BOOM!
In the Heights
Malignant
Mass
Best Visual Effects: Dune
Runner-Up: The Green Knight
Malignant
The Suicide Squad
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Best Production Design: Dune
Runner-Up: In the Heights
The Green Knight
Last Night in Soho
West Side Story
Best Costume: Eternals
Runner-Up: Dune
The Green Knight
Spencer
West Side Story
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Malignant
Runner-Up: Cruella
The Green Knight
House of Gucci
Last Night in Soho
Spencer
Best Stunts: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Runner-Up: Malignant
No Time to Die
The Suicide Squad
