Congratulations to the winners of the 4th Annual Aceys Awards for Film!
(Winners in bold.)
Best Performance In A Major Role
- Christian Bale, Vice
- Olivia Coleman, The Favourite
- Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
- Tomasz Kot, Cold War
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me
- Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace
- Eva Melander, Border
- Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
- J.D. Washington, BlacKkKlannsman
Best Performance In A Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali, Green Book
- Nina Arianda, Stan & Ollie
- Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Regina Hall, The Hate U Give
- Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give
- Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Michael Peña, Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Tessa Thompson, Sorry To Bother You
- Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
- Steve Yuen, Burning
Best Performance by a New or Overlooked Talent
- Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
- Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians
- Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
- Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Joanna Kulig, Cold War
- Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace
- Robbie Sheehan, The Song Of Sway Lake
- Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give
- Tessa Thompson, Sorry To Bother You
- Steven Yuen, Burning
Best Performance By An Ensemble
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
- The Favourite
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Shoplifters
- Suspiria
- Vice
Excellence in Cinematic Beauty & Technical Achievement
- The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs: Bruno Delbonnel
- Burning: Kyung-pyo Hong
- Capernaum: Christopher Aoun
- The Favourite: Robbie Ryan
- Happy As Lazzaro: Hélène Louvart
- If Beale Street Could Talk: James Laxton
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Madeline’s Madeline: Ashley Conner
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Roma: Alfonso Cuarón
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Suspiria: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
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We The Animals: Zak Mulligan
Excellence In Sound Recording, Edit, & Mix
- Bohemian Rhapsody: John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Paul Massey, & John Warhurst
- First Man: Mary Ellis, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño, & Jon Taylor
- Mission Impossible: Fallout: Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, & Mike Prestwood Smith
- A Quiet Place: Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, & Ethan Van der Ryn
- Roma: Craig Berkey, Steve Browell, Sergio Diaz, Craig Henighan, Skip Lievsay, & Liliana Villaseñor
- A Star Is Born: Steven Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, & Dean A. Zupancic
Excellence In Music: Score, Songs, or Soundtrack
- Black Panther: Ludwig Göransson & Dave Jordan
- BlacKkKlansman: Terence Blanchard & Rochelle Claerbaut
- Happy As Lazzaro: Karol Mossakowski & Lina Cardillo
- Mary Poppins: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
- The Song Of Sway Lake: Ethan Gold & Robin Urdang
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Daniel Pemberton & Kier Lehman
- A Star Is Born: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell, Hillary Lindsey, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, Nick Monson, Laul Blair, & Édith Piaf
- Suspiria: Thom Yorke & Robin Urdang
Excellence in Production Design & Art Direction
- Black Panther: Hannah Beachler & Alan Hook
- BlacKkKlansman: Curt Beech & Marci Mudd
- The Favourite: Fiona Crombie & Lynne Huitson
- Sorry To Bother You: Jason Kisvarday & Stephen Dudro
- Suspiria: Inbal Weinberg, Merlin Ortner, & Monica Sallustio
Excellence In Costume Design & Wardrobe
- Black Panther: Ruth E. Carter
- The Favourite: Sandy Powell
- Mary Poppins Returns: Sandy Powell
- Mary Queen Of Scots: Alexandra Byrne
- The Nutcracker & the Four Realms: Jenny Beavan
- Suspiria: Giulia Piersanti
Excellence in Hair & Makeup
- Border: Erica Spetzig & Pamela Goldammer
- The Favourite: Samantha Denyer
- Mary Queen Of Scots: Jessica Brooks, Hannah Edwards, Sarah Kelly, & Marc Pilcher
- Suspiria: Manolo García & Fernanda Perez
- Vice: Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe & Patricia Dehaney
Best Analog or Digital Special Effects
- Avengers: Infinity War: Daniel Sudick, Kaustubh Athavale, Aharon Bourland, Jeff Capogreco, Dan DeLeeuw, Rohit Prakash Gujar, Varun Hadkar, Laurie Pellard, Kelly Port, Doug Spilatro, & Charles Tait
- Black Panther: Daniel Sudick, Geoffrey Baumann, Rohit Prakash Gujar, Stuart Lashley, & Kenneth Nelson
- First Man: J.D. Schwalm & Paul Lambert
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Dominic Tuohy, Kenneth Au, & Megan Flood
- Suspiria: Franco Ragusa & Luca Saviotti
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble
- Black Panther: Jonathan Eusebio, Andy Gill, & Darrin Prescott
- Deadpool 2: Scott J. Ateah & Jonathan Eusebio
- The Debt Collector: Luke LaFontaine
- Mission Impossible: Fallout: Wade Eastwood
- The Spy Who Dumped Me: Domonkos Pardanyi & Gary Powell
Excellence in Editing
- Black Panther: Debbie Berman & Michael P. Shawver
- BlacKkKlansman: Barry Alexander Brown
- First Man: Tom Cross
- Hereditary: Lucian Johnston & Jennifer Lame
- Shirkers: Lucas Celler, Kimberley Hassett, & Sandi Tan
- Suspiria: Walter Fasano
Best Original Film Concept or Story
- Sorry to Bother You: Boots Riley
- The Favourite: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
- A Quiet Place: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck
- Happy As Lazzaro: Alice Rohrwacher
- Roma: Alfonso Cuarón
- Searching: Aneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman
Best Screenplay Adaptation of Work of Fiction or Nonfiction
- BlacKkKlansman: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee
- Border: Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf, & John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Burning: Chang-dong Lee & Jungmi Oh
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty
- If Beale Street Could Talk: Barry Jenkins
Best Original Screenplay
- Beirut: Tony Gilroy
- The Favourite: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
- First Reformed: Paul Schrader
- Roma: Alfonso Cuarón
- Sorry to Bother You: Boots Riley
- Vice: Adam McKay
Excellence In Directorial Debut
- Blindspotting: Carlos López Estrada
- Hereditary: Ari Aster
- Nancy: Christina Choe
- Shirkers: Sandi Tan
- Sorry to Bother You: Boots Riley
- A Star is Born: Bradley Cooper
Excellence In Direction: Overlooked or Alternative
- Blindspotting: Carlos López Estrada
- Border: Ali Abbasi
- Happy as Lazzaro: Alice Rohrwacher
- Leave No Trace: Debra Granik
- The Rider: Chloé Zhao
- Shoplifters: Hirokazu Koreeda
- Let The Sunshine In: Claire Denis
Best Director
- BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee
- The Favourite: Yorgos Lanthimos
- Happy as Lazzaro: Alice Rohrwacher
- The Other Side Of the Wind: Orson Welles
- Roma: Alfonso Cuarón
- Sorry to Bother You: Boots Riley
- You Were Never Really Here: Lynne Ramsay
Lifetime Achievement In Film
- Spike Lee
Best Animated Film
- Bao: Becky Neiman
- Incredibles 2: Brad Bird, John Walker & Nicole Paradis Grindle
- Isle of Dogs: Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, & Scott Rudin
- Ralph Breaks The Internet: Clark Spencer
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Outstanding Film: Short or Experimental
- Bao: Becky Neiman
- Chuchotage (Susotázs): Andrea Kuczkó, Gábor Rajna, Gábor Sipos, Judit Stalter, Barnabás Tóth, & Lajos Tóth
- Concussion Protocol: Laura Poitras
- Hair Wolf: Valerie Steinberg
- Madre: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Magic Alps: Andrea Italia
- A Siege (Ostrom): Nóra Alföldi, István Kovács, Ernö Mesterházy, & Mónika Mécs
- Vox Lipoma: Cecilia Nessen
- Zion: Carter Collins & Floyd Russ
Outstanding Film: Documentary
- Free Solo: Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Evan Hayes, & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Minding the Gap: Bing Liu & Diane Moy Quon
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim, & RaMell Ross
- Shirkers: Jessica Levin, Maya E. Rudolph, & Sandi Tan
- Three Identical Strangers: Tara Elwood, Grace Hughes-Hallett, & Becky Read
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma, & Morgan Neville
Outstanding Film: Comedy
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, & David Yarnell
- Deadpool 2: Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, & Ryan Reynolds
- An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn: Sam Bisbee, Theodora Dunlap, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Andrew Starke, & Lucan Toh
- The Favourite: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, & Lee Magiday
- Sorry To Bother You: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, & Kelly Williams
- Vice: Megan Ellison, Will Ferrell, Dede Gardner
Outstanding Film: Musical or Music Subject
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Jim Beach & Graham King
- The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Megan Ellison, Robert Graf, & Sue Naegle
- Cold War: Ewa Puszczynska & Tanya Seghatchian
- Mary Poppins Returns: John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, & Marc Platt
- A Star Is Born: Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor, Jon Peters, & Todd Phillips
Outstanding Film: Art House Or Limited Release
- A Bread Factory: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller, & Patrick Wang
- Burning: Chang-dong Lee, Joon-dong Lee, & Gwang-hee Ok
- Capernaum: Michel Merkt & Khaled Mouzanar
- Cold War: Ewa Puszczynska & Tanya Seghatchian
- Eighth Grade: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, & Lila Yacoub
- Happy As Lazzaro: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Arthur Hallereau, Alexandra Henochsberg, Pierre-François Piet, Tiziana Soudani, & Michael Weber
- Madeline’s Madeline: Krista Parris & Elizabeth Rao
- Shoplifters: Hirokazu Koreeda, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi, & Akihiko Yose
- Song Of Sway Lake: Michael Bederman, Allison Rose Carter, Ari Gold, & Zak Kilberg
Artistic Achievement In Film (Top Prize)
- BlacKkKlansman: Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele, & Shaun Redick
- Border: Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustafsson, & Petra Jönsson
- Burning: Chang-dong Lee, Joon-dong Lee, & Gwang-hee Ok
- Cold War: Ewa Puszczynska & Tanya Seghatchian
- The Favourite: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, & Lee Magiday
- Minding the Gap: Bing Liu & Diane Moy Quon
- Roma: Nicolás Celis, Alfonso Cuarón, & Gabriela Rodriguez
- Shoplifters: Hirokazu Koreeda, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi, & Akihiko Yose
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
- Sorry To Bother You: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, & Kelly Williams
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