
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced its 2020 AWFJ EDA winners, with Nomadland winning six awards including Best Film, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Director for Chloé Zhao.

The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announced the winners of its ninth annual awards for achievements in film. Minari won 4 awards including Best Narrative Film and Nomadland also won 4 awards including Best Director for Chloé Zhao and Best Actress for Frances McDormand. For the third year in a row, the NCFCA voted as Best Narrative Film a film not primarily in English. Parasite won the award in 2019, and Roma won in 2018.

Former President Barack Obama revealed his favorite movies of 2020 which include Nomadland, Bacurau, Boys State, Martin Eden and, Crip Camp, the documentary produced by the Obamas’ company Higher Ground.

Forty-one films and series are nominated for this year for the 30th Annual IFP Gotham Awards, considered one of the leading awards for independent film and signaling the kick-off to the film awards season. Best Feature nominations went to The Assistant, First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Nomadland, and Relic, becoming the first time all of the best feature nominees are directed by women. In total, eleven competitive awards will be presented to independent features and series.

After the 44th Cleveland International Film Festival was cancelled on March 11th, two weeks before its March 25th Opening Night, the organization quickly pivoted to CIFF44 Reinvented.

The 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s juried award winners with the top prize – FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film going to the Russian film Beanpole, directed by Kantemir Balagov. Bartosz Bielenia from Corpus Christi won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film and Helena Zengel from System Crasher won the FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actress in an International Feature Film.

Beanpole, the Russian post-WWII drama from director Kantemir Balagov is one step closer to winning an Oscar, as the film made the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film. Beanpole opens in theaters in NYC at Film Forum on January 29 and in Los Angeles at Landmark Nuart on February 14.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards® in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.

Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) and An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse) directed by Roman Polanski lead the nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards with 4 nominations each including Best European Film and Best European Director.