2020 NOMINEES & WINNERS BEST FEATURE JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD BEST MALE LEAD (Award given to the producer) (Award given to the best feature made for under CHRIS GALUST - Give Me Liberty $500,000; award given to the writer, director, A HIDDEN LIFE and producer) KELVIN HARRISON JR. - Luce PRODUCERS: Elisabeth Bentley, Dario Bergesio, Grant Hill, Josh Jeter BURNING CANE ROBERT PATTINSON - The Lighthouse WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Phillip Youmans ADAM SANDLER - Uncut Gems (WINNER) CLEMENCY PRODUCERS: Ojo Akinlana, Jakob Johnson, PRODUCERS: Timur Bekbosunov, Julian Cautherley, Karen Kaia Livers, Mose Mayer, Wendell Pierce, MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS - The Mustang Bronwyn Cornelius, Peter Wong Isaac Webb, Cassandra Youmans BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE THE FAREWELL (WINNER) COLEWELL PRODUCERS: Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, JENNIFER LOPEZ - Hustlers WRITER/DIRECTOR: Tom Quinn Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, PRODUCERS: Joshua Blum, Alexandra Byer, TAYLOR RUSSELL - Waves Jane Zheng Craig Shilowich, Matthew Thurm ZHAO SHUZHEN - The Farewell (WINNER) MARRIAGE STORY GIVE ME LIBERTY (WINNER) PRODUCERS: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman LAUREN “LOLO” SPENCER - Give Me Liberty WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kirill Mikhanovsky OCTAVIA SPENCER - Luce UNCUT GEMS WRITER/PRODUCER: Alice Austen PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard, PRODUCERS: Val Abel, Wally Hall, Michael Manasseri, BEST SUPPORTING MALE Scott Rudin George Rush, Sergey Shtern WILLEM DAFOE - The Lighthouse (WINNER) PREMATURE BEST FIRST FEATURE WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Rashaad Ernesto Green NOAH JUPE - Honey Boy (Award given to the director and producer) WRITER: Zora Howard SHIA LABEOUF - Honey Boy BOOKSMART (WINNER) PRODUCERS: Darren Dean, Joy Ganes DIRECTOR: Olivia Wilde JONATHAN MAJORS - The Last Black Man in San Francisco WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY PRODUCERS: Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Madeleine Olnek WENDELL PIERCE - Burning Cane Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison, Katie Silberman PRODUCERS: Anna Margarita Albelo, Casper Andreas, BEST DOCUMENTARY THE CLIMB Max Rifkind-Barron (Award given to the director and producer) DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Michael Angelo Covino PRODUCERS: Noah Lang, Kyle Marvin BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY AMERICAN FACTORY (WINNER) DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert DIANE FREDRICA BAILEY, STEFON BRISTOL - See You Yesterday PRODUCERS: Julie Parker Benello, Jeff Reichert DIRECTOR: Kent Jones (WINNERS) PRODUCERS: Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, HANNAH BOS, PAUL THUREEN - Driveways APOLLO 11 Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Todd Douglas Miller BRIDGET SAVAGE COLE, PRODUCERS: Evan Krauss, Thomas Baxley Petersen THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO DANIELLE KRUDY - Blow the Man Down DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joe Talbot JOCELYN DEBOER, DAWN LUEBBE - Greener Grass FOR SAMA PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, DIRECTOR: Edward Watts Khaliah Neal, Christina Oh ANDREW PATTERSON, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Waad al-Kateab CRAIG W. SANGER - The Vast of Night THE MUSTANG HONEYLAND DIRECTOR: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre BEST EDITING DIRECTOR: Tamara Kotevska PRODUCER: Ilan Goldman DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ljubo Stefanov JULIE BÉZIAU - The Third Wife PRODUCER: Atanas Georgiev SEE YOU YESTERDAY DIRECTOR: Stefon Bristol RONALD BRONSTEIN, BENNY SAFDIE - Uncut Gems ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS PRODUCER: Spike Lee (WINNERS) DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Gabrielle Brady TYLER L. COOK - Sword of Trust PRODUCERS: Gizem Acarla, Samm Haillay, Alex Kelly, BEST DIRECTOR Alexander Wadouh LOUISE FORD - The Lighthouse ROBERT EGGERS - The Lighthouse KIRILL MIKHANOVSKY - Give Me Liberty BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM ALMA HAR’EL - Honey Boy INVISIBLE LIFE, Brazil - Karim Aïnouz JULIUS ONAH - Luce BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY LES MISÉRABLES, France - Ladj Ly BENNY SAFDIE, JOSH SAFDIE - Uncut Gems (WINNER) TODD BANHAZL - Hustlers PARASITE, South Korea - Bong Joon-Ho (WINNER) LORENE SCAFARIA - Hustlers JARIN BLASCHKE - The Lighthouse (WINNER) PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, France - Céline Sciamma NATASHA BRAIER - Honey Boy BEST SCREENPLAY RETABLO, Peru - Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L. CHANANUN CHOTRUNGROJ - The Third Wife NOAH BAUMBACH - Marriage Story (WINNER) THE SOUVENIR, United Kingdom - Joanna Hogg PAWEL POGORZELSKI - Midsommar JASON BEGUE, SHAWN SNYDER - To Dust ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD BEST FEMALE LEAD RONALD BRONSTEIN, BENNY SAFDIE, MARRIAGE STORY KAREN ALLEN - Colewell JOSH SAFDIE - Uncut Gems DIRECTOR: Noah Baumbach CHINONYE CHUKWU - Clemency HONG CHAU - Driveways CASTING DIRECTORS: Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler ENSEMBLE CAST: Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY - High Flying Bird ELISABETH MOSS - Her Smell Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, MARY KAY PLACE - Diane Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever ALFRE WOODARD - Clemency RENÉE ZELLWEGER - Judy (WINNER) Premier Sponsors 2020 NOMINEES & WINNERS Filmmaker Grant Nominees & Winners BONNIE AWARD Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, now in its 3rd year, the Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by American Airlines. MARIELLE HELLER KELLY REICHARDT (WINNER) LULU WANG PRODUCERS AWARD The Producers Award, now in its 23rd year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. MOLLYE ASHER (WINNER) KRISTA PARRIS RYAN ZACARIAS SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD PRESENTED BY BULLEIT FRONTIER WHISKEY The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 26th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN director of PREMATURE (WINNER) ASH MAYFAIR director of THE THIRD WIFE JOE TALBOT director of THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 25th year, is presented to an emerging director of non- fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. KHALIK ALLAH director of BLACK MOTHER DAVY ROTHBART director of 17 BLOCKS NADIA SHIHAB director of JADDOLAND (WINNER) ERICK STOLL & CHASE WHITESIDE directors of AMÉRICA.