AWARD THIS! 2020 nominees & WINNERS!

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Award This! Oscar Snub

Awkwafina (The Farewell)

Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)

Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)

Robert De Niro (The Irishman)

Christian Bale (Ford V Ferarri)

Greta Gerwig (Director, Little Women)

Lulu Wang (Director, The Farewell) (WINNER!)

Award This! Movie Critic Worthy of Your Attention

Alachia Queen

John Campea (WINNER!)

Leonard Maltin

Luke Thompson

Michael Dequina

Award This! Sports Documentary

The All-Americans (Abramorama)

Andy Irons: Kissed By God (Teton Gravity Research)

APEX: The Secret Race Across America (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

The Russian Five (Gold Star Films) (WINNER!)

Valiant (NHL Originals Production)

Award This! Socially Relevant Documentary

Afghan Cycles (FilmBuff)

The Animal People (Virgil Films)

Don’t Be Nice (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker) (WINNER!)

Fat: A Documentary (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Life Overtakes Me (Netflix)

Mr. Toilet (Kew Media Group) (WINNER!)

No Safe Spaces (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Tell Me Who I Am (Netflix)

Award This! Pop Culture Documentary

Bathtubs Over Broadway (Focus Features) (WINNER!)

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (The Orchard)

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix)

Love, Antosha (Lurker)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (Screen Junkies)

Third Eye Spies (The Orchard)

QT8: The First 8 (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

What We Left Behind (Shout Factory)

Award This! Indie Sci-Fi

Assassinaut (Epic Pictures)

Anya (First Encounter Productions)

Crossbreed (Jaguar Motion Pictures)

Dropa (Showtime)

Encounter (Vega Baby) (WINNER!)

Fast Color (LD Entertainment)

The Wrong Todd (Gravitas Ventures)

Award This! Indie Horror

3 From Hell (Lionsgate)

Daniel Isn’t Real (Samuel Goldwyn)

Depraved (IFC Midnight)

Devil’s Revenge (Cleopatra Entertainment) (WINNER!)

Here Comes Hell (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

In Fabric (A24)

Lonely Hearts (HB Films/ Trash Arts Productions)

One Night In October (Wild Eye Releasing)

Satanic Panic (RLJE Films) (WINNER!)

The Wind (IFC Midnight)

Award This! Indie Comedy

After Class (Gravitas Ventures)

The Death of Dick Long (A24)

Greener Grass (IFC Midnight)

Spell (Dark Star Pictures) (WINNER!)

Sword of Trust (IFC Films)

Knives and Skin (IFC Midnight)

Feast of the Seven Fishes (Shout! Studios)

Wake (Mirror Core Productions)

Award This! Indie LGBTQ+ Themed Film

The Blonde One (World Cinema)

Daddy Issues (Gravitas Ventures) (WINNER!)

Last Ferry (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Giant Little Ones (Vertical Entertainment)

The Dark Place (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Award This! Indie Action/Thriller

Are You Glad I’m Here (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

The Drone (Lionsgate)

The Fanatic (Quiver Distribution)

Long Lost (Indie Rights)

Scales (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (RLJ Entertainment)

Triple Threat (Well Go USA)

A Violent Man (GVN Releasing) (WINNER!)

Award This! WTF Indie like “What the Fuck is This Movie Even?”

Another Version of You (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Doll Factory (Wild Eye Releasing)

The Drone (Lionsgate)

The Fanatic (Quiver Distribution)

Cleavers: Killer Clowns (101 Films)

Mute Date (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Possum (Dark Sky Films)

Silicone Soul (Starz)

The Velocipastor (WildEye Releasing)

Weedjies! Halloweed Night (Full Moon Features) (WINNER!)

Award This! Ensemble Cast

After Class (Gravitas Ventures)

Greener Grass (IFC Midnight)

The Riot Act (Giant Pictures)

Spell (Dark Star Pictures) (WINNER!)

Sword of Trust (IFC Films)

A Violent Man (GVN Releasing)

Wish Man (Vision Films)

Award This! Director

Adam Egypt Mortimer for Daniel Isn’t Real (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Brendan Walter for Spell (Dark Star Pictures) (WINNER!)

Daniel Schechter for After Class (Gravitas Ventures)

Henry Dunham for The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (RLJ Entertainment)

Matthew Berkowitz for A Violent Man (GVN Releasing)

Rob Grant for Harpoon (Epic Pictures)

Jared Cohn for Devil’s Revenge (Cleopatra Entertainment)

William Wayne for Lost Angelas (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker) (WINNER!)

Award This! Directress

Amara Cash for Daddy Issues (Gravitas Ventures) (WINNER!)

Chelsea Stardust for Satanic Panic (RLJE Films) (WINNER!)

Emma Tammi for The Wind (IFC Midnight)

Julia Hart for Fast Color (LD Entertainment)

Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe for Greener Grass (IFC Midnight)

Lynn Shelton for Sword of Trust (IFC Films)

Michele Remsen for Toss It (Journeyman Features)

Roxanne Benjamin for Body At Brighton Rock (Magnolia Pictures)

Award This! Indie Made for Less Than the Contents of an Oscar Gift Bag (Under $100K)

The FP 2: Beats Of Rage (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker)

Lonely Hearts (HB Films/ Trash Arts Productions)

Lost Angelas (Self-Distributed by Filmmaker) (WINNER!)

Space Ninjas (Plastic Monkey Films)

Spell (Dark Star Pictures)

The Wrong Todd (Gravitas Ventures)

Award This! Indie Movie of the Year

After Class (Gravitas Ventures) 

Daniel Isn’t Real (Samuel Goldwyn)

Greener Grass (IFC Midnight)

Harpoon (Epic Pictures)

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (RLJ Entertainment)

Sword of Trust (IFC Films)

The Wind (IFC Midnight)

The Wrong Todd (Gravitas Ventures) (WINNER!)