Saturday, January 30, 2021

The Sixth Annual Miles Awards for Achievement in Film

The time has come yet again for the film world’s most prestigious ceremony. I’m speaking, of course, of the Miles Awards. They may not be as prestigious as the Oscars, or as well-known as the Golden Globes, but I personally think they’re the only awards ceremony that seems to get it right every year. Because I’m the only person in charge of choosing the winners. I will say that it does seem strange putting these together when the rest of the awards circuit has been put on hold, but that’s the nice thing about being a small-scale operation: our awards ceremony has ALWAYS been socially distanced (and non-existent).

 

A few notes about this year’s Miles Awards. I’m only considering films released in 2020. So there are films that will be in contention for the Oscars this year that I’m not considering (like The Father and Judas and the Black Messiah). Also, I made the choice to no longer divide the acting awards by gender—there’s just a Leading and Supporting category now. It’s a decision that’s honestly long overdue. Otherwise, the procedure is the same as with the past Miles Awards—the winners specified, and the other nominees are listed in ranked order (so the first nominee mentioned is my 2nd place pick, followed by my 3rd place pick, etc.)

 

If you'd like to hear my thoughts on the Best Picture nominees, be sure to read my writeup on my favorite films of the year. And while you're at it, you can also check out my list of the top 100 performances of the year.

 

And now, here are the winners and nominees for the Sixth Annual Miles Awards for Achievement in Film!

 

BEST PICTURE: 

 Winner:I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Other Nominees:

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

Dick Johnson is Dead

We Are Little Zombies

Residue

Collective

Sound of Metal

The Hater

Nobody Knows I’m Here

Farewell Amor

 

BEST DIRECTOR:

Winner: Kirsten Johnson—Dick Johnson is Dead

Other Nominees:

Makoto Nagahisa—We Are Little Zombies

Merawi Gerima—Residue

Charlie Kaufman—I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Jan Komasa—The Hater

Alexander Nanau—Collective

Chung Mong-hong—A Sun

Darius Marder—Sound of Metal

Annie Silverstein—Bull

Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunan, and Suzanne Hillinger—Totally Under Control

 

BEST LEADING ACTOR:

Winner: Viola Davis as Ma Rainey—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Other Nominees:

Jorge Garcia as Memo Garrido—Nobody Knows I’m Here

Petr Kotlár as Joska—The Painted Bird

Jessie Buckley as Young Woman—I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Ntare Mwine as Walter—Farewell Amor

Andrea Riseborough as Tasya Vos—Possessor

Maciej Musiałowski as Tomasz Giemza—The Hater

Zainab Jah as Esther—Farewell Amor

Jean Dujardin as Georges—Deerskin

Radha Blank as Radha Blank—The 40-Year-Old Version

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

 

Winner: Paul Raci as Joe—Sound of Metal 

Other Nominees: 

Youn Yuh-jung as Soon-ja—Minari

Glynn Turman as Toledo—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Margo Martindale as Enid Nora Devlin—Blow the Man Down

Imelda Staunton as Sister Claire—Amulet

Chen Yi-win as A-wen—A Sun

Fiona Shaw as Margaret—Kindred

Robyn Nevin as Edna—Relic

Samantha Ko as Qin—A Sun

Zorion Eguileor as Trimagasi—The Platform

 

BEST CHILD ACTOR:

Winner: Petr Kotlár as Joska—The Painted Bird

Other Nominees:

Keita Ninomiya as Hikari—We Are Little Zombies

Amber Havard as Kris—Bull

Sena Nakajima as Ikuko—We Are Little Zombies

Fathia Youssouf as Amy Diop—Cuties 

Satoshi Mizuno as Ishi—We Are Little Zombies

 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:

Winner: We Are Little Zombies (Satoshi Mizuno, Sena Nakajima, Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura)

 

Other Nominees:

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Chadwick Boseman, Dusan Brown, Jonny Coyne, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Taylour Paige, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos, Glynn Turman)

 

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Guy Boyd, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, Colby Minifie, Jesse Plemons, David Thewlis)

 

One Night in Miami (Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Joaquina Kalukango, Christian Magby, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick)

 

Minari (Noel Kate Cho, Alan Kim, Will Patton, Han Ye-ri, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-jung)

 

The 40-Year-Old Version (Jackie Adam, TJ Atoms, Oswin Benjamin, Reed Birney, Radha Blank, Ashlee Brian, Peter Kim, Imani Lewis, Jacob Ming-Trent, Meghan O’Neill, Antonio Ortiz, Stacey Sargeant, Haskiri Velazquez, André Ward, William Oliver Watkins, Welker White)

 

Residue (Mama Hasinatu Camara, Jamal Graham, Dennis Lindsey, Obi Nwachukwu, Derron “Rizo” Scott, Taline Stewart, Melody Tally, Ramon Thompson)

 

The Painted Bird (Michaela Doležalová, Lech Dyblik, Petr Kotlár, Harvey Keitel, Udo Kier, Aleksei Kravchenko, Barry Pepper, Ala Sakalova, Julian Sands, Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Šunevič, Petr Vaněk, Júlia Vidrnáková)

 

Survival Skills (Madeline Anderson, Emily Chisholm, Tyra Colar, Bradford Farwell, Spencer Garrett, Stacy Keach, Ericka Kreutz, Vayu O’Donnell)

 

Relic (Chris Bunton, Bella Heathcote, Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Winner: Makoto Nagahisa—We Are Little Zombies

Other Nominees:

Radha Blank—The 40-Year-Old Version

Mateusz Pacewicz—The Hater

Ekwa Msangi—Farewell Amor

Kelly O’Sullivan—Saint Frances

Kiyoshi Kurosawa—To the Ends of the Earth

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Winner: Don Hertzfeldt—World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

Other Nominees

Charlie Kaufman—I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Mike Makowsky—Bad Education

Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin—The Climb

Fernando Frías de la Parra—I’m No Longer Here

Kemp Powers—One Night in Miami

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Winner: Vladimír Smutný—The Painted Bird

Other Nominees:

Hiroaki Takeda—We Are Little Zombies

Mark Jeevaratnam—Residue

Nagao Nakashima—A Sun

Laura Bellingham—Amulet

Dmitriy Ulyukaev—Why Don’t You Just Die!

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Winner: The Wolf House

Other Nominees:

We Are Little Zombies

Emma

Why Don’t You Just Die!

The Platform

Deerskin

                                                  

BEST SOUND:

Winner: The Wolf House

Other Nominees:

Sound of Metal

We Are Little Zombies

World of Tomorrow Episode 3: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

The Vast of Night

Blow the Man Down

 

BEST SCORE:

Winner: Makoto Nagahisa and Hideaki Shirato—We Are Little Zombies SAMPLE TRACK

Other Nominees:

Lin Shen-xiang—A Sun SAMPLE TRACK

Ludovico Einaudi—Nomadland SAMPLE TRACK

Bruno Coulais and Kíla— Wolfwalkers SAMPLE TRACK

Andrew Orkin—Lucky Grandma SAMPLE TRACK

Erick Alexander—The Vast of Night SAMPLE TRACK

 

BEST ISOLATED SCENE:

Winner: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (The Dream Ballet)

Other Nominees:

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime (The murder of David)

Dick Johnson is Dead (Dick Johnson’s “Funeral”)

Residue (Jay visits Dion)

Another Round (Martin dances)

Sound of Metal (Ruben leaves the community)                             

The Climb (I’m Sorry)

The Vast of Night (Billy calls in)

Nobody Knows I’m Here (Face to Face)

To the Ends of the Earth (Freeing Okoo)


Congratulations to all winners and nominees!

 

STATISTICS:

We Are Little Zombies: 11 nominations, 3 wins

I’m Thinking of Ending Things: 6 nominations, 2 wins

The Painted Bird: 4 nominations, 2 wins

The Wolf House: 2 nominations, 2 wins

Sound of Metal: 5 nominations, 1 win

World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime: 4 nominations, 1 win

Dick Johnson is Dead: 3 nominations, 1 win

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: 3 nominations, 1 win

Residue: 5 nominations

A Sun: 5 nominations

The Hater: 4 nominations

Farewell Amor: 4 nominations

Nobody Knows I’m Here: 3 nominations

The 40-Year-Old Version: 3 nominations

The Vast of Night: 3 nominations

Minari: 2 nominations

Bull: 2 nominations

Amulet: 2 nominations

The Climb: 2 nominations

To the Ends of the Earth: 2 nominations

Blow the Man Down: 2 nominations

Relic: 2 nominations

One Night in Miami: 2 nominations

The Platform: 2 nominations

Why Don’t You Just Die!: 2 nominations

Deerskin: 2 nominations

Collective: 1 nomination

Saint Frances: 1 nomination

I’m No Longer Here: 1 nomination

Nomadland: 1 nomination

Survival Skills: 1 nomination

Cuties: 1 nomination

Lucky Grandma: 1 nominations

Bad Education: 1 nomination

Kindred: 1 nomination

Another Round: 1 nomination

Totally Under Control: 1 nomination

Possessor: 1 nomination

Wolfwalkers: 1 nomination

Emma: 1 nomination

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