Awards season is upon us so we here at CinemaBabel thought we’d share with you our top picks for 2019’s best in film.
Best Actor
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
2. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
3. Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
4. LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
5. Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Best Actress
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
2. Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
3. Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
4. Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
5. Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie)
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
2. Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
3. Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
4. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
5. Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami…)
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
2. Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
3. Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)
4. Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
5. Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Best Director
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
2. Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
3.Florian Zeller (The Father)
4. Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah)
5. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Cinematography
Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
2. Benjamin Kracun (Promising Young Woman)
3. Matthew Libatique (Birds of Prey(and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn))
4. Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
5. Sonnel Velazquez (Ana)