On our first anniversary, Cinapse’s one-year celebration of cinema coincided with another little-known ceremony called “The Oscars.” We’re here on our 6th year to continue the tradition with the Sixth Annual Cinapse Awards!
A major part of our purpose here at Cinapse has always been to celebrate and advocate for films, so doing our very own awards has always felt apt. We hope you enjoy reading and please feel free to debate and discuss our choices with us in the comments section or on Twitter or Facebook! What did we miss? Where are we dead wrong? Where do you agree with us wholeheartedly? We’d love to hear from you!
GENRE BREAK-OUT OF THE YEAR
This was a 3 Way Tie:
Suspiria
Hereditary
The Night Comes For Us
BEST MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR
BlacKkKlansman
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Roma
Runners up:
Burning
Cold War
Shoplifters
The Night Comes for Us
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse
Runners up:
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Tie:
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Minding the Gap
Runners up:
Three Identical Strangers
Shirkers
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roma
Runners up:
If Beale Street Could Talk
Annihilation
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
Runners up:
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
A Quiet Place, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski
MALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
This was a 3 Way Tie:
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
FEMALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Runners up:
Tessa Thompson, Sorry to Bother You
Emma Stone , The Favourite
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
MALE IN A LEADING ROLE
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Runners up:
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
John Cho, Searching
FEMALE IN A LEADING ROLE
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Runners up:
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
BEST DIRECTION
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
Runners up:
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
BEST PICTURE
Roma
Runners up:
Suspiria
You Were Never Really Here
Annihilation
Leave No Trace