
AMERICAN FILM AWARDS ®
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The American Film Awards ® Experience
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WINNERS AFA2020
WINNERS OF AMERICAN FILM AWARDS ® 2020 | REGAL CINEMAS LALIVE 2/19/2020
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS FRANK EZENEKWE & IJEOMA EZENEKWE
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BEST ACTION FILM / BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, / DIRECTOR ADIL ARBI BILALL FALLAH
BEST DRAMATIC FILM / MARRIAGE STORY, / DIRECTOR NOAH BAUMBACH
BEST ROMANTIC FILM / LAST CHRISTMAS, / DIRECTOR PAUL FEIG
BEST COMEDY/ I GOT THE HOOK UP 2, / DIRECTOR COREY GRANT
BEST HORROR FILM/ MIDSOMMAR, / DIRECTOR ARI ASTER
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM / LUCY IN THE SKY, / DIRECTOR NOAH HAWLEY
BEST ANIMATED FILM / I LOST MY BODY, / DIRECTOR JEREMY CLAPIN
BEST SHORT FILM / JESUS IS KING, A FILM BY KANYE WEST. /DIRECTOR, NICK KNIGHT
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM / AMAZING GRACE, / DIRECTOR ALAN ELLIOTT, SYDNEY POLLACK
BEST ACTOR / EDDIE MURPHY, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
BEST ACTRESS / CYNTHIA ERIVO, HARRIETT
BEST SCREENPLAY / HUSTLERS, JESSICA PRESSLER, LORENE SCAFARIA
BEST DIRECTOR * / EDWARD NORTON, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN
BEST LATINO FILM / BACURAU, DIRECTORS JULIANO DORNELLES, KLEBER MENDOCA FILHO
BEST BLACK FILM / AMERICAN SKIN, / DIRECTOR NATE PARKER
BEST ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND FILM / THE FAREWELL, / DIRECTOR LULU WANG
BEST NOLLYWOOD FILM / LIVING IN BONDAGE- BREAKING FREE, / DIRECTOR RAMSEY NOUAH
BEST BOLLYWOOD FILM / HALA, / DIRECTOR MINHAL BAIG
BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY/STUDIO / TYLER PERRY STUDIOS
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR / EDY LEWIS (THE THESPIAN)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS / MELANIE GAYLE, DREAMS AND FEARS
BREAKTHROUGH WRITER- EMMA THOMPSON, / LAST CHRISTMAS
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR / EMMANUEL EHUMADU (LABISTA)
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER / CURTIS 50CENT JACKSON (POWER) / JADA PINKETT SMITH (HALA)
BREAKTHROUGH FILM / FOREIGNER’S GOD, / DIRECTOR IFAN IFEANYI MICHAEL
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THE NOMINEES (2019)
BEST ACTION FILM
6 UNDERGROUND, DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY
1917, DIRECTOR SAM MENDES
WAR, DIRECTOR SIDDHARTH ANAND
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, DIRECTOR ADIL ARBI BILALL FALLAH
TRIPLE FRONTIER, DIRECTOR J.C CHANDOR
BEST DRAMATIC FILM
THE KITCHEN, DIRECTOR ANDREA BERLOFF
MARRIAGE STORY, DIRECTOR NOAH BAUMBACH
THE FAREWELL, DIRECTOR LULU WANG
PARASITE, DIRECTOR BONG JOON HO
JOKER, DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS
AMERICAN SKIN, DIRECTOR NATE PARKER
BEST ROMANTIC FILM
LET IT SNOW, DIRECTOR LUKE SNELLIN
LAST CHRISTMAS, DIRECTOR PAUL FEIG
THE SKY IS PINK, DIRECTOR SHONALI BOSE
QUEEN AND SLIM, DIRECTOR
FALLING INN LOVE, DIRECTOR ROGER KUMBLE
BEST COMEDY
DOLOMITE IS MY NAME, DIRECTOR CRAIG BREWER
I GOT THE HOOK UP 2, DIRECTOR COREY GRANT
GOOD BOYS, DIRECTOR GENE STUPNITSKY
HUSTLERS, DIRECTOR LORENE SCAFARIA
BEST HORROR FILM
MIDSOMMAR, DIRECTOR ARI ASTER
US, DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE
IT, CHAPTER 2, DIRECTOR ANDY MUSCHIETTI
POLAROID, DIRECTOR LARS KLEVBERG
WOUNDS, DIRECTOR BABAK ANVARI
THE SILENCE, DIRECTOR JOHN R. LEONETTI
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
AD ASTRA, DIRECTOR JAMES GRAY
X-MEN: DARK PHEONIX, DIRECTOR SIMON KINBERG
LUCY IN THE SKY, DIRECTOR NOAH HAWLEY
I AM MOTHER, DIRECTOR GRANT SPUTORE
AVENGERS: ENDGAME, DIRECTOR ANTHONY RUSSO, JOE RUSSO
BEST ANIMATED FILM
I LOST MY BODY, DIRECTOR JEREMY CLAPIN
TOY STORY 4, DIRECTOR JOSH COOLEY
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - THE HIDDEN WORLD, DIRECTOR DEAN DEBLOIS
KLAUS, DIRECTOR SERGIO PABLOS, CARLOS MARTINEZ LOPEZ
BEST SHORT FILM
HAIRCUT (U.K) DIRECTOR KOBU ADOMO
GHOSTS OF SUGAR LAND, DIRECTOR BASSAM TARIQ
HAIL MARY COUNTRY, DIRECTOR TANNAZ HAZEMI
JESUS IS KING, A FILM BY KANYE WEST. DIRECTOR, NICK KNIGHT
SUC DE SINDRIA, IRENE MURAY
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
REMASTERED- THE TWO KILLINGS OF SAM COOKE, DIRECTOR KELLY DUANE
HONEYLAND, DIRECTOR TAMARA KOTEVSKA, LJUBOMIR STEFANOV
APOLLO 11, DIRECTOR TODD DOUGLAS MILLER
AMAZING GRACE, DIRECTOR ALAN ELLIOTT, SYDNEY POLLACK
AMERICAN FACTORY, DIRECTOR STEVEN BOGNAR, JULIA REICHERT
ONE CHILD NATION, DIRECTOR NANFU WANG, JIALING ZHANG
BEST ACTOR
EDWARD NORTON, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN
EDDIE MURPHY, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, JOKER
DANIEL KALUYA, QUEEN & SLIM
ANTONIO BANDERAS, PAIN AND GLORY
BEST ACTRESS
SCARLETT JOHANSSEN, MARRIAGE STORY
KRISTEN STEWART, SEBERG
CYNTHIA ERIVO, HARRIETT
RENE ZELLWEGER, JUDY
CHARLIZE THERON, BOMSHELL
LUPITA NYONGO, US
BEST SCREENPLAY
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, QUINTIN TARANTINO
HUSTLERS, JESSICA PRESSLER, LORENE SCAFARIA
PAIN AND GLORY, PEDRO ALMODOVAR
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON & SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON (NOVEL BY JAMES FREY)
HARRIET, GREGORY ALLEN HOWARD, KASI LEMMONS
BEST DIRECTOR
TARANTINO, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
SAM MENDES, 1917
MICHAEL BAY, 6 UNDERGROUND
LULU WANG, THE FAREWELL
MELINA MATSOUKAS, QUEEN & SLIM
BEST LATINO FILM
BACURAU, DIRECTORS JULIANO DORNELLES, KLEBER MENDOCA FILHO
EL HIJO, DIRECTOR SEBASTIAN SCHINDEL
DIECISIETE, DIRECTOR DANIEL SANCHEZ AREVALO
LA MALA NOCHE, DIRECTOR GABRIELA CALVACHE
BEST BLACK FILM
ATLANTICS, DIRECTOR MATI DIOP
WAVES, DIRECTOR TREY EDWARD SHULTS
THE BANKER, DIRECTOR GERGE NOLFI
AMERICAN SKIN, DIRECTOR NATE PARKER
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, DIRECTOR JOE TALBOT
BEST ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND FILM
PARASITE, DIRECTOR BONG JOON HO
THE FAREWELL, DIRECTOR LULU WANG
THE THIRD WIFE, DIRECTOR ASH MAYFAIR
HAI PHUONG, DIRECTOR LE-VAN KIET
BEST NOLLYWOOD FILM
THE BLING LAGOSIANS, DIRECTOR BOLANLE AUSTIN-PETERS
LIVING IN BONDAGE- BREAKING FREE, DIRECTOR RAMSEY NOUAH
SUGAR RUSH, DIRECTOR KAYODE KASUM
MERRY MEN 2, DIRECTOR MOSES INWANG
OPEN MEMORY, DIRECTOR EJIOFOR CHUKWUDI JOHN
BEST BOLLYWOOD FILM
THE SKY IS PINK, DIRECTOR SHONALI BOSE
KALANK, DIRECTOR ABHISHEK VARMAN
HALA, DIRECTOR MINHAL BAIG
NAMMA VEETTU PILLAI, DIRECTOR PANDIRAG
MANIKARNIKA: THE QUEEN OF JHANSI, DIRECTORS RADHA KRISHNA JARLAMUD, KANGANA RANAUT
BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY/STUDIO
A24
NETFLIX
TYLER PERRY STUDIOS
LIONSGATE
SONY
PARAMOUNT
2OTH CENTURY FOX
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR – EDY LEWIS (THE THESPIAN), DAMSON IDRIS (FARMING)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS – MELANIE GAYLE, DREAMS AND FEARS, NATALIE PORTMAN
BREAKTHROUGH WRITER- EMMA THOMPSON, LAST CHRISTMAS
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR – AVA DUVERNAY (WHEN THEY SEE US), EMMANUEL EHUMADU (LABISTA)
BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER – CURTIS 50CENT JACKSON (POWER), JADA PINKETT SMITH (HALA)
BREAKTHROUGH FILM – FOREIGNER’S GOD, DIRECTOR IFAN IFEANYI MICHAEL
BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, DIRECTOR QUINTIN TARANTINO
1917, DIRECTOR SAM MENDES
JOKER, DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS
HALA, DIRECTOR MINHAL BAIG
AMERICAN SKIN, DIRECTOR NATE PARKER
6 UNDERGROUND, DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, DIRECTORS ADIL EL ARBI, BILALL FALLAH