The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' 13th annual *EDA Awards has chosen Parasite as the best film of 2019.
The awards are made in 25 categories divided into three sections: Best of, Female Focus and Special Mention. Nominees in each category are determined by 92 AWFJ members (I'm one of them) who submit nominating ballots.
Best-of awards (presented to women and men without gender consideration):
Best Film: Parasite
Best Director: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Best Screenplay, Original: Parasite, Bong Joon-ho
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Little Women, Greta Gerwig
Best Documentary: Apollo 11
Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, Us
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Florence Pugh, Little Women
Best Actor: Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Best Ensemble Cast: Little Women (casting directors Kathy Driscoll and Francine Maisler)
Best Cinematography: 1917, Roger Deakins
Best Editing: The Irishman, Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Non-English-Language Film: Parasite
Female Focus awards (honoring women only):
Best Woman Director: Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Woman Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Best Animated Female: Bo Peep (voiced by Annie Potts), Toy Story 4
Best Breakthrough Performance: Florence Pugh, Midsommar, Little Women, Fighting With My Family
Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry: Ava DuVernay for creating Array, a grassroots distribution, arts and advocacy collective focused on films by people of color and women, and for championing women in film
Special Mention awards:
Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Bravest Performance: Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent: Anne Hathaway, The Hustler, Serenity
Most Egregious Lovers' Age Difference Award: The Public -- Emilio Estevez (57) and Taylor Schilling (35)
Remake or Sequel That Shouldn't Have Been Made: Charlie's Angels
AWFJ Hall of Shame Award: Hollywood Foreign Press Association for excluding women nominees in major Golden Globe categories.
*The EDA awards are named in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin's mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and television actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.
MovieStyle on 01/24/2020