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The Sunshine awards

2020/2021

COMBINED best of the YEAR

Best Picture

  • The Invisible Man

  • The Gentlemen

  • No Time to Die

  • Tenet

  • Wrath of Man

Best DirectOR

  • Leigh Whannell - The Invisible Man

  • Cary Joji Fukunaga - No Time to Die

  • Christopher Nolan - Tenet

  • Guy Ritchie - The Gentlemen

  • Guy Ritchie - Wrath of Man

Best Actor

  • Chadwick Boseman as Levee Green - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • Anthony Hopkins as Anthony - The Father

  • Delroy Lindo as Paul - Da 5 Bloods

  • Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone - Sound of Metal

  • Will Smith as Richard Williams - King Richard

Best Actress

  • Elisabeth Moss as Cecilia Kass - The Invisible Man

  • Amy Adams as Dr. Anna Fox - The Woman in the Window

  • Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

  • Jodie Comer as Marguerite de Carrouges - The Last Duel

  • Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball - Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actor

  • Hugh Grant as Fletcher - The Gentlemen

  • Bo Burnham as Ryan Cooper - Promising Young Woman

  • Frank Langella as Judge Julius Hoffman - The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Josh Lawson as Kano - Mortal Kombat

  • Kenneth Branagh as Andrei Sator - Tenet

Best Supporting Actress

  • Viola Davis as Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • Glenn Close as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance - Hillbilly Elegy

  • Maria Bakalova as Tutar Sagdiyev - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  • Meryl Streep as President Janie Orlean - Don’t Look Up

  • Olivia Colman as Anne - The Father

Best Original Screenplay

  • The Gentlemen - Guy Ritchie

  • Don’t Look Up - Adam McKay

  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Will Berson and Shaka King

  • Soul - Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Father - Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton

  • The Invisible Man - Leigh Whannell

  • The Last Duel - Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home - Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers

  • Wrath of Man - Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Marn Davies

Best Cinematography

  • The Green Knight - Andrew Droz Palermo

  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt

  • Last Night in Soho - Chung-hoon Chung

  • Nightmare Alley - Dan Lausten

  • West Side Story - Janusz Kamiński

Best Editing

  • The Gentlemen - James Herbert

  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Kristan Sprague

  • No Time to Die - Elliot Graham and Tom Cross

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten

  • Wrath of Man - James Herbert

Best Art and Design

  • Dune

  • Cruella

  • The French Dispatch

  • Nightmare Alley

  • Tenet

Best Action Sequences

  • Nobody

  • Extraction

  • No Time to Die

  • Tenet

  • Wrath of Man

Best Scene

  • Black Friday in the Depot - Wrath of Man

  • The Duel - The Last Duel

  • Dinner with Emily - The Invisible Man

  • Multiverse Spider-Men Arrive - Spider-Man: No Way Home

  • Opera Siege - Tenet

BEST Breakout Performance

  • Shaka King’s Directorial Performance - Judas and the Black Messiah

  • Cooper Hoffman as Gary Valentine - Licorice Pizza

  • Darius Marder’s Directorial Performance - Sound of Metal

  • Maria Bakalova as Tutar Sagdiyev - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  • Mike Rianda’s Directorial Debut - The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Cameo Appearance

  • Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • Chris Evans as Himself - Free Guy

  • Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang - The Suicide Squad

  • Pete Davidson as Blackguard - The Suicide Squad

  • Sean Gunn as Weasel - The Suicide Squad

Best ORIGINAL Score

  • Tenet - Ludwig Göransson

  • Dune - Hans Zimmer

  • The Invisible Man - Benjamin Wallfisch

  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Mark Isham and Craig Harris

  • Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste

Best Use of a Song

  • "Both Sides, Now" by Emilia Jones - CODA

  • “Boxes of Bush” by Bugzy Malone - The Gentlemen

  • “Cumberland Gap” by David Rawlings - The Gentlemen

  • "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash - Wrath of Man

  • “What a Life” by Scarlet Pleasure - Another Round

Best Cast

  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • CODA

  • Don’t Look Up

  • The Father

  • Judas and the Black Messiah

Wins

 

Three Wins
The Invisible Man; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; The Gentlemen

One Win

The Father; The Green Knight; Dune; Nobody; Wrath of Man; Judas and the Black Messiah; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; Tenet; CODA

 

Nominations

Seven Nominations

The Gentlemen; Tenet; Wrath of Man

Six Nominations
The Invisible Man; Judas and the Black Messiah

Four Nominations
No Time to Die; The Father

Three Nominations
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; The Last Duel; The Trial of the Chicago 7; Don’t Look Up; The Suicide Squad

Two Nominations
Sound of Metal; Borat Subsequent Moviefilm; Spider-Man: No Way Home; Nightmare Alley; Dune; CODA; Soul

One Nomination
Da 5 Bloods; King Richard; The Woman in the Window; The Eyes of Tammy Faye; Being the Ricardos; Promising Young Woman; Mortal Kombat; Hillbilly Elegy; The Green Knight; Last Night in Soho; West Side Story; Cruella; The French Dispatch; Extraction; Nobody; Licorice Pizza; The Mitchells vs. The Machines; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; Free Guy; Another Round

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