Back in 2020, a friend of mine, Alex, and I were rather unimpressed with the Oscars that year. I can't remember which decision exactly it was that led to us getting annoyed with them that year, but we decided we would each do our own versions instead. Using the same time frame and mostly the same categories, but with our own rules about which movies we'd consider, we set out to decide what movies we would have nominated in each category. He called his awards the Silver Sail Awards. I called mine the Golden Hourglass Awards.
These are the films I had chosen back in 2021 as my nominees for 2020 for the Golden Hourglasses. My only criteria for films…
Back in 2020, a friend of mine, Alex, and I were rather unimpressed with the Oscars that year. I can't remember which decision exactly it was that led to us getting annoyed with them that year, but we decided we would each do our own versions instead. Using the same time frame and mostly the same categories, but with our own rules about which movies we'd consider, we set out to decide what movies we would have nominated in each category. He called his awards the Silver Sail Awards. I called mine the Golden Hourglass Awards.
These are the films I had chosen back in 2021 as my nominees for 2020 for the Golden Hourglasses. My only criteria for films was that it had to have gotten a wide release anywhere in the world in 2020. Festival and limited releases did not count, except for short films.
This list was kept private ever since but I've decided to make it public just for fun really. This is the ballot as I originally made it back in 2021.
Here are the nominees:
Best Picture
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ***Winner***
First Cow
The Forty-Year-Old Version
His House
Hunter Hunter
Kajillionaire
Mank
Palm Springs
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Miranda July - Kajillionaire ***Winner***
Jayro Bustamante - La Llorona
David Fincher - Mank
Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
George C. Wolfe - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ***Winner***
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
Jorge Garcia - Nobody Knows I'm Here
Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman - Mank
Best Actress
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ***Winner***
Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version
Maria Mercedes Coroy - La Llorona
Wunmi Mosaku - His House
Evan Rachel Wood - Kajillionaire
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal ***Winner***
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Orion Lee - First Cow
Clarke Peters - Da 5 Bloods
Glynn Turman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actress
Debra Winger - Kajillionaire ***Winner***
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
Sarah Paulson - Run
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
Helena Zengel - News of the World
Best Original Screenplay
Palm Springs ***Winner***
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Hunter Hunter
Kajillionaire
Sound of Metal
Best Adapted Screenplay
His House ***Winner***
First Cow
The Life Ahead
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
News of the World
Best Animated Feature Film
Wolfwalkers ***Winner***
Alien Xmas
Over the Moon
A Whisker Away
The Willoughbys
Best International Feature Film
La Llorona - Guatemala ***Winner***
Another Round - Denmark
I'm No Longer Here - Mexico
The Life Ahead - Italy
Nobody Knows I'm Here - Chile
Best Documentary Feature
Time ***Winner***
Boys State
Dick Johnson is Dead
My Octopus Teacher
The Painter and the Thief
Best Documentary Short
Do Not Split ***Winner***
Colette
A Concerto is a Conversation
Hunger Ward
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Best Live-Action Short
The Long Goodbye ***Winner***
The Human Voice
The Letter Room
Not Alone in Here
Two Distant Strangers
Best Animated Short
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime ***Winner***
Canvas
If Anything Happens, I Love You
Loop
Out
Best Original Score
Wolfwalkers ***Winner***
First Cow
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Mank
Nobody Knows I'm Here
Best Original Song
Nobody Knows I'm Here - Nobody Knows I'm Here ***Winner***
Hana Ni Bōrei - A Whisker Away
Queen Bee - Emma.
Rocket to the Moon - Over the Moon
What a Life - Another Round
Best Sound
Sound of Metal ***Winner***
First Cow
Hunter Hunter
Mank
Wolfwalkers
Best Production Design
Mank ***Winner***
Emma.
His House
La Llorona
Malmkrog
Best Cinematography
La Llorona ***Winner***
First Cow
Kajillionaire
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mank ***Winner***
Emma.
The Glorias
I'm No Longer Here
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Costume Design
Mank ***Winner***
Emma.
First Cow
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
News of the World
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal ***Winner***
Da 5 Bloods
First Cow
Mank
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Visual Effects
Tenet ***Winner***
Color Out of Space
His House
The Midnight Sky
Peninsula
Worst Film
Mulan ***Winner***
Artemis Fowl
The New Mutants
The Social Dilemma
Tenet
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Films with multiple nominations:
11: Mank
9: First Cow, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6: Sound of Metal
5: His House, La Llorona, Kajillionaire
4: Emma., The Forty-Year-Old Version, Nobody Knows I'm Here
3: Da 5 Bloods, Hunter Hunter, News of the World, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Wolfwalkers
2: Another Round, I'm No Longer Here, The Life Ahead, Over the Moon, Palm Springs, Tenet, A Whisker Away
Films with multiple wins:
3: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mank, Sound of Metal
2: La Llorona, Kajillionaire, Wolfwalkers