212 Films Qualify for 2nd NDFS Awards
BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN
As the year ends, the members of the North Dakota Film Society are persistently checking films off of the list of eligible titles before voting in the 2nd North Dakota Film Society Awards, the only critically voted film awards in the state.
Nomination voting begins January 1, 2021.
Winners of the 2nd NDFS Awards will be announced Friday, January 15, 2021.
For this year’s awards, celebrating the best in cinema of 2020, the voting members have 211 eligible films to consider in these 15 categories: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Editing, Original Score, Original Song, International Feature, Documentary Feature, and Animated Feature.
Note: Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” film anthology was deemed eligible as individual titles for consideration.
To be eligible, a film must have played publicly in a theater in North Dakota or been made available to be screened for NDFS members between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. Films that debuted exclusively on streaming platforms were considered on a case-by-case basis.
ELIGIBLE FILMS
AFTER WE COLLIDED
ALEX WHEATLE
ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
ALL MY LIFE
ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
AN AMERICAN PICKLE
AND THEN WE DANCED
AMMONITE
ANIMAL CRACKERS
ANOTHER ROUND
ANTEBELLUM
ARKANSAS
ARTEMIS FOWL
THE ASSISTANT
ATHLETE A
AVA
BABYTEETH
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE
BAD HAIR
THE BANKER
BEASTIE BOYS STORY
BECOMING
BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE
BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
BIRDS OF PREY
BLACK BEAR
BLOODSHOT
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
BOYS CAMP
THE BOYS IN THE BAND
BRAHMS: THE BOY II
THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY
BULL
THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY
THE CALL OF THE WILD
CAPONE
CHARM CITY KINGS
CHEMICAL HEARTS
CITY HALL
THE CLIMB
CLOUDS
COLLECTIVE
COME AWAY
COME PLAY
CRIP CAMP
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
CUTIES
DA 5 BLOODS
THE DARK AND WICKED
THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
THE DIG
DISCLOSURE
DOLITTLE
DOWNHILL
DREAMLAND
EDUCATION
EMMA.
THE EMPTY MAN
ENOLA HOLMES
EUROVISION
A FALL FROM GRACE
FALLING
FANTASY ISLAND
FAREWELL AMOR
FARMAGEDDON
FATALE
FATHER SOLDIER SON
FEELS GOOD MAN
THE FIGHT
FIGHTING OVER SIOUX
FIRST COW
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
FREAKY
FUNNY BOY
THE GENTLEMEN
THE GLORIAS
THE GO-GO'S
GREENLAND
GRETEL & HANSEL
GREYHOUND
THE GRUDGE
THE HALF OF IT
HAPPIEST SEASON
HERSELF
THE HIGH NOTE
HILLBILLY ELEGY
HIS HOUSE
HONEST THIEF
HORSE GIRL
HOW TO BUILD A GIRL
THE HUNT
I STILL BELIEVE
I'M NO LONGER HERE
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
I'M YOUR WOMAN
THE INFORMER
THE INVISIBLE MAN
IRRESISTIBLE
JINGLE JANGLE
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
JUNGLELAND
KAJILLIONAIRE
THE KID DETECTIVE
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND
THE LAST SHIFT
THE LAST THING HE WANTED
THE LAST VERMEER
LET HIM GO
LET THEM ALL TALK
THE LIFE AHEAD
LIKE A BOSS
THE LODGE
LOST GIRLS
LOVE AND MONSTERS
THE LOVEBIRDS
LOVERS ROCK
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
MANGROVE
MANK
THE MEANING OF HITLER
THE MIDNIGHT SKY
MINARI
MISS AMERICANA
MISS JUNETEENTH
MLK/FBI
THE MOLE AGENT
MONSTER HUNTER
MUCHO MUCHO AMOR
MULAN
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
MY SPY
THE NEST
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
THE NEW MUTANTS
NEWS OF THE WORLD
THE NIGHT CLERK
NOMADLAND
THE OLD GUARD
ON THE ROCKS
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
ONWARD
OVER THE MOON
PALM SPRINGS
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
THE PHOTOGRAPH
PIECES OF A WOMAN
POSSESSOR
THE PROM
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
RADIOACTIVE
REBECCA
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
RELIC
RENT-A-PAL
THE RENTAL
THE RHYTHM SECTION
RISING PHOENIX
RUN
SAINT FRANCES
SAVE YOURSELVES!
SCOOB!
SEBERG
THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM
A SECRET LOVE
SHE DIES TOMORROW
SHIRLEY
SHITHOUSE
THE SHOCK OF THE FUTURE
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
SOUL
SOUND OF METAL
SPACESHIP EARTH
SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL
STARGIRL
SUMMER OF 85
SUMMERLAND
SWALLOW
SYLVIE'S LOVE
THE TAX COLLECTOR
TENET
TESLA
TIME
TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
THE TRIP TO GREECE
TROLLS WORLD TOUR
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
THE TRUTH
THE TURNING
UNCLE FRANK
UNDERWATER
UNHINGED
UNPREGNANT
VALLEY GIRL
VANGUARD
THE VAST OF NIGHT
VIVARIUM
WANDER DARKLY
THE WAR WITH GRANDPA
THE WAY BACK
THE WAY I SEE IT
WENDY
THE WILLOUGHBYS
THE WITCHES
WOLFWALKERS
WONDER WOMAN 1984
WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS
WORKING GIRLS
YES, GOD, YES
YOU DON'T NOMI
