By Josh Parham
Every year, all of us cinephiles take so much pleasure in the many film festivals that happen around this time. It’s the opportunity to see so many highly anticipated movies, or at the very least, hear the reactions to them. Especially as awards season approaches fast, it’s a great opportunity for high profile contenders to finally have real exposure in the race. Many festivals receive this attention, but the Chicago International Film Festival is always the pilgrimage I make. The festival continues to have a diverse lineup of films in their programming, ranging from different backgrounds from around the world. Their selection offers films that highlight local talent, black perspectives, LGBTQ content, Latin American cinema and so much more. Something the festival is also abundant in is the array of submissions for the Best International Feature Oscar. Over a dozen such films were playing at the festival this year, and this is a brief rundown of a few titles that I saw that will no doubt be in that conversation.
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BEST PICTURE Nomadland (12) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIC, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NDFS, NSFC, TIFF, VENICE Promising Young Woman (4) - COFCA, MCFCA, SCA, SDFCS First Cow (2) - FFCC, NYFCC Minari (2) - NCFCA, OFCC Another Round - EFA Da 5 Bloods - CIC Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - CIC Small Axe - LAFCA The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - HFCS BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao (16) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, IFJA, LAFCA, MSFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCC, SDFCS Spike Lee (2) - CIC, HFCS Darius Marder - SCA Andrew Patterson - GOTHAM Thomas Vinterberg - EFA BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand (11) - AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, OFCC Carey Mulligan (4) - COFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, SCA, SDFCS Sidney Flanigan (2) - BSFC, NYFCC Paula Beer - EFA Nicole Beharie - GOTHAM Viola Davis - CIC BEST ACTOR Riz Ahmed (7) - COFCA, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, NDFS, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS Chadwick Boseman (5) - AWFJ, CFCA, CIC, LAFCA, MSFCA Delroy Lindo (6) - BOFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC Anthony Hopkins (2) - BSFC, FFCC Mads Mikkelsen - EFA BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Youn Yuh-jung (10) - AWFJ, BSFC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS Maria Bakalaova (9) - BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, IFJA, MCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC Olivia Cooke - HFCS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci (11) - BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, NSFC, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS Sacha Baron Cohen (3) - MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS Chadwick Boseman (2) - CIC, NYFCC Leslie Odom Jr. (2) - AWFJ, IFJA Glynn Turman - LAFCA BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Nomadland (8) - AWFJ, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, OFCC I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (3) - BOFCA, BSFC, FFCC The Father (2) - SCA, SDFCS Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - CIC BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Promising Young Woman (6) - AWFJ, CIC, COFCA, LAFCA, NDFS, OFCC Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (5) - CFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NSFC, NYFCC Minari (3) - FFCC, NCFCA, SDFCS The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (3) - CIC, HFCS, MCFCA Another Round - EFA The Forty-Year-Old-Version - GOTHAM Fourteen - GOTHAM BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Nomadland (12) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, SDFCS Mank (3) - FFCC, OFCC, SCA Small Axe (2) - LAFCA, NYFCC Hidden Away - EFA Tenet - HFCS BEST COSTUME DESIGN Emma. (2) - CFCA, SDFCS Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2) - CIC, HFCS Hidden Away - EFA BEST FILM EDITING The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (4) - CIC, COFCA, HFCS, MCFCA Nomadland (4) - AWFJ, BOFCA, GWNYFCA, NDFS I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (2) - BSFC, CFCA The Invisible Man (2) - MCFCA, SDFCS The Father - LAFCA Once More Unto The Breach - EFA BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING The Endless Trench - EFA Mank - HFCS Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - CIC BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Soul (9) - BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NCFCA, OFCC Tenet (3) - IFJA, MCFCA, SCA Mank (2) - HFCS, NDFS Berlin Alexanderplatz - EFA Minari - BSFC BEST ORIGINAL SONG One Night In Miami (3) - CIC, HFCS, MCFCA Over The Moon - NDFS BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Mank (8) - CFCA, CIC, FFCC, HFCS, LAFCA, MCFCA, NDFS, SDFCS The Personal History Of David Copperfield - EFA BEST SOUND Little Girl - EFA Sound Of Metal - HFCS BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Tenet (3) - HFCS, NCFCA, SDFCS The Invisible Man (2) - CFCA, CIC The Platform - EFA Possessor - FFCC BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Soul (9) - AWFJ, CCA, CIC, FFCC, IFJA, MSFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OFCC Wolfwalkers (7) - BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, SDFCS Josep - EFA The Wolf House - BSFC BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Another Round (6) - AWFJ, CFCA, EFA, IFJA, MCFCA, NCFCA Bacurau (2) - BOFCA, NYFCC The Life Ahead (2) - HFCS, SDFCS Minari (2) - COFCA, GWNYFCA And Then We Danced - NDFS Beanpole - LAFCA Collective - NSFC His House - CIC Identifying Features - GOTHAM La Llorona - BSFC Los Fuertes - FFCC Martin Eden - OFCC BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Dick Johnson Is Dead (5) - CCA, CFCA, COFCA, IFJA, NCFCA Time (5) - GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, SDFCS All In: The Fight For Democracy (2) - AWFJ, NDFS Boys State (2) - CIC, OFCC Collective (2) - BSFC, EFA The Painter And The Thief (2) - AWFJ, BOFCA Beastie Boys Story - HFCS The Social Dilemma - MCFCA A Thousand Cuts - GOTHAM You Don't Nomi - FFCC AuthorsNicole Ackman Archives
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