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And now… (cue drum roll), here are those DVDfever Awards for 2019 in full!:
13 Best Films:
- La Llorona
Rocks
The Whistlers
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Marriage Story
The King
Beanpole
Greed
Jojo Rabbit (above)
By the Grace of God
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Piranhas
Lara
Rising Talent:
- Jayro Bustamante – director of La Llorona and Tremors
Francesco Di Napoli in Piranhas
Bukky Bakray and D’angelou Osei Kissiedu in Rocks
Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit
Billie Piper – director of Rare Beasts
Rose Glass – director of Saint Maud
Kantemir Balagov – director of Beanpole
Isabel Sandoval – director and star of Lingua Franca
Helena Zengel in System Crasher
Best Comedy:
- Days of the Bagnold Summer and Jojo Rabbit
Runner-up: Greed
Best Thriller:
- La Llorona
Runners-up: The Whistlers, Piranha
Best Drama:
- Portrait of the Lady on Fire and Beanpole
Runners-up: Marriage Story, The King
Best Director:
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Celine Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Jayro Bustamante – La Llorona
Runners-up: Corneliu Porumboiu – The Whistlers. Kantemir Balagov – Beanpole
Best Actress:
Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant – Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Runners-up: Saskia Rosendahl – Relativity; Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit; Corinna Harfouch – Lara; Viktoria Miroshnichenko – Beanpole
Best Actor:
- Timothée Chalamet – The King.
Runners-up: Adam Driver – Marriage Story and The Report; Ingvar Sigurdsson – A White White Day
Best Ensembles:
- Our Ladies, Rocks, Knives Out, and David Copperfield.
Best Duo:
- Vlad Ivanov and Catrinel Marlon in The Whistlers; Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa in The Two of Us; Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina in Beanpole
Best Ending:
- The Whistlers, Jojo Rabbit (especially if you like Bowie)
Biggest Labour of Love:
- Bombay Dreams (every single frame of Gitanjali Rao’s animation is meticulously hand-painted)
Annual Festival Ubiquity Award (aka the Kristin Scott Thomas Award):
- Outright winner: Morfydd Clark (two roles in David Copperfield, lead in Saint Maud)
Runners-up: Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson for being in almost everything between them, usually opposite one of the others. And David Thewlis and Kerry Fox together in Rare Beasts and apart in Guest of Honour and Little Joe. Plus of course, Monica Dolan in Days of the Bagnold Summer and Rialto; Lucas Hedges in Honey Boy and Waves
Hammy Hamster Award:
- Robert Pattinson for overacting in both The King and Waiting for the Barbarians
Most Disappointing:
- The Other Lamb, Judy and Punch, Monos
Best Documentaries:
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White Riot
The Kingmaker
Cold Case Hammerskjold
Tell Me Who I Am