The 2021 BPs Nominations!
The BPs nominations are determined by tallying the ranked submissions of Battleship Pretension contributors. In the instance of a fifth-slot tie, both submissions have been included.
Best Picture
DA 5 BLOODS
THE INVISIBLE MAN
LOVERS ROCK
NOMADLAND
SOUND OF METAL
Best Director
Spike Lee, DA 5 BLOODS
Darius Marder, SOUND OF METAL
Steve McQueen, LOVERS ROCK
Leigh Whannell, THE INVISIBLE MAN
Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL
Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Willem Dafoe, TOMMASO
Jake Horowitz, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS
Mads Mikkelsen, ANOTHER ROUND
Best Actress
Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Sidney Flanigan, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND
Elisabeth Moss, THE INVISIBLE MAN
Elisabeth Moss, SHIRLEY
Best Supporting Actor
Arliss Howard, MANK
Orion Lee, FIRST COW
Bill Murray, ON THE ROCKS
Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL
David Strathairn, NOMADLAND
Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Olivia Cooke, SOUND OF METAL
Talia Ryder, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Amanda Seyfried, MANK
Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI
Best Original Screenplay
Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee, DA 5 BLOODS
Jack Fincher, MANK
Lee Isaac Chung, MINARI
Eliza Hittman, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Darius Marder and Abraham Marder, SOUND OF METAL
Andrew Patterson and Craig W. Sanger, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW
Leigh Whannell, THE INVISIBLE MAN
Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND
Sarah Gubbins, SHIRLEY
Best Cinematography
Shabier Kirchner, LOVERS ROCK
Erik Messeerschmidt, MANK
Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND
Philippe Le Sourd, ON THE ROCKS
M.I. Littin-Menz, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Best Editing
Alan Baumgarten, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Robert Frazen, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Andy Canny, THE INVISIBLE MAN
Chris Dickens and Steve McQueen, LOVERS ROCK
Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, SOUND OF METAL
Best Production Design
Kave Quinn, EMMA.
Molly Hughes, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Helen Scott, LOVERS ROCK
Donald Graham Burt, MANK
Adam Dietrich, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Best Costumes
Erin Benach and Helen Huang, BIRDS OF PREY
Alexandra Byrne, EMMA.
Melissa Toth, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Jacqueline Durran, LOVERS ROCK
Trish Summerville, MANK
Best Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, MANK
Emile Mosseri, MINARI
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, SOUL
Ludwig Goransson, TENET
Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Best International Film
ANOTHER ROUND (d. Thomas Vinterberg)
BACURAU (d. Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Menonca Filho)
DEAR COMRADES (d. Andrey Konchalovskiy)
MARTIN EDEN (d. Pietro Marcello)
THE TRUTH (d. Hirokazu Koreeda)
Best Documentary
BLOOD NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS (d. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross)
BOYS STATE (d. Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss)
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (d. Kristen Johnson)
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA (d. Jeff Orlowski)
TIME (d. Garrett Bradley)
Best Animated Film
ONWARD (d. Dan Scanlon)
RIDE YOUR WAVE (d. Masaaki Yuasa)
SOUL (d. Pete Docter, Kemp Powers)
THE WOLF HOUSE (d. Joaquin Cocina, Cristobal Leon)
WOLFWALKERS (d. Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)
Best Stunts
BIRDS OF PREY
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE OLD GUARD
TENET
WONDER WOMAN 1984
The Bruce McGill in The Insider Award for Best Performance Under 15 Minutes
Gail Cronauer, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Bruce Davis, THE VAST OF NIGHT
Abby Quinn, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Jenny Slate, ON THE ROCKS
Swankie, NOMADLAND
