North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Nominations

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
American Factory
Apollo 11
Hail Satan?
Knock Down the House
One Child Nation

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Atlantics
The Farewell
Parasite
Pain and Glory
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Transit

BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon Ho — Parasite
Sam Mendes  — 1917
Martin Scorsese —The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino — Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taika Waititi — Jojo Rabbit

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse
Roger Deakins — 1917
Kyung-pyo Hong — Parasite
Hoyte van Hoytema – Ad Astra
Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Eddie Murphy – Dolemite is My Name
Joaquin Phoenix — Joker
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shia LaBeouf  — Honey Boy
Joe Pesci  — The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST ACTRESS
Awkafina – The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renée Zellweger — Judy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez — Hustlers
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Zhao Shuzhen  — The Farewell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
Bong Joon Ho; Han Jin-won – Parasite
Rian Johnson – Knives Out
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Lulu Wang – The Farewell

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Micah Fitzerman Blue; Noah Hapster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Greta Gerwig – Little Women
Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes
Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
Steven Zaillian – The Irishman

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
1917
Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

BEST MUSIC
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Us

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Best of Enemies – film set in Durham, NC and chronicling the integration of North Carolina schools.

Jonathan Majors (formerly from UNC School of the Arts) – The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwatrz  — The Peanut Butter Falcon director and screenwriter

Joshua Overbay – Director of Luke & Jo and professor of film at Western Carolina University