Year-in Awards 2020

1st annual Year-in Awards

The Year-in Awards, purely intended as an imitation of the Oscars in the image of Mark’s Remarks. The awards focus on all films published in 2020 as long as their reviewed by me. A look back at everything seen this year dividing the excellent from the mediocre.

The following list is a compilation of the films I’ve reviewed, some films released this year might not be included purely due to that fact I have not seen or reviewed them. This is my first attempt of watching everything worthwhile in a year. Apart from those films missing, content like this is bound to evoke disagreement, in those cases please understand these are my personal choices and I’m not discounting any differing opinions

Despite exclusively taking in 2020 releases there are a few films that had already been shown during film festivals in 2019, due to their theatrical release during the course of this year these still made the cut.

For the awards in different genres, I couldn’t include everything due to either a lack of award-worthy contenders or shortcoming in the specific genre this year.

With all that aside, I hereby present my first Year-In Awards, something new, something interesting. Who are the winners of Mark’s Mark? Find out below.

Best Director:

WINNER: Antonio Campos (The Devil All The Time)

Best Male Lead:

WINNER: Michael B. Jordan (Just Mercy)

Best Female Lead:

WINNER: Charlize Theron (The Old Guard)

Best Production & Style:

WINNER: The Devil All The Time

Best Special Effects:

WINNER: Tenet

Best Costuming:

WINNER: 1917

Best Soundtrack:

WINNER: 1917

Expected Standout

Winner: Tenet

Underdog

Winner: Uncorked

Best in its Genre

Action

WINNER: Tenet

Contenders:

The Old Guard

Unhinged

Animation

WINNER: Soul

Contenders:

Onward

The Call of the Wild

Thriller/Drama

WINNER: Just Mercy

Contenders:

Uncorked

The Way Back

Family

WINNER: Onward

Contenders:

Soul

Call of the Wild

War

WINNER: The Windemere Children

Contenders:

1917

Greyhound

Sports

WINNER: The Way Back

Contenders: Safety

These are all the picks for this years Mark’s marks, looking forward to be able to make next years awards even better with all genre’s included. 2020 films will keep being published but this list will not be edited after release.

On to 2021!