The Film Experience

SINNERS | © Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another and Sinners lead the 14th annual Team Experience Award nominations. Both films scored twelve nods each, a bit below their Oscar haul in the horror flick’s case, but still respectable. However, neither beat the Team Experience Awards record set by The Favourite, which scored 13 nominations in 2019. As ever, it’s worth reminding that these honors are voted on by The Film Experience writers, excluding Nathaniel, who does his own Film Bitch Awards, wholly separate from this list. He probably wouldn’t have allowed the tie that expands this year’s Best Director roster to six slots. Oh well, it’s more cinema to celebrate, more artistry to cheer and applaud. So, let’s get to it!

Discover the full list of nominees, in our 20 categories, after the jump…

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER | © Warner Bros.

BEST PICTURE

HAMNET
Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes & Steven Spielberg

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Philippe Martin & Jafar Panahi

MAGELLAN
Joaquim Sapinho, Albert Serra, Paul Soriano, Montse Triola, Mark Victor & Marta Vieira Alves

NO OTHER CHOICE
Jisun Back, Alexandre Gavras, Park Chan-wook & Michèle Ray-Gavras

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy & Adam Somner

THE SECRET AGENT
Emilie Lesclaux & Kleber Mendonça Filho

SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

SINNERS
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler & Sev Ohanian

TRAIN DREAMS
Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer & Teddy Schwarzman

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae & James Wilson

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
Lav Diaz, MAGELLAN
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT
Park Chan-wook, NO OTHER CHOICE
Joachim Trier, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

THE SECRET AGENT | © Neon

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
Kathleen Chalfant, FAMILIAR TOUCH
Jennifer Lawrence, DIE MY LOVE
Emma Stone, BUGONIA

BEST ACTOR

Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS
Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON
Lee Byung-hun, NO OTHER CHOICE
Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT
Abou Sangaré, SOULEYMANE’S STORY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kirsten Dunst, ROOFMAN
Elle Fanning, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Regina Hall, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Inga Ibsdottir Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jacob Elordi, FRANKENSTEIN
Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Aram Sabbah, TO A LAND UNKNOWN
Alexander Skarsgård, PILLION
Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ENSEMBLE

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hasgemzadeh, Delmaz Najafi & Afsaneh Najm Abadi

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn, April Grace, D.W. Moffett, Paul Grimstand, Dijon, Kevin Tughe, John Hoogenakker, Eric Schweig, Jim Downey, Alana Haim, Shayna McHayle, Brookleyn Demme, Sachi Diserafino, Melissa Dueñas, Starletta DuPois, Vanessa Ganter & Joe Silva

THE SECRET AGENT
Wagner Moura, Tânia Maria, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Robério Diógenes, Roney Villela, Alice Carvalho, Hermila Guedes, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Thomñas Aquino, Laura Lufési, Isadora Ruppert, Igor de Araújo, Ítalo Martins, Udo Kier, João Vitor Silva, Luciano Chirolli, Geane Albuquerque, Fafa Dantas, Suzy Lopes, Gregorio Graziosi, Joálisson Cunha, Aline Marta maia, Buda Lira, Wilson Rabelo, Erivaldo Oliveira, Enzo Nunes, Márcio De Paula, Fabiana Pirro, Ruben Santos, Kaiony Venâncio, Licínio Januário, Marcelo Valle, Robson Andrade & Edilson Silva

SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lars Väringer, Ida Marianne Vassbotn Klasson, Vilde Søyland, Olivia Thompson,Iben Policer Havnevik, Irma Trier, Ida Atlanta Kyllingmark Giertsen & Julie Østhagen

SINNERS
Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Omar Benson Miller, Yao, Lola Kirke, Peter Dreimanis, Saul Williams, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Tenaj L. Jackson, Helena Hu & Buddy Guy

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT | © Neon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, PEPE
Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT
Jafar Panahi, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Shadmehr Rastin & Nader Saeivar, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh, DIE MY LOVE
Harry Lighton, PILLION
Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao, HAMNET
Jahye Lee, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Park Chan-wook, NO OTHER CHOICE

SENTIMENTAL VALUE | © Neon

BEST EDITING

Kirk Baxter, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Olivier Bugge Coutté, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Matthieu Laclau, Lin Xudong & Yang Chao, CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
Michael P. Shawver, SINNERS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS
Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Fabian Gamper, SOUND OF FALLING
Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom & Rui Poças, GRAND TOUR
Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS

TRAIN DREAMS | © Netflix

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Hannah Beachler & Monique Champagne, SINNERS
Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton, HAMNET
Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau, FRANKENSTEIN
Jack Fisk & Adam Willis, MARTY SUPREME
Qiang Liu, RESURRECTION

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Colleen Atwood, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Ruth E. Carter, SINNERS
Kate Hawley, FRANKENSTEIN
Lindsay Pugh, HEDDA
Malgosia Turzanska, HAMNET

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

BRING HER BACK, Rebecca Buratto, Paul Katte & Larry Van Duynhoven
FRANKENSTEIN, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel & Cliona Furey
SINNERS, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine & Shunika Terry
THE UGLY STEPSISTER, Thomas Foldberg & Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
WEAPONS, Jascon Collins, Leo Satkovich & Melizah Anguiano Wheat

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon & Daniel Barrett
F1, Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington & Keith Dawson
NO OTHER CHOICE, Lee Seung-je
RESURRECTION, Wu Songyi, Chi-Kit Chan, Lise Fischer & Strilen Liu
SINNERS, Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter & Donnie Dean

HAMNET | © Focus Features

BEST MUSIC

HAMNET, Max Richter
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Jonny Greenwood
SINNERS, Ludwig Göransson
SIRĀT, Kangding Ray
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, Daniel Blumberg

BEST SOUND

F1, Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo & Juan Peralta
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio & Tony Villaflor
SINNERS, Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor & Steve Boeddeker
SIRĀT, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas & Yasmina Praderas
SOUND OF FALLING, Billie Mind, Jürgen Schulz & Kai Tebbel

NO OTHER CHOICE | © Neon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
James Cameron & Jon Landau

THE BAD GUYS 2
Pierre Perifel, JP Sans & Damon Ross

ENDLESS COOKIE
Peter Scriver, Seth Scriver, Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle & Chris Yurkovich

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang & Michelle Wong

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade, Claire La Combe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago, Stephanie Sheh & Michael Sinterniklaas

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson & Michelle Mizner

AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
Albert Serra, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Luis Ferrón, Marta Lacima Ligero, Pedro Palacios, Ricard Sales, Joaquim Sapinho, Montse Triola & Marta Vieira Alves

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro & Stef Willen

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
Julia Loktev

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu & Alisa Payne

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
France, Iran, Luxembourg

MAGELLAN
France, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan

NO OTHER CHOICE
France, South Korea

THE SECRET AGENT
Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands

SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, UK

FUN FACTS & FIGURES

In total, 49 films received votes in the Best Picture category.
In total, 82 performances received votes across the four acting categories.
Across these 20 categories, the Team Experience managed to recognize 44 features. The numbers are down from last year's 47. It is, however, significantly more than the Academy, whose voting body nominated a grand total of 35 feature films.
With twelve nominations each, One Battle After Another and Sinners are this year's nomination leaders. Last year, this honor belonged to The Brutalist, with seven nods to its name.
Among individuals, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Park Chan-wook are the most recognized, scoring citations for directing, writing, and producing their projects.
Notably, The Voice of Hind Rajab follows in the steps of Close Your Eyes and Alcarrás by scoring a Team Experience nomination in Best Picture and nowhere else.
With four nominations across the board, Frankenstein is the most nominated film out of the Best Picture race.
Category confusion strikes again! Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor and Stellan Skarsgård all got votes as leads and supporting actors. Of these, only Skarsgård landed the nomination. This year, there was also category confusion in the writing races, as Roofman scored votes as both an adapted and an original screenplay.
In terms of aligning with the Academy's taste, the Team Experience had ballots very similar to AMPAS' in the Best Production Design and Sound categories. In those cases, it was a 4/5 match.
Father and son Stellan and Alexander Skarsgård are both nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Another such duo, the dearly departed Mohammad Bakri and his son Saleh Bakri, also received votes in the acting categories. In that case, both starred in the same film, All That’s Left of You.
Though multiple actors had more than one eligible performance – the aforementioned Saleh Bakri, Everett Blunck, Amy Madigan, Josh O’Connor, A$AP Rocky, and Amanda Seyfried – they were mentioned for one of them on the ballots. This differs from Sebastian Stan’s situation last year, when he was splitting votes with himself for both A Different Man and The Apprentice.
Some films are fated to be always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Marty Supreme was runner-up in four categories but was nominated only for Best Production Design. The Secret Agent and Sound of Falling were runners-up in three races, but, at least, they both received multiple nods elsewhere.
Since we started sharing the team’s aggregated top ten, this is the first time that the majority of the nominees (6/10) are in a language other than English.

NOMINATION TALLY

Best Picture nominees are in bold.

12 nominations

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS

9 nominations

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

6 nominations

HAMNET
NO OTHER CHOICE
THE SECRET AGENT

4 nominations

FRANKENSTEIN
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

3 nominations

MAGELLAN
TRAIN DREAMS

2 nominations

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
DIE MY LOVE
F1
PILLION
RESURRECTION
SIRĀT
SOUND OF FALLING

1 nomination

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
THE BAD GUYS 2
BLUE MOON
BRING HER BACK
BUGONIA
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
ENDLESS COOKIE
FAMILIAR TOUCH
GRAND TOUR
HEDDA
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
MARTY SUPREME
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
PEPE
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
ROOFMAN
SOULEYMANE’S STORY
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
TO A LAND UNKNOWN
THE UGLY STEPSISTER
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
WEAPONS

Winners will be announced at an, as yet, undecided date. But they’ll be here before the Oscars, don’t worry. In the meantime, tell us what you think of our choices.