Sometimes it takes the regional critics to infuse Oscar season with some unusual selections. Most of what Indiana’s film journalists have done is select unique and interesting choices. There are a few that aren’t out of left field, but from Best Picture on down, this is one of the most eclectic batches so far.

Award Tallies

(3) The Hate U Give
(2) First Reformed, Roma

The Awards

Best Film

The Hate U Give (RU: Paddington 2)

Other Finalists (Alphabetical):
Black Panther
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
The Rider
Roma
Sorry to Bother You
A Star Is Born
You Were Never Really Here

Best Animated Film

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (RU: Isle of Dogs)

Best Director

Roma – Alfonso Cuaron (RU: You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay)

Best Actor

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed (RU: Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born)

Best Actress

Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (RU: Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born)

Best Supporting Actor

Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born (RU: Jonah Hill – Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot)

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (RU: Olivia Colman – The Favourite)

Best Original Screenplay

First Reformed (RU: Eighth Grade)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Hate U Give (RU: A Star Is Born)

Best Musical Score

Suspiria (RU: You Were Never Really Here)

Best Foreign Language Film

Roma (RU: Cold War)

Best Documentary

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (RU: Minding the Gap)

Best Ensemble

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (RU: BlacKkKlansmandf)

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War (RU: Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2)

Breakout of the Year

Chloe Zhao – The Rider (RU: Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade)

Original Vision Award

Sorry to Bother You (RU: Eighth Grade)

The Hoosier Award

Dead Man’s Line: The True Story of Tony Kirtsis

Indiana Film Journalists Data

First Awards: 2009 (10)