One of my favourite parts of any film year is award season. It begins in December and culminates in late February with the Academy Awards.
Since I'll never be a member of the Academy, I decided back in 2000 to create a way of recognising my own favourite films and performances. It was somewhat self-indulgent to call them the Toomey Awards but meh, it was the best I could come up with at the time so I'm sticking with the name for now.
You can click here to see the winners and nominees for the past 19 years. I always go off a fiscal year and so the 2016 awards include all films released in Australian cinemas between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019. This is because (1) I'm an accountant by day, and (2) it helps line up with the staggered release of "awards season" contenders in Australia through December, January and February each year.
Nominations were announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2019.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.
Best Picture
BACK TO BURGUNDY
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
EIGHTH GRADE
THE GUILTY
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Best Director
Lee Chang-dong (BURNING)
Bo Burnham (EIGHTH GRADE)
Yorgos Lanthimos (THE FAVOURITE)
Gustav Möller (THE GUILTY)
Barry Jenkins (IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK)
Best Actor In A Leading Role
Yoo Ah-in (BURNING)
Jakob Cedergren (THE GUILTY)
Adek Karam (THE INSULT)
Denis Ménochet (CUSTODY)
John David Washington (BLACKKKLANSMAN)
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Olivia Coleman (THE FAVOURITE)
Elsie Fisher (EIGHTH GRADE)
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (WOMAN AT WAR)
KiKi Layne (IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK)
Melissa McCarthy (CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Jamie Bell (ROCKETMAN)
Adam Driver (BLACKKKLANSMAN)
Richard E. Grant (CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?)
Fionn Whitehead (THE CHILDREN ACT)
Steven Yeun (BURNING)
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Asia Kate Dillon (JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM)
Cynthia Erivo (BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE)
Regina King (IF BEALE STEET COULD TALK)
Marina de Tavira (ROMA)
Rachel Weisz (THE FAVOURITE)
Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen
BACK TO BURGUNDY (Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena, Jean-Marc Roulot)
CUSTODY (Xavier Legrand)
EIGHTH GRADE (Bo Burnham)
THE FAVOURITE (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara)
THE GUILTY (Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen)
Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published
BURNING (Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong)
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty)
COLD PURSUIT (Frank Baldwin)
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Barry Jenkins)
WIDOWS (Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn)
Best Original Score
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Terrence Blanchard)
BURNING (Mowg)
FIRST MAN (Justin Hurwitz)
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Nicholas Britell)
TOLKIEN (Thomas Newman)
Best Animated Feature
MISSING LINK
SMALLFOOT
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
TOY STORY 4
Best Foreign Language Film
BACK TO BURGUNDY
BURNING
C'EST LA VIE!
CUSTODY
THE GUILTY
Best Australian Film
HOTEL MUMBAI
LADIES IN BLACK
1%
WEST OF SUNSHINE
Best Documentary
FREE SOLO
MCQUEEN
RBG
WHITNEY