2020 in film

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2020 in film is a history of events, which includes the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2020, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.

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Evaluation of the year

The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video-on-demand or streaming services. However, several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and several films were still in theaters where guidelines were in place.[1] As a result, film grosses will increase if they are re-released in the future. This is also infamous for being the first year since 2007 that no film has grossed $1 billion.

Highest-grossing films

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The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

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Highest-grossing films of 2020[3]
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Toho / Aniplex $507,127,293[4]
2 The Eight Hundred CMC Pictures $461,421,559
3 My People, My Homeland China Lion $433,241,288[5]
4 Bad Boys for Life Sony Pictures $426,505,244
5 Tenet Warner Bros. $365,304,105
6 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount $319,715,683
7 Dolittle Universal $251,410,631
8 Jiang Ziya Beijing Enlight $243,883,429
9 A Little Red Flower HG Entertainment $238,600,000[6][7]
10 Shock Wave 2 Universe Films $226,400,000
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After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone increased to over $1.008 billion, becoming the 47th film overall and the second billion-dollar film in the Wizarding World franchise, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, at $1.342 billion.

2020 box office records

  • China overtook North America as the world's largest box office market for the first time in 2020. China generated $2.7 billion in theatrical revenue compared to North America's $2.3 billion, the lowest for the North American box office in at least 40 years.[8] This has been largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a greater negative impact in North America than in Asia.[9]
  • Because of the relatively smaller impact of the pandemic on Asian film markets, the majority (6) of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year are East Asian (Chinese and Japanese) productions for the first time in history, as the rankings were previously dominated by North American productions.[10]

Film records

  • At the end of 2020, The Eight Hundred became the first Chinese and first non-Hollywood film to top the global box office with more than $450 million in gross.[11] It was later overtaken by Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021.
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, a Japanese anime film based on the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, broke a number of box office records.
    • It became the first ever non-Hollywood film production to become the highest-grossing film of the year[12] and the first 2D-animated feature to become the highest grossing movie of the year since Disney's The Lion King in 1994.
    • It set the all-time box office records for the highest-grossing Japanese film, the highest-grossing anime film, and the highest-grossing R-rated animated film.[13]
    • In Japan, Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3 million),[14] before breaking the opening weekend record with ¥4.6 billion ($43.8 million) over three days.[15] It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend and, in ten days, became the fastest film to cross ¥10 billion ($96.7 million), surpassing Spirited Away (2001), which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years.[16] Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in Japan, again faster than Spirited Away.[17] It also set the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder, Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).[18] In 59 days, Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestone,[19] faster than Spirited Away, which took 253 days to reach the same milestone.[20] In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004).[21] In 73 days, Mugen Train grossed ¥32.48 billion to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Spirited Away, which held the record for 19 years.[22]
    • In Taiwan, Mugen Train grossed NT$360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days, setting the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name (2016).[23][24] In 20 days, Mugen Train became the first animated film to cross NT$400 million in Taiwan,[25] before later crossing the NT$500 million milestone.[26]
    • The film was also the first R-rated film since Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall.
    • The film was also the first animated film since The Jungle Book in 1967 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall and not the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the time.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog broke Pokémon: Detective Pikachu's record for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a video game, with $70 million in domestic gross in the United States and Canada.[27] It went on to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game in the United States and Canada, surpassing Detective Pikachu, although it did not beat it in the worldwide box office.[28] Sonic the Hedgehog is also the highest-grossing superhero film of 2020, ending the Marvel Cinematic Universe's decade-long run of having the highest-grossing superhero film of the year (from 2010 to 2019).[29][30]
  • For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train from Japan and Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has been partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31] It is also the first time since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made it to the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year worldwide.
  • 2020 was the first year since 2008 not to have a film gross $1 billion in its initial release, the first year since 2005 not to have a film gross over $900 million, and the first year since 2000 not to have a film gross over $600 million, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2020 was the first year since 1995 in which no film was among the 20 highest-grossing films of all time at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

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Award ceremonies

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2020 film awards ceremonies
Date Event Host Location
January 5 77th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.[32]
January 11 25th Forqué Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain
January 12 25th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
January 16 7th Feroz Awards Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España Alcobendas, Spain
January 18 31st Producers Guild of America Awards Producers Guild of America Hollywood, California, U.S.
January 19 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
January 20 55th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden[33]
January 25 34th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Málaga, Spain
47th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
72nd Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 1 10th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium
72nd Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West Beverly Hills, California and New York City, New York
February 2 73rd British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England
February 8 35th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
February 9 92nd Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 28 45th César Awards Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma Paris, France
March 6 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize Nippon Academy-Sho Association Tokyo, Japan
March 16 40th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation Los Angeles, California, U.S.[a]
March 27 66th Filmfare Awards The Times Group Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
May 6 39th Hong Kong Film Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. Hong Kong[b]
May 8 65th David di Donatello Accademia del Cinema Italiano Rome, Italy[c]
June 3 56th Grand Bell Awards Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association Seoul, South Korea
June 29 7th Platino Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Panama City, Panama
September 28 62nd Ariel Awards Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas Mexico[b]
November 21 57th Golden Horse Awards Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan
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Festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2020 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

Awards

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More information Category/Organization, 78th Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 ...
Category/Organization78th Golden Globe Awards
February 28, 2021
26th Critics' Choice Awards
March 7, 2021
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
March 21-April 10, 2021
74th BAFTA Awards
April 11, 2021
93rd Academy Awards
April 25, 2021
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best PictureNomadlandBorat Subsequent MoviefilmNomadland
Best DirectorChloé Zhao
Nomadland
Best ActorChadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Best ActressAndra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Rosamund Pike
I Care a Lot
Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Frances McDormand
Nomadland
Best Supporting ActorDaniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting ActressJodie Foster
The Mauritanian
Maria Bakalova
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Youn Yuh-jung
Minari
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
The Father
Best Screenplay, OriginalEmerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman
Best Animated Film[d]Soul
Best Original ScoreTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
Best Original Song"Io sì (Seen)"
The Life Ahead
"Speak Now"
One Night in Miami...
"Fight for You"
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Foreign Language FilmMinari

Another Round

Best Documentary[e]Dick Johnson Is DeadMy Octopus Teacher
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Palme d'Or (73rd Cannes Film Festival): Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Golden Lion (77th Venice International Film Festival):

Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao, United States

Golden Bear (70th Berlin International Film Festival):

There Is No Evil (شیطان وجود ندارد), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran

2020 films

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By genre/medium

Deaths

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 4Tom Long51AustraliaActor
8Edd Byrnes86USActor
8Buck Henry89USActor, Screenwriter, Director
9Ivan Passer86Czech RepublicDirector, Screenwriter
10Neda Arnerić66SerbiaActress
12Tony Garnett83UKProducer
14Jack Kehoe85USActor
17Derek Fowlds82UKActor
20Joe Shishido86JapanActor
21Terry Jones77UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
22John Karlen86USActor
23Robert Harper68USActor
25Monique van Vooren92BelgiumActress
26Kobe Bryant41USActor
28Marj Dusay83USActress
28Harriet Frank Jr.96USScreenwriter
28Nicholas Parsons96UKActor
28Dyanne Thorne83USActress
30Jörn Donner86FinlandDirector, Screenwriter, Actor
31Andree Melly87UKActress
February 1Luciano Ricceri79ItalyProduction Designer
3Gene Reynolds96USActor
4José Luis Cuerda72SpainDirector, Screenwriter
4Gianni Minervini91ItalyProducer
5Kevin Conway77USActor
5Kirk Douglas103USActor, Producer, Director
6Raphaël Coleman25UKActor
7Orson Bean91USActor
7Ann E. Todd88USActress
8Robert Conrad84USActor
8Volker Spengler80GermanyActor
8Grazia Volpi78ItalyProducer
9Paula Kelly77USActress, Singer
10Marge Redmond95USActress, Singer
11Joseph Vilsmaier81GermanyDirector
14Lynn Cohen86USActress
14Esther Scott66USActress
14John Shrapnel77UKActor
16Zoe Caldwell86AustraliaActress
16Frances Cuka83UKActress
16Jason Davis35USActor
16Kellye Nakahara72USActress
17Ja'Net DuBois87USActress, Singer
18Flavio Bucci72ItalyActor
18Tapas Paul61IndiaActor
19José Mojica Marins83BrazilDirector, Actor
20Claudette Nevins82USActress
21Boris Leskin97RussiaActor
24Diana Serra Cary101USActress
24Ben Cooper86USActor
27R. D. Call70USActor
27Burkhard Driest80GermanyActor
27Eugene Dynarski86USActor
29Dieter Laser78GermanyActor
March 3Božidar Alić65CroatiaActor
6David Paul62USActor
8Max von Sydow90SwedenActor
12Gary B. Kibbe79USCinematographer
12Tonie Marshall68FranceActress, Director, Screenwriter
15Suzy Delair102FranceActress, Singer
16Stuart Whitman92USActor
17Lyle Waggoner84USActor
20Johnny Harris87UKComposer
20Kenny Rogers81USActor, Singer
23Lucia Bosè89ItalyActress
23David Collings79UKActor
23Alfio Contini92ItalyCinematographer
24Stuart Gordon72USDirector, Screenwriter
24Terrence McNally81USScreenwriter
24Gerard Schurmann96UKComposer
26Mark Blum69USActor
28Barbara Rütting92GermanyActress
29Krzysztof Penderecki86PolandComposer
31Julie Bennett88USVoice Actress
31Andrew Jack76UKDialect Coach
April 1Adam Schlesinger52USComposer, Songwriter
3Hilary Dwyer74UKActress
3Hans Meyer94South AfricaActor
4Jay Benedict68USActor
4Carlo Leva90ItalyProduction Designer
5Shirley Douglas86CanadaActress
5George Ogilvie89AustraliaDirector, Actor
5Honor Blackman94UKActress
6Colleen Callaghan89USMakeup Artist
6James Drury85USActor
7Allen Garfield80USActor
9Malcolm Dixon66UKActor
10Armando Francioli100ItalyActor
10Nobuhiko Obayashi82JapanDirector, Screenwriter
10Francis Reusser77SwitzerlandDirector
12Danny Goldman80USActor
15Allen Daviau77USCinematographer
15Brian Dennehy81USActor
17Filipe Duarte46PortugalActor
17Sergio Fantoni89ItalyActor
19Philippe Nahon81FranceActor
22Shirley Knight83USActress
23Bruce Allpress89New ZealandActor
26Peter H. Hunt81USDirector
27Cis Corman93USCasting Director, Producer
29Irrfan Khan53IndiaActor
29John Lafia63USDirector, Screenwriter
29Matty Simmons91USProducer
30Rishi Kapoor67IndiaActor
30Sam Lloyd56USActor
May 2Jan-Olof Strandberg93SwedenActor
3John Ericson93GermanyActor
4James Marcus77UKActor
6Leslie Pope65USSet Decorator
7Daniel Cauchy90FranceActor
7Peque Gallaga76FilipinoDirector, Screenwriter
9Geno Silva72USActor
9Little Richard87USSinger, Actor
11Jerry Stiller92USActor
12Michel Piccoli94FranceActor
15Ezio Bosso48ItalyComposer
15Lynn Shelton54USDirector, Screenwriter
15Fred Willard86USActor
16Monique Mercure89CanadaActress
16Pilar Pellicer82MexicoActress
16Jon Whiteley75UKActor
19Pembroke J. Herring90USFilm Editor
22Denise Cronenberg81CanadaCostume Designer
24Jean-Loup Dabadie81FranceScreenwriter
26Richard Herd87USActor
26Irm Hermann77GermanyActress
26Anthony James77USActor
27Larry Kramer84USScreenwriter
27Peggy Pope91USActress
28Lennie Niehaus90USComposer
31Dan van Husen75GermanyActor
June 2Mary Pat Gleason70USActress
2Héctor Suárez81MexicoActor
3Bruce Jay Friedman90USScreenwriter
6Malcolm Terris79USActor
7Alan Metter77USDirector
8Marion Hänsel71BelgiumDirector, Screenwriter, Actress
11Rosa María Sardá78SpainActress
11Mel Winkler78USActor
14Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz90IranActor
14Eva Kristínová91SlovakiaActress
14Sushant Singh Rajput34IndiaActor
16Patrick Poivey72FRFrench voice actor
17Lewis John Carlino88USDirector, Screenwriter
19Ian Holm88UKActor
20Philip Latham91UKActor
21Jürgen Holtz87GermanyActor
22Steve Bing55USScreenwriter, Producer
22Joel Schumacher80USDirector, Costume Designer
26Kelly Asbury60USDirector
26Stuart Cornfeld67USProducer
26Taryn Power66USActress
27Linda Cristal89ArgentinaActress
28Louis Mahoney81GambiaActor
29Johnny Mandel94USComposer, Songwriter
29Carl Reiner98USActor, Director, Screenwriter
30Dan Hicks68USActor
July 2Tilo Prückner79GermanyActor
2Kevin Rafferty72USDocumentarian, Cinematographer
2Ronald L. Schwary76USProducer
2Yoon Sam-yook83South KoreaScreenwriter, Director
3Earl Cameron102BermudaActor
3Saroj Khan71IndiaChoreographer
5Bettina Gilois58USScreenwriter
6Ennio Morricone91ItalyComposer
8Naya Rivera33USActress
12Kelly Preston57USActress
14Galyn Görg55USActress
14Maurice Roëves83UKActor
16Jonathan Oppenheim67USFilm Editor
16Phyllis Somerville76USActress
17Zizi Jeanmaire96FranceDancer, Actress
18Haruma Miura30JapanActor
18Moonyeenn Lee76South AfricaCasting Director
19Sonia Darrin96USActress
21Annie Ross89UKActress, Singer
23Sérgio Ricardo88BrazilDirector, Composer
23Jacqueline Scott89USActress
25John Saxon83USActor
26Olivia de Havilland104UKActress
28Raavi Kondala Rao88IndiaActor
30Djemel Barek56FRAlgerian-Ftench actor
31Alan Parker76UKDirector, Screenwriter
August 1Wilford Brimley85USActor
1Tom Pollock77USProducer, Executive
1Reni Santoni81USActor
3Billy Goldenberg84USComposer
9Anna Maria Bottini104ItalyActress
9Kurt Luedtke80USScreenwriter
9Franca Valeri100ItalyActress
10Tetsuya Watari78JapanActor
11Trini Lopez83USSinger, Actor
14Linda Manz58USActress
16Nikolai Gubenko78RussiaActor, Director
18Ben Cross72UKActor
22Allan Rich94USActor
23Benny Chan58Hong KongDirector, Screenwriter
23Lori Nelson87USActress
27David S. Cass Sr.78USStuntman
28Chadwick Boseman43USActor
September 3Birol Ünel59TurkeyActor
4Annie Cordy92BelgiumActress, Singer
5Jiří Menzel82Czech RepublicDirector, Screenwriter
6Kevin Dobson77USActor
8Ronald Harwood85UKScreenwriter
10Diana Rigg82UKActress
12Barbara Jefford90UKActress
14Sei Ashina36JapanActress
14Al Kasha83USSongwriter
20Michael Chapman84USCinematographer
20Alan Tomkins81UKArt Director
21Ron Cobb83USProduction Designer
21Michael Lonsdale89FranceActor
22Michael Gwisdek78GermanyActor, Director
23Juliette Gréco93FranceActress, Singer
25S. P. Balasubrahmanyam74IndiaSinger, Actor
25Goran Paskaljević73SerbiaDirector, Screenwriter
27Yūko Takeuchi40JapanActress
28Gene Corman93USProducer
28Frédéric Devreese91BelgiumComposer
29Helen Reddy78AustraliaSinger, Actress
29Mac Davis78USSinger, Songwriter, Actor
30Frank Windsor92UKActor
October 1Murray Schisgal93USScreenwriter
2Edward S. Feldman91USProducer
3Thomas Jefferson Byrd70USActor
3Armelia McQueen68USActress
4Clark Middleton63USActor
5Margaret Nolan76UKActress
6Tommy Rall90USActor, Dancer
6Wladimir Yordanoff66FranceActor
8Camillo Bazzoni85ItalyCinematographer, Director
10Kent L. Wakeford92USCinematographer
12Conchata Ferrell77USActress
13Marisa de Leza87SpainActress
14Rhonda Fleming97USActress
15Bhanu Athaiya91IndiaCostume Designer
16Anthony Chisholm77USActor
17Doreen Montalvo56USActress
17Ryszard Ronczewski90PolandActor
19Gianni Dei79ItalyActor
19Wojciech Pszoniak78PolandActor
21Marge Champion101USActress, Dancer
23Yehuda Barkan75IsraelActor, Director, Screenwriter
31Sean Connery90UKActor
31Charles Gordon73USProducer
November 1Carol Arthur85USActress
2Gigi Proietti80ItalyActor
2Elsa Raven91USActress
2John Sessions67UKActor
5Geoffrey Palmer93UKActor
6Fernando Solanas84ArgentinaDirector, Screenwriter
7John Fraser89UKActor
10Sven Wollter86SwedenActor
12Gernot Roll81GermanyCinematographer
13Philip Voss84UKActor
15Soumitra Chatterjee85IndiaActor
18Michel Robin90FranceActor
21Robert Garland83USScreenwriter
21Malcolm Marmorstein92USScreenwriter
24Montserrat Carulla90SpainActress
26Daria Nicolodi70ItalyActress, Screenwriter
28David Prowse85UKActor
December 1Hugh Keays-Byrne73UKActor
2Warren Berlinger83USActor
2Franco Giraldi89ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
2Pamela Tiffin78USActress
4David Lander73USActor
4François Leterrier91FranceDirector, Actor
7Natalie Desselle-Reid53USActress
10Tom Lister Jr.62USActor
10Barbara Windsor83UKActress
11Kim Ki-duk59South KoreaDirector, Screenwriter
12Ann Reinking71USActress, Dancer
15Caroline Cellier75FranceActress
15George Gibbs83UKSpecial Effects Artist
17Jeremy Bulloch75UKActor
18Peter Lamont91UKProduction Designer
19David Giler77USProducer, Screenwriter
19Rosalind Knight87UKActress
19Eileen Pollock73IrelandActress
20Lee Wallace90USActor
22Claude Brasseur84FranceActor
28Paul Heller93USProducer
29Claude Bolling90FranceComposer
29Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones65USActor, Dancer
30Dawn Wells82USActress
31Robert Hossein93FranceActor, Director
31Joan Micklin Silver85USDirector
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Notes

  1. The ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, winners announced online.
  2. The ceremony was held and broadcast live online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. The ceremony was held live at RAI Studios and broadcast by Rai 1 while the candidates were connected via video due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. From 2020 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Super Awards.
  5. From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.

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