AFT Awards: Best Cinematography

This is the seventh category of the 12th Annual AFT Film Awards to be announced. The AFT Awards are my own personal choices for the best in film of each year and the best in television of each season. The AFT Film Awards include the traditional Oscar categories and a number of additional specific honors. Nominees are pictured in the order I’ve ranked them. Click here to see previous years of this category.

Runners-up:
The Rider, First Man, The Old Man and the Gun, Breath, If Beale Street Could Talk, Widows, A Boy. A Girl. A Dream., Mid90s

The winner:
American Animals (Ole Bratt Birkeland) lensed a dark story within a comedic frame, entirely focused on the events at hand with sharp camerawork and a purposeful eye.

Other nominees:
Cold War (Lukasz Zal)
Disobedience (Danny Cohen)
Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)
The Favourite (Robbie Ryan)