AFT Awards: Best Costume Design

This is the ninth category of the 14th 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. I’m drawing only from films that were either released or playing at a film festival in the 2020 calendar year. Nominees are pictured in the order I’ve ranked them. Click here to see previous years of this category.

Runners-up:
Mank
One Night in Miami
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Ema
Kajillioinaire

The winner:
Sylvie's Love (Phoenix Mellow) clothed its lovers and those in their orbit with vivid, colorful outfits that added layers to their personalities and dynamics.

Other nominees:
I'm Your Woman (Natalie O'Brien) – my interview with Natalie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Ann Roth)
Promising Young Woman (Nancy Steiner)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Susan Lyall)