The Covie Awards were created a couple of years ago to recognize cinematic achievement in various categories during the pandemic. Since then, the virus hasn't exactly gone away, and it looks like the Covies will be sticking around, too.
Picture: "The Banshees of Inisherin" (2022)
Actress: Dorotheea Petre in "Ryna" (2005)
Actor: Kiefer Sutherland in "Forsaken" (2015)
Secret Treasure: "The Man Who Sued God" (2001)
Guilty Pleasure: "Bullet Train" (2022)
Short Film: "C'etait un Rendezvous" (1976)
Best Mad Scene: Julianne Nicholson in "Blonde" (2022)
Best Performance By an Actor Spoofing Himself: Victor Mature in "After the Fox" (1966)
Best Performance By an Actress Playing a Cadaver: Alba Ribas in "The Corpse of Anna Fritz" (2015)
Best Performance By an Actor Playing a Severed Head: Michel Simon in "The Head" (1959)
Best Trans Performance: Iris Menas in "West Side Story" (2021)
Best Action-Movie Performance: Chloë Grace Moretz in "Shadow In the Cloud" (2020)
Best Performance By an Actress In a Slasher Movie Wearing a Pair of Bib Overalls: Mia Goth in "X" (2022)
Best Performance By an Actress In a Role That Could Only Be Played By Björk: Björk in "The Northman" (2022)
Best Animation In a Documentary: "Chicago 10" (2007)
Character Study: Whit Bissell in "Somewhere In the Night" (1946), "He Walked By Night" (1948) and "Riot In Cellblock 11" (1954)
Better With Age: Karen Allen in "Colewell" (2019)
Cameo In a Narrative Film: Little Richard in "Mystery, Alaska" (1999)
Cameo In a Documentary: Paul Soglin in "Cheeseheads" (2015)
Showing Up and Cashing In: John Carradine in "Demented Death Farm Massacre" (1971/1986)
Most Eye-Catching Nude Scene: Jane Birkin in "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" (1976)
Most Discreet Nude Scene: Joan Sims in "Carry On Up the Jungle" (1970)
Wickedest Lipstick: Judy Davis in "Absolute Power" (1997) and Cate Blanchett in "Nightmare Alley" (2021)
Filthiest Wardrobe: Richard Widmark's buckskins in "The Last Wagon" (1956)
Weirdest Nicolas Cage Movie: "Mandy" (2018)
Best Argument For Film Preservation: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" (2021)
Title Sequence: "Running Scared" (2006)
Poster Art: "You Won't Be Alone" (2022)
Best Musical Performance: Arturo Toscanini in "Hymn of the Nations" (1944)
Best Dance Performance: Josephine Baker in "Siren of the Tropics" (1927)
Best Katharine Hepburn Impression: Saoirse Ronan in "See How They Run" (2022)
How To Be a Diva: Gloria Swanson in "Zaza" (1923)
He Don't Look Chinese: Bela Lugosi as "The Mysterious Mr. Wong" (1934)
He Don't Look Japanese: Yul Brynner in "Flight From Ashiya" (1964)
What Kind of Accent Is That?: Jason Robards in "Caboblanco" (1980)
Don't Let PETA See This: "Electrocuting an Elephant" (1903)
Least Convincing Performance By a Mechanical Shark: "Jaws: The Revenge" (1987)
Frodo Gets Laid: Elijah Wood in "The Oxford Murders" (2008)
Not Going Gently: "Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia" (2014)
Give This Kid a Quaalude: Mickey Rooney in "Strike Up the Band" (1940)
Why Closeups Were Invented: Samantha Morton in "River Queen" (2005)
How To Dress For a Day In the Jungle: Maureen O'Sullivan in "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934)
Best Animal Performance: The duck in "Love Birds" (2011)
Back To the Future: "Time After Time" (1979)
Don't Go Near the Water: "Shark Bait" (2022)
Fear of Flying: "The Night My Number Came Up" (1955)
Made In Wisconsin: "The Game" (1984)
Lost In Space: "Battle Beyond the Sun" (1962)
War Is Hell and Then Some: "All Quiet On the Western Front" (2022)
High Sticking: "Slap Shot" (1977)
Leftover Spaghetti: "Blindman" (1971)
Looking Good In a Lost Cause: Shirley MacLaine in "Woman Times Seven" (1967)
Dancing For Dollars: Demi Moore in "Striptease" (1996)
Playing With Fire: "Lux Aeterna" (2019)
Caught Cheating: Annie Girardot in "Inspector Maigret" (1958)
Just a Bit Outside: Bob Uecker in "Major League" (1989)
Watch Your Speed: "Hell Drivers" (1957)
Zombie with a Switchblade: Allison Hayes in "Zombies of Mora Tau" (1957)
Sex and Sacrilege: "Sacred Flesh" (2000)
Shark-Infested and Jet-Fueled: "West Side Story" (2021)
Watermelons and Machine Guns: "Mr. Majestyk" (1974)
Herman Scobie Memorial Award For Career Achievement: Bill Murray
