Awards Season 2020/2021 Roundup – Part 3

2020 has been an eventful year for the film industry, as it has faced many significant changes. While most theatres were closed throughout the majority of the year and many highly anticipated releases were postponed, 2020 was a very solid year for film all things considering and there are still a handful of spectacular films that deserve awards recognition. Despite a shifted eligibility date, online guild screenings and a remote Oscars broadcast, awards season has quickly adapted to the new climate and fortunately remains mostly in tact. The staff here at keithlovesmovies are following awards season closely this year, by covering all of the major precursors. and frequently providing our updated Oscar predictions. This is part three of a regularly scheduled segment.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association – Winners

Along with the New York Film Critics Circle to an even larger degree, the LAFCA Awards are the pinnacle of critics group awards. The LAFCA’s awards are held to a higher standard and they are a slightly more influential precursor. Unlike the other awards circles, the LACFA only pick winners and runner up’s, as opposed to releasing a list of nominees. This year they decided to award the top prize to Small Axe, a group of films that are not eligible to compete at the Oscars. Outside of that, the winners are pretty similar to what other critic groups have been awarding. Nomadland cleaned up; Boseman, Mulligan and Youn Yuh-Jung once again cement themselves as strong players in their individual categories; Wolfwalkers once again defeats Soul and is becoming a serious threat in the Animated Feature category. However, what is new is that Glynn Turman was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom over Paul Raci in Sound of Metal (who’s been cleaning up everywhere else). Whether that’s a fluke or the beginning of a serious awards campaign is still up in the air.

BEST FILM

• Winner: Small Axe
• Runner-Up: Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR

• Winner: Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
• Runner-Up: Steve McQueen (Small Axe)

BEST ACTOR

• Winner: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

BEST ACTRESS

• Winner: Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
• Runner-Up: Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Winner: Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Runner-Up: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Winner: Youn Yuh-Jung (Minari)
• Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Winner: Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
• Runner-Up: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Winner: Small Axe (Shabier Kirchner)
• Runner-Up: Nomadland (Joshua James Richards)

BEST EDITING

• Winner: The Father (Yorgos Lamprinos)
• Runner-Up: Time (Gabriel Rhodes)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Winner: Mank (Donald Graham Burt)
• Runner-Up: Beanpole (Sergey Ivanov)

BEST MUSIC SCORE

• Winner: Soul (Trent Reznor)
• Runner-Up: Lovers Rock (Mica Levi)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

• Winner: Beanpole
• Runner-Up: Martin Eden

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM

• Winner: Time
• Runner-Up: Collective

BEST ANIMATION

• Winner: Wolfwalkers
• Runner-Up: Soul

NEW GENERATION AWARD

• Winner: Radha Blank (The 40-Year-Old Version)

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Winner: Hou Hsiao-hsien & Harry Belafonte

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD

• Winner: John Gianvito (Her Socialist Smile)

LEGACY AWARD

• Winner: Noman Lloyd

Chicago Film Critics Association – Winners

Last week we briefly discussed the CFCA’s list of nominations, this week we’re going to take a look at the winners. Unsurprisingly, Nomadland took home the top prize, as well as Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Chloé Zhao, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Cinematography. The rest of the winners also followed closely with what other critics circles have been awarding. The CFCA award Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design which are two categories many critics circles don’t award. Emma took home Best Costume Design, cementing itself as a serious Oscar contender in that category, while The Invisible Man took home Best Visual Effects.

BEST PICTURE

• Da 5 Bloods
• First Cow
• Lovers Rock
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman

BEST DIRECTOR

• Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
• Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
• Steve McQueen (Lovers Rock)
• Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)
• Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

BEST ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
• Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
• Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
• Steven Yeun (Minari)

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
• Carrie Coon (The Nest)
• Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
• Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
• Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
• Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami)
• Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
• David Strathairn (Nomadland)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
• Toni Collette (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
• Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
• Letitia Wright (Mangrove)
• Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Da 5 Bloods – Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• Soul – Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
• First Cow – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Onward
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
• Soul
• The Wolf House
• Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Collective
• David Byrne’s American Utopia
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• The Social Dilemma
• Time

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round
• Bacurau
• Beanpole
• Collective
• La Llorona
• Vitalina Varela

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt
• Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
• The Vast of Night – Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Branford Marsalis
• Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Soul – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
• Tenet – Ludwig Goransson

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Birds of Prey
• Emma
• First Cow
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• Mank

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Birds of Prey
• Emma
• First Cow
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• The Invisible Man
• The Midnight Sky
• Possessor
• Tenet

BEST EDITING

• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Robert Frazen
• Lovers Rock – Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Tenet – Jennifer Lame
• The Trial of the Chicago 7  – Alan Baumgarten

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR PROMISING FILMMAKER

• Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
• Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami
• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Kelly O’Sullivan – Saint Frances
• Helena Zengel – News of the World

Florida Film Critics Circle – Winners

Last time we discussed the nominees announced by the Florida Film Critics Circle. This week we will be taking a look at the winners. While Nomadland has been taking home the top prize at the majority of Critics Circles Awards, First Cow popped out of nowhere once again and won. Outside of First Cow‘s surprise win, the FFCC made some interesting choices: Los Fuertes and You Don’t Know Me winning Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary in particular is very interesting and broadens the races in those categories

BEST FILM

• First Cow
• Minari*
• Nomadland*
• The Trial of the Chicago 7*

BEST DIRECTOR

• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
• Kelly Reichardt – First Cow*
• Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 *
• Florian Zeller – The Father
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

BEST ACTOR

• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father
• John Magaro – First Cow*
• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

BEST ACTRESS

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom*
• Carrie Coon – The Nest
• Elisabeth Moss – Shirley
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Brian Dennehy – Driveways*
• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Bill Murray – On the Rocks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Swankie – Nomadland
• Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari*
• Jane Adams – She Dies Tomorrow

BEST ENSEMBLE

• Mangrove
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Minari
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7*
• Peter Docter/ Kemp Powers/Mike Jones – Soul
• Jack Fincher – Mank
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom*
• Jon Raymond/ Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
• Florian Zeller/Christopher Hampton – The Father
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland*
• Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Shabier Kirchner – Lovers Rock*
• Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet
• Victor Kossakovsky/Egil Håskjold Larsen – Gunda
• Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
• Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Andrew Jackson – Tenet*
• Matt Kasmir/Chris Lawrence – The Midnight Sky
• Murray Barber – Possessor  

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Dan Webster – Mank
• Kirby Feagan – Shirley
• Adam Marshall – Lovers Rock*

BEST SCORE

• Ludwig Göransson – Tenet*
• William Tyler – First Cow
• Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross/Jon Batiste – Soul
• Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Dick Johnson is Dead*
• Gunda
• You Don’t Nomi
• Time
• David Byrne’s American Utopia

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Los Fuertes
• Those Who Remained
• Minari*
• The Painted Bird
• Dry Wind  

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Wolfwalkers*
• Soul
• Ride Your Wave
• The Wolf House
• Over the Moon  

BEST FIRST FILM

• Promising Young Woman
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Relic
• The Father*
• Some Kind of Heaven  

BREAKOUT AWARD

• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Odessa Young – Shirley
• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm*
• Marin Irelan – The Dark and the Wicked
• Lucas Jaye – Driveways

Indiana Film Journalists Association – Winners

The Indiana Film Journalists Associations announced their shortlist earlier month, but due to the sheer length of their list, we will only be discussing the winners. The majority of the winners line up with the previous Critics Circle Awards, with the exception of a few categories. Delroy Lindo took home Best Actor, Leslie Odom Jr. received some well deserved love for the “underperforming” One Night in Miami and Tenet destroyed Soul in the Best Original Score category.

BEST FILM

• WINNER: Nomadland
• RUNNER-UP:Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• WINNER: Soul
• RUNNER-UP: Wolfwalkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• WINNER: Another Round
• RUNNER-UP: Song Without a Name

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• WINNER: Dick Johnson is Dead
• RUNNER-UP: Athlete A

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• WINNER: Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
• RUNNER-UP: The Twentieth Century – Matthew Rankin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• WINNER: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• RUNNER-UP: I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman

BEST DIRECTOR

• WINNER: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 
• RUNNER-UP: Regina King – One Night in Miami

BEST ACTRESS

• WINNER: Frances McDormand – Nomadland 
• RUNNER-UP: Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• WINNER: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• RUNNER-UP: Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari

BEST ACTOR

• WINNER: Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
• RUNNER-UP: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• WINNER: Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
• RUNNER-UP: Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods

BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

• WINNER: Jamie Foxx – Soul
• RUNNER-UP: Sean Bean – Wolfwalkers

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

• WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• RUNNER-UP: One Night in Miami

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

• WINNER: Tenet – Ludwig Göransson
• RUNNER-UP: Minari – Emile Mosseri

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

• WINNER: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• RUNNER-UP: Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night

ORIGINAL VISION AWARD

• WINNER: The Twentieth Century
• RUNNER-UP: Dick Johnson is Dead

Music City Film Critics Association – Nominations

BEST PICTURE

• Da 5 Bloods
• First Cow
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal
• The Father
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST DIRECTOR

• Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
• David Fincher – Mank
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Florian Zeller – The Father
• Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

BEST ACTOR

• Anthony Hopkins – The Father
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
• Gary Oldman – Mank
• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

BEST ACTRESS

• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
• Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland
• Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Bill Burr – The King of Staten Island
• Bill Murray – On the Rocks
• Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night In Miami
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amanda Seyfried – Mank
• Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Olivia Colman – The Father
• Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Da 5 Bloods
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• One Night In Miami
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Onward
• Over the Moon
• Scoob!
• Soul
• Wolfwalkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round
• Bacurau
• Collective
• I’m No Longer Here
• The Platform

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Collective
• Dick Johnson Is Dead
• The Social Dilemma
• Time
• You Cannot Kill David Arquette

BEST SCREENPLAY

• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• Mank
• Minari
• Promising Young Woman
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST SONG

• Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Husavik (My Hometown) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• Just Sing – Trolls World Tour
• Rocket to the Moon – Over the Moon
• Speak Now – One Night In Miami
• The Plan – Tenet

BEST SCORE

• Emile Mosseri – Minari
• Ludwig Göransson – Tenet
• Terence Blanchard – Da 5 Bloods
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Da 5 Bloods
• Mank
• News of the World
• Nomadland
• Tenet

BEST EDITING

• Mank
• Nomadland
• Tenet
• The Father
• The Invisible Man
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Da 5 Bloods
• Emma
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• The Personal History of David Copperfield

The winners will be announced January 11th, 2021

Chicago Indie Critics – Nominations

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $20 million)

• The Father
• First Cow
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman

BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $20 million)

• Da 5 Bloods
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round 
• Bacurau
• Beanpole
• His House 
• The Life Ahead

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Boys State
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• Rising Phoenix 
• The Social Dilemma
• Time

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Onward
• Over the Moon
• Soul
• The Willoughbys
• Wolfwalkers

BEST DIRECTOR

• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
• George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Florian Zeller – The Father
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Mank – Jack Fincher
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
• Palm Springs – Andy Siara
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• The Trial of the Chicago 7  – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Father – Florian Zeller
• First Cow – Kelly Reichardt & Jonathan Raymond
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

BEST ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father
• Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
• Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST ACTRESS

• Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth
• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland
• Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
• Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman
• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Frank Langella – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Yayha Abdul-Mateen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Bill Murray – On the Rocks 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Olivia Colman – The Father
• Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Amanda Seyfried – Mank
• Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

• Da 5 Bloods
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Minari
• One Night in Miami
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Da 5 Bloods
• Emma
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Mank
• Nomadland
• Tenet

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Emma
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• Tenet

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Emma
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• Sylvie’s Love

BEST MAKEUP

• Birds of Prey
• Emma
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Possessor

BEST EDITING

• The Father
• Nomadland
• Tenet
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Wander Darkly

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

• Mank
• The Midnight Sky
• Minari
• Soul
• Tenet

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• Husavik- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• Loyal Brave True – Mulan
• Speak Now – One Night in Miami
• This Day – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Wuhan Flu – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Invisible Man
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• The Midnight Sky
• Tenet
• Wonder Woman 1984

TRAILBLAZER AWARD

• Radha Blank
• Chadwick Boseman
• Emerald Fennell
• Steve McQueen
• Chloe Zhao

IMPACT AWARDS

• Chadwick Boseman
• Garrett Bradley
• Scott H. Dehn
• Ryan Oestreich
• Chloé Zhao

The winners will be announced January 2nd 2021.

North Carolina Film Critics Association – Nominations

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

• Da 5 Bloods
• Minari
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

• All In: The Fight for Democracy
• Boys State
• David Byrne’s American Utopia
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• Time

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Croods 2: A New Age
• Onward
• Over the Moon
• Soul
• Wolfwalkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round
• Bacurau
• Beanpole
• La Llorona
• Night of the Kings

BEST DIRECTOR

• Emerald Fennel (Promising Young Woman)
• David Fincher (Mank)
• Regina King (One Night in Miami)
• Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
• Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Hoyte Van Hoytema (Tenet)
• Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
• Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
• Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
• Dariusz Wolski (News of the World)

BEST ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
• Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
• Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
• Steven Yeun (Minari)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7 )
• Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
• Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
• David Strathairn (Nomadland)

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
• Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
• Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)
• Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
• Toni Colette (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
• Olivia Colman (The Father)
• Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
• Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Da 5 Bloods – Danny Bilson; Paul De Meo; Kevin Willmott; Spike Lee
• Mank – Jack Fincher
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• The Trial of the Chicago 7  – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• First Cow – Jon Raymond; Kelly Reichardt
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

• The Invisible Man
• The Midnight Sky
• Mulan
• Tenet
• Wonder Woman 1984

BEST MUSIC

• Da 5 Bloods
• Mank
• Minari
• Soul
• Tenet

The winners will be announced January 3rd, 2021.

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association – Winners

While it doesn’t have as much of an impact on awards season as the New York Film Critics Circle, the GWNYFCA is still an organization to keep an eye on. Nomadland cleaned up in the major categories, while Minari, Soul and Sound of Metal continue to impress critics and build more awards buzz.

BEST PICTURE

• Da 5 Bloods
• Driveways
• The Father
• First Cow
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things 
• Mank
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Nomadland
• Small Axe: Lovers Rock
• Sound of Metal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round (Denmark)
• Bacurau (Brazil)
• Ema (Chile)
• Minari (United States)
• Undine (Germany)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Onward
• Soul
• The Wolf House
• Wolfwalkers
• World of Tomorrow Episode 3

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
• Boys State
• Collective
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• Time 

BEST DIRECTOR

• Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
• Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
• Steve McQueen – Small Axe: Lovers Rock
• Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

LEAD ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father
• Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
• Steven Yeun – Minari

LEAD ACTRESS

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland 
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sasha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Brian Dennehy – Driveways
• Bill Murray – On the Rocks
• Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Maria Bakalova
• Pieces of a Woman – Ellen Burstyn
• The Father – Olivia Colman
• Mank – Amanda Seyfried
• Minari – Youn Yuh-Jung 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Driveways – Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• Sound of Metal –Darius Marder & Abraham Marder

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Emma – Eleanor Catton
• The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
• First Cow – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt 
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• The Midnight Sky – Martin Ruhe
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards  
• Small Axe: Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner

BEST EDITING

• Andy Canny – The Invisible Man
• Kirk Baxter – Mank
• Mikkel E.G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal
• Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST SCORE

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
• Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• The Midnight Sky – Alexandre Desplat
• Minari – Emile Mosseri
• Soul – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Kiera Allen – Run
• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Isabel Sandoval – Lingua Franca

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Max Barbakow – Palm Springs
• Radha Blank – The Forty-Year Old Version
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
• Florian Zeller – The Father

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Tristan French