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Awards Season 2020/2021 Roundup – Part 5

Tristan FrenchJanuary 20, 2021n/a122 min

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 five of a regularly scheduled segment.

Chicago Indie Critics

A few weeks ago, we reported on the Chicago Indie Critics list of nominees. They have finally announced their winners, which are outlined in bold down below. Nomadland thrived once again, but it was Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom that were the big winners. The latter in particular is looking to be a stronger competitor by the minute, as it pulled of wins in some major categories, including Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Ensemble and Best Studio Film. Da 5 Bloods got a major boost based on these results, as it took home Best Studio Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor. Boys State also received a major boost, as it beat heavyweights like Time and Dick Johnson is Dead

BEST INDEPENDANT FILM (budgets under $20 million)

BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $20 million)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

BEST MAKEUP

BEST EDITING

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

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

North Carolina Film Critics Association

A few weeks ago, we reported on the North Carolina Film Critics Association list of nominees. They have finally announced their winners, which are outlined in bold down below. Minari won the top prize, while also taking home Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Sasha Baron Cohen finally won a critics group award for his performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7, over Paul Raci who has been sweeping all the critics awards.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

BEST MUSIC

Alliance Of Women Film Journalists

BEST FILM

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM

BEST ENSEMBLE

BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR

BEST WOMAN SCREENWRITER

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE

BEST WOMAN’S BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

Unlike most other film critic associations, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle does not put together a list of nominees and only announces their winners. Minari was the big winner, as it took home the top prize, as well as best supporting actress for Yuh-Jung Youn. Outside of that, the other winners lined up with what has been dominating the previous critics circles. Nomadland, Soul, Mank, Sound of Metal, Boys State and The Trial of the Chicago 7 all did quite well, while Promising Young Woman and Da 5 Bloods were shut out entirely.

BEST PICTURE – Minari

BEST ACTOR – Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

BEST ACTRESS – Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Youn Yuh-Jung (Minari)

BEST BODY OF WORK – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Soul & Mank)

BEST DIRECTOR – Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

BEST DOCUMENTARY – Boys State

BEST SCORE – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Soul)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Mank – Erik Messerschmidt

BEST ANIMATED – Soul

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST FIRST FEATURE – The Vast of Night – Andrew Patterson

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Martin Eden 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM – Tenet

Columbus Film Critics Association

The Columbus Film Critics Association announced their nominees and winners, as well as their top 10 films of the year. Promising Young Woman won the top prize, as well as a few other major awards. The film once seemed like a dark horse in the Oscar race, but its beginning to solidify itself as a major contender. Nomadland and Sound of Metal also thrived, as both picked up quite a few awards. Dick Johnson is Dead picked up the award for Best Documentary, while Palm Springs got some attention as well.

Bolded indicates the winner, * indicates the runner-up

BEST FILM

  1. Promising Young Woman
  2. Nomadland
  3. Sound of Metal
  4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  5. Minari
  6. Soul
  7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  8. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  9. First Cow
  10. Mank

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST ENSEMBLE

ACTOR OF THE YEAR (for an exemplary body of work)

BREAKTHROUGH FILM ARTIST

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST FILM EDITING

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST SCORE

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM

National Society Of Film Critics

The National Society of Film Critics put together a list of their top three contenders in each category. Nomadland absolutely dominated in the same way it was earlier in the season, showing that it has staying power. Never Rarely Sometimes Always picked up the award for Best Screenplay, giving it a major boost in that category. Bakalova, Frances and Raci won in their respective categories, which is consistent with other critics circle awards, while Lindo pulled an upset against Boseman and Ahmed in the Best Actor race.

BEST PICTURE

  1. Nomadland
  2. First Cow
  3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
  2. Steve McQueen (Small Axe)
  3. Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)

BEST SCREENPLAY

  1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
  2. First Cow – Kelly Reichardt & Jonathan Raymond
  3. I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE

  1. Collective
  2. Beanpole & Bacurau (Tie)

BEST NONFICTION FILM:

  1. Time
  2. City Hall
  3. Collective

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

  1. Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
  2. Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
  3. Vitalina Varela – Leonardo Simões

BEST ACTRESS:

  1. Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
  2. Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  3. Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  1. Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
  2. Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
  3. Youn Yuh-Jung (Minari)

BEST ACTOR

  1. Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
  2. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  3. Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
  2. Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  3. Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)

Critics Choice Super Awards

The Critics Choice Super Awards are new awards that doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the Oscar race, but I thought it would be necessary to at least mention. The Critics Choice Super Awards are made up of the same critics who vote on the Critics Choice Awards, but it focuses specifically on genre films, particularly highlighting films that usually get shut out of the Oscar race. While some of the films awarded are certainly Oscar contenders (Soul & Da 5 Bloods), films such as Palm Springs, The Invisible Man and Birds of Prey got a chance to receive major accolades. 

BEST ACTION MOVIE

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE

BEST HORROR MOVIE

BEST SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE

BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

BEST VOICE ACTOR IN AN ANIMATED MOVIE

BEST VOICE ACTRESS IN AN ANIMATED MOVIE

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

  • Ally Ioannides (Synchronic)
  • Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs) 
  • Katherine Langford (Spontaneous)
  • Sierra McCormick (The Vast of Night)
  • Andrea Riseborough  (Possessor)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE

Music City Film Critics Association

The Music City Film Critics Association is based out of Nashville and are slightly different than the other critics branches, as their taste seems to align more with The Academy’s, making them an important precursor. The biggest takeaway is the dominance of Promising Young Woman, which is beginning to assert itself as a top 5 contender. One Night in Miami, which has been largely shut out of other critics branches did quite well here, proving that it is still in the race.

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Animated Feature

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Documentary

Best Screenplay

Best Song

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

Best Editing

Best Production Design

The Jim Ridley Award: First Cow – William Tyler (composer)

Hawaii Film Critics Society

The Hawaii Film Critics Society are similar to The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, where they only announce their winners. The Trial of the Chicago 7 finally picked up an award for Best Film, a category its been lacking in as of recent. Da 5 Bloods and Sound of Metal also did quite well, boosting their respective Oscar chances.

BEST PICTURE – The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR – Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)

BEST ACTOR – Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)

BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Olivia Cooke (Sound of Metal)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

BEST ART DIRECTION: Mank – Chris Craine and Dan Webster

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tenet – Hoyte Van Hoytema

BEST EDITING: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Lupin III: The First

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Beastie Boys Story

BEST MAKE-UP: Mank

BEST SOUND: Sound of Metal

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST SONG:“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Tenet

BEST STUNT WORK: Tenet

BEST NEW FILMMAKER: Regina King – One Night in Miami

BEST FIRST FILM: Florian Zeller – The Father

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM: Possessor

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE: Jamie Foxx (Soul)

BEST HORROR FILM: Relic

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE: Relic

BEST SCI-FI FILM: Tenet

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Life Ahead

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM: Waikiki 

WORST FILM OF 2020: Wonder Woman 1984

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