Awards 2020 Nominees

The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 19th annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 7th, 2021.

Best Film

  • First Cow
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Mank
  • Minari
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Nomadland
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Soul
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
  • David Fincher, Mank
  • Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
  • Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor

  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
  • Gary Oldman, Mank
  • Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

  • Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Julia Garner, The Assistant
  • Frances McDormand, Nomadland
  • Elisabeth Moss, Shirley
  • Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
  • Bill Murray, On the Rocks
  • Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
  • Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Supporting Actress

  • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Olivia Colman, The Father
  • Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal
  • Amanda Seyfried, Mank
  • Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Ensemble

  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7)
  • Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  • Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man and Shirley)

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version – (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and acting)
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman – (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)
  • Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always – (for acting)
  • Kitty Green, The Assistant – (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and film editing)
  • Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always – (for directing and screenwriting)
  • Alan S. Kim, Minari – (for acting)
  • Darius Marder, Sound of Metal – (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow
  • Eric Messerschmidt, Mank
  • Lachlan Milne, Minari
  • Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
  • Hoyte Van Hoytema, Tenet

Best Film Editing

  • Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Kirk Baxter, Mank
  • Robert Frazen, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
  • Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Sarah Gubbins, Shirley
  • Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
  • Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Original Screenplay

  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
  • Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal
  • Andy Siara, Palm Springs
  • Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Score

  • Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky
  • Ludovico Einaudi, Nomadland
  • Emile Mosseri, Minari
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul

Best Documentary

  • Boys State
  • Collective (Colectiv)
  • Crip Camp
  • Dick Johnson is Dead
  • The Painter and the Thief
  • Time

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Bacurau
  • Beanpole (Dylda)
  • Martin Eden
  • Minari
  • The Whistlers (La Gomera)

Best Animated Film

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

Best Overlooked Film

  • The Assistant
  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Palm Springs
  • Possessor
  • The Vast of Night