1st annual Minnesota Film Critics Alliance award winners announced
Just when we thought the barrage of critics' awards was over (apart from the Dorian Awards), along comes a bunch of newbies in the form of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance. Not that they had anything particularly new to say - they've chosen resolute awards season champ Nomadland as the Best Picture of the 2020/21 movie season, also awarding it Best Director for Chloe Zhao, and Best Cinematography. Check out all the award winners below.
Best Picture
Winner: Nomadland (Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and
Chloe Zhao)
Runner-up: Promising Young Woman (Tom Ackerley, Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell,
Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara and Margot Robbie)
Nominees: Da 5 Bloods (Jon Kilik, Spike Lee, Beatriz Levin and Lloyd Levin)
The Invisible Man (Jason Blum and Kylie du Fresne)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Shaka King)
Minari (Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Christina Oh)
Sound of Metal (Sacha ben Harroche, Bill Benz, Kathy Benz and Bert Hamelinck)
Best Director
Winner: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
Nominees: Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Best Actress
Winner: Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)
Nominees: Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Best Actor
Winner: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Runner-up: Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
Runner-up: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Nominees: Olivia Colman (The Father)
Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Runner-up: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Nominees: Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
Bo Burnham (Promising Young Woman)
Alan S. Kim (Minari)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Best Screenplay
Winner: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Nominees: Danny Bilson, Paul de Meo, Spike Lee and Kevin Willmott (Da 5 Bloods)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Charlie Kaufman (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Best Cinematography
Winner: Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Stefan Dusco (The Invisible Man)
Nominees: Sean Bobbitt (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Lachlan Milne (Minari)
Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
Best Editing
Winner: Mikkel E G. Nielsen (Sound of Metal)
Runner-up: Robert Frazen (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Nominees: Alan Baumgarten (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Adam Gough (Da 5 Bloods)
Kristan Sprague (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Frederic Thoraval (Promising Young Woman)
Harry Yoon (Minari)
Best Production Design
Winner: K. K. Barrett (Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley
Quinn)
Runner-up: Donald Graham Burt (Mank)
Nominees: David Crank (News of the World)
Peter Francis (The Father)
Molly Hughes (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Kave Quinn (Emma.)
Mark Ricker (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Best Sound Work
Winner: Sound of Metal
Runner-up: The Invisible Man
Nominees: Da 5 Bloods
Greyhound
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Best Special Effects
Winner: The Invisible Man
Runner-up: Tenet
Nominees: Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Greyhound
Mank
Mulan
Wonder Woman 1984
Best Music
Winner: Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Soul)
Runner-up: Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods)
Nominees: D'Mile, Craig Harris, H.E.R., Mark Isham and Tiara Thomas (Judas and the Black
Messiah)
Emile Mosseri (Minari)
Benjamin Wallfisch (The Invisible Man)
Anthony Willis (Promising Young Woman)
Best Animated Film
Winner: Soul (Dana Murray)
Runner-up: Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Stephan Roelants, Nora Twomey and Paul Young)
Nominees: Onward (Kori Rae)
Over the Moon (Chou Pei Lin and Gennie Rim)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Paul Kewley)