2020 Chicago Film Critics Association award nominations announced
Before today's announcement of the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle award winners (actually during today's announcement, as they're rolling out on Twitter as I type this), the Chicago Film Critics Association reveals the nominees for its yearly slate. Current Oscar frontrunner Nomadland consolidates its leading position, topping all nominated titles here with seven mentions, though all five Best Picture nominees claimed at least four including Best Director. It'll be very interesting to see how many of these films, all of which have been performing very well with the critics so far this awards season, will make it into the new year in such a strong position. Steve McQueen's Lovers Rock won't be eligible for major industry awards, while most others are low budget, indie productions from filmmakers either new to the Oscar race or new to filmmaking entirely. CFCA members will get straight to voting for their winners as the victors will be announced on Monday, the 21st.
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)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
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 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 Actress
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Toni Collette (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Letitia Wright (Mangrove)
Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
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 Original Screenplay
Danny Bilson, Paul de Meo, Spike Lee and Kevin Willmott (Da 5 Bloods)
Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers (Soul)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (The Father)
Charlie Kaufman (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami)
Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Cinematography
Christopher Blauvelt (First Cow)
Shabier Kirchner (Lovers Rock)
Miguel Ioann Littin Menz (The Vast of Night)
Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Best Editing
Alan Baumgarten (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Chris Dickens and Steve McQueen (Lovers Rock)
Robert Frazen (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Jennifer Lame (Tenet)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Art Direction
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Emma. First Cow
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Best Costume Design
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
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 Original Score
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Soul)
Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods)
Ludwig Goransson (Tenet)
Branford Marsalis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Mank)
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
Milos Stehlik Award for Most 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)