2020 Columbus Film Critics Association award nominations announced
You can often rely on the Columbus Film Critics Association (formerly the Central Ohio Film Critics Association) for a few curveballs midway through awards season, and this year is no different. Their 2020 nominations are largely by the books, though there's a few surprises buried within: Anthony Hopkins is missing from Best Actor for The Father, Another Round is missing from Foreign Language Film (I'm not complaining!), the Best Director lineup is comprised mostly of B-list contenders, and there's more support for First Cow in below-the-line categories than in major categories. Anyway, each to their own! Winners will be revealed on the 7th of January.
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 (producing, directing, screenwriting and acting)
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman (producing, directing and screenwriting)
Sidney Flanigan - Never Rarely Sometimes Always (for acting)
Kitty Green - The Assistant (producing, directing, screenwriting and film editing)
Eliza Hittman - Never Rarely Sometimes Always (directing and screenwriting)
Alan S. Kim - Minari (acting)
Darius Marder - Sound of Metal (directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
Christopher Blauvelt - First Cow
Erik 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 and 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
Abraham Marder and Darius 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
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
The Painter and the Thief
Time
Best Foreign Language Film
Bacurau
Beanpole
Martin Eden
Minari
The Whistlers
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