First Cow wins Florida critics' 2020 Best Picture prize
The Florida Film Critics Circle has announces the winners (and runners-up) of its 2020 awards. Kelly Reichardt's First Cow won another Best Picture prize, easily keeping up with its main competition, Chloe Zhao's Nomadland. Zhao won Best Director and her leading actress, Frances McDormand, won Best Actress. And a pair of surprise frontrunners in supporting acting categories, Maria Bakalova and Paul Raci, consolidated their early awards season leads in their respective categories. Check out the 2020 FFCC award nominations here, and the winners below.
Best Picture
First Cow
Runner-up: Minari / Nomadland / The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) / Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Actress
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) / Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Runner-up: John Magaro (First Cow)
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Runner-up: Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Runner-up: Brian Dennehy (Driveways)
Best Original Screenplay
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Runner-up: Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) / Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Cinematography
Runner-up: Shabier Kirchner (Lovers Rock)
Best Art Direction / Production
Dan Webster (Mank)
Runner-up: Adam Marshall (Lovers Rock)
Best Score
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Soul)
Runner-up: Ludwig Goransson (Tenet)
Best Visual Effects
Murray Barber (Possessor)
Runner-up: Andrew Jackson (Tenet)
Best Ensemble
Mangrove
Runner-up: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Animated Film
Soul
Runner-up: Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary
You Don't Nomi
Runner-up: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Foreign Language Film
Los Fuertes
Runner-up: Minari
Best First Film
Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: The Father
Breakout Award
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Runner-up: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
The Golden Orange Award
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