Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association announces 2020/21 award nominations
The slow drip of mid/late season critics' awards has never been slower than it is this year, so today's announcement of the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association's awards nominations comes as a nice little Saturday evening treat. We're pleased to see zero white men in the Best Director lineup, and pleased to see First Cow show that at least the critics still have its back (ditto Delroy Lindo). We're a little dismayed to see people still nominating Sacha Baron Cohen over how many other more deserving performers from The Trial of the Chicago 7, but we'll also take that over another Jared Leto nod. The D.C. critics don't wait around - they'll announce their award winners two days from now, on Monday the 8th of February.
Best Film
First Cow
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
Regina King - One Night in Miami
Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
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 Actress
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss - The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill Murray - On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. - One Night in Miami
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman - The Father
Dominique Fishback - Judas And The Black Messiah
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
Youn Yuh Jung - Minari
Best Acting Ensemble
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Youth Performance
Millie Bobby Brown - Enola Holmes
Sidney Flanigan - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Alan Kim - Minari
Talia Ryder - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Helena Zengel - News of the World
Best Voice Performance
Tina Fey - Soul
Jamie Foxx - Soul
Tom Holland - Onward
Honor Kneafsey - Wolfwalkers
Octavia Spencer - Onward
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 Adapted Screenplay
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 Animated Feature
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary
Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time
Best International/Foreign Language Film
Another Round
Bacurau
La Llorona
The Mole Agent
Night of the Kings
Best Production Design
Emma.
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
News Of The World
Tenet
Best Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt - Mank
Joshua James Richards - Nomadland
Newton Thomas Sigel - Da 5 Bloods
Hoyte van Hoytema - Tenet
Dariusz Wolski - News of the World
Best Editing
Alan Baumgarten - The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Kirk Baxter - Mank
Jennifer Lame - Tenet
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen - Sound of Metal
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
Best Original Score
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Soul
Ludwig Göransson - Tenet
Emile Mosseri - Minari
James Newton Howard - News of the World
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Mank
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
Crip Camp
The Fight
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Wonder Woman 1984