A week before its anticipated VOD release, “Promising Young Woman” has grabbed its first critics Best Picture win, with the Columbus Film Critics Association handing it the award today. Carey Mulligan won for Best Actress while director Emerald Fennell won for Best Breakthrough Film Artist and Best Original Screenplay. Winning her twelfth Best Director award this season was Chloé Zhao for her work on “Nomadland,” which also won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

BEST PICTURE

“Promising Young Woman”

NOMINEES
  • “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

Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”

RUNNER-UP

Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”

NOMINEES
  • 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”

RUNNER-UP

Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

NOMINEES
  • 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

Carey Mulligan
“Promising Young Woman”

RUNNER-UP

Frances McDormand — “Nomadland”

NOMINEES
  • 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

Paul Raci
“Sound Of Metal”

RUNNER-UP

Chadwick Boseman — “Da 5 Bloods”
&
Mark Rylance — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

NOMINEES
  • 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

Youn Yuh-jung
“Minari”

RUNNER-UP

Olivia Colman — “The Father”

NOMINEES
  • Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Movie Film”
  • Olivia Colman — “The Father”
  • Olivia Cooke — “Sound of Metal”
  • Amanda Seyfried — “Mank”
  • Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”

BEST ENSEMBLE

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

RUNNER-UP

“Promising Young Woman”

NOMINEES
  • “Da 5 Bloods”
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
  • “Minari”
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

(for an exemplary body of work)

Chadwick Boseman
(“Da 5 Bloods” & “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)

RUNNER-UP

Elisabeth Moss (“The Invisible Man” & “Shirley”)

NOMINEES
  • Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Movie Film” & “The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
  • Chadwick Boseman (“Da 5 Bloods” & “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
  • Elisabeth Moss (“The Invisible Man” & “Shirley”)

BREAKTHROUGH FILM ARTIST

Emerald Fennell
(“Promising Young Woman”)
(for producing, directing, and screenwriting)

RUNNER-UP

Radha Blank — “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and acting)

NOMINEES
  • Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and acting)
  • Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman” (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)
  • Sidney Flanigan — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (for acting)
  • Kitty Green — “The Assistant” (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and film editing)
  • Eliza Hittman — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (for directing and screenwriting)
  • Alan S. Kim — “Minari” (for acting)
  • Darius Marder — “Sound of Metal” (for directing and screenwriting)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Nomadland”
Joshua James Richards

RUNNER-UP

“Mank” — Eric Messerschmidt

NOMINEES
  • “First Cow” — Christopher Blauvelt
  • “Mank” — Eric Messerschmidt
  • “Minari” — Lachlan Milne
  • “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
  • “Tenet” – Hoyte Van Hoytema

BEST FILM EDITING

“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Alan Baumgarten

RUNNER-UP

“Sound of Metal” — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

NOMINEES
  • “First Cow” — Kelly Reichardt
  • “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Robert Frazen
  • “Mank” — Kirk Baxter
  • “Sound of Metal” — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Alan Baumgarten

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“Promising Young Woman”
Emerald Fennell

RUNNER-UP

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Aaron Sorkin

NOMINEES
  • “Minari” — Lee Isaac Chung
  • “Palm Springs” — Andy Siara
  • “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
  • “Sound of Metal” — Darius Marder & Abraham Marder
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“Nomadland”
Chloé Zhao

RUNNER-UP

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Ruben Santiago-Hudson

NOMINEES
  • “First Cow” — Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
  • “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Charlie Kaufman
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
  • “One Night in Miami” — Kemp Powers
  • “Shirley” — Sarah Gubbins

BEST SCORE

“Soul”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

RUNNER-UP

“Mank” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

NOMINEES
  • “Mank” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • “The Midnight Sky” – Alexandre Desplat
  • “Minari” — Emile Mosseri
  • “Nomadland” — Ludovico Einaudi
  • “Soul” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“Dick Johnson Is Dead”

RUNNER-UP

“Boys State”

NOMINEES
  • “Boys State”
  • “Collective”
  • “Crip Camp”
  • “Dick Johnson is Dead”
  • “The Painter and the Thief”
  • “Time”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Minari”

RUNNER-UP

“Martin Eden”

NOMINEES
  • “Bacurau”
  • “Beanpole”
  • “Martin Eden”
  • “Minari”
  • “The Whistlers”

BEST ANIMATED FILM

“Wolfwalkers”

RUNNER-UP

“Soul”

NOMINEES
  • “The Croods: A New Age”
  • “Onward”
  • “Over the Moon”
  • “Soul”
  • “Wolfwalkers”

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM

“The Vast Of Night”

RUNNER-UP

Palm Springs”

NOMINEES
  • “The Assistant”
  • “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”
  • “Palm Springs”
  • “Possessor”
  • “The Vast of Night”

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2020

  1. Promising Young Woman
  2. Nomadland
  3. Sound of Metal
  4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  5. Minari
  6. Soul
  7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  8. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  9. First Cow
  10. Mank
QUICK LIST

Best Film: “Promising Young Woman”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Riz Ahmed — “Sound Of Metal”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci — “Sound Of Metal”
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”
Best Ensemble: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Best Actor of the Year (Body Of Work): Chadwick Boseman” — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” & “Da 5 Bloods”
Breakthrough Film Artist: Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
Best Film Editing: “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Alan Baumgarten
Best Foreign Language Film: “Minari”
Best Documentary: “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
Best Original Screenplay: “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
Best Score: “Soul” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Animated Film: “Wolfwalkers”
Best Overlooked Film: “The Vast Of Night”

Columbus Film Critics Association

Founded in 2002, the Columbus Film Critics Association is made up of film critics based in Columbus, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. Its membership consists of more than 25 print, radio, television, and new media critics.

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