With its first Best Film award of the season, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” took the top award from the he Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, with Viola Davis also winning Best Actress for her performance in the film. Amanda Seyfried also got her first win of the season, with Best Supporting Actress from her performance in “Mank.” The runner-up for Best Film was “Da 5 Bloods,” which grabbed a pair of acting awards in Best Actor for Delroy Lindo and Best Supporting Actor for Chadwick Boseman. “Soul” took a pair of awards for Best Animated Film and Best Soundtrack/Score. “Nomadland” took yet another Best Cinematography award, as well as Chloé Zhao continuing her unprecedented sweep of the Best Director awards.
BEST FILM
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
RUNNER-UP
“Da 5 Bloods”
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
RUNNER-UP
Kelly Reichardt — “First Cow”
BEST ACTOR
Delroy Lindo
“Da 5 Bloods”
RUNNER-UP
Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
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Aubrey Plaza — “Black Bear”
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Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman
“Da 5 Bloods”
RUNNER-UP
Leslie Odom, Jr. — “One Night in Miami”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amanda Seyfried
“Mank”
RUNNER-UP
Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
“Jumbo”
RUNNER-UP
“La Llorona”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Soul”
RUNNER-UP
“Wolfwalkers”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Time”
RUNNER-UP
“Dick Johnson is Dead”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Nomadland”
Joshua James Richards
RUNNER-UP
“First Cow” — Chris Blauvelt
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Sidney Flanigan
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
RUNNER-UP
Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Regina King
“One Night in Miami”
RUNNER-UP
Andrew Patterson — “The Vast Of Night”
BEST SCRIPT
“First Cow”
Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
RUNNER-UP
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always” — Eliza Hittman
BEST SOUNDTRACK
“Soul”
RUNNER-UP
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
QUICK LIST
Best Film: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Delroy Lindo — “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Actress: Viola Davis — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman — “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried — “Mank”
Best Foreign Film: “Jumbo”
Best Animated Film: “Soul”
Best Documentary Film: “Time”
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
Best Breakthrough Performance: Sidney Flanigan — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Best Directorial Debut: Regina King — “One Night in Miami”
Best Script: “First Cow” — Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
Best Soundtrack: “Soul”
PHILADELPHIA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
Founded on March 8th, 2017, the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) is an organization of dedicated and talented film critics from Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs.
