In the first Best Picture tie of this award’s season, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle honored both “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman” with its biggest award. They both won two additional awards, with “Nomadland” winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao, while “Promising Young Woman” won Best Actress for Carey Mulligan and Best Original Screenplay for Emerald Fennell. M. I. Littin-Menz was also honored for the first time this season, with a Best Cinematography win for “The Vast of Night.”
BEST PICTURE
(TIE)
“Nomadland”
&
“Promising Young Woman”
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
RUNNER-UP
Aaron Sorkin — “The Trial Of The Chicago 7”
BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed
“Sound of Metal”
RUNNER-UP
Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan
“Promising Young Woman”
RUNNER-UP
Frances McDormand — “Nomadland”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leslie Odom, Jr.
“One Night In Miami…”
RUNNER-UP
Paul Raci — “Sound of Metal”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-Jung
“Minari”
RUNNER-UP
Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Promising Young Woman”
Emerald Fennell
RUNNER-UP
“The Trial Of The Chicago 7” — Aaron Sorkin
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Nomadland”
Chloé Zhao
RUNNER-UP
“I’m Thinking Of Ending Things” — Charlie Kaufman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Vast Of Night”
M. I. Littin-Menz
RUNNER-UP
“Mank” — Erik Messerschmidt
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Wolfwalkers”
RUNNER-UP
“Soul”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Another Round”
(Denmark)
RUNNER-UP
“76”
&
“Bacurau”
&
“The Life Ahead”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“The Dissident”
RUNNER-UP
“Crip Camp”
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD
(BEST SCI-FI, FANTASY, OR HORROR)
“The Invisible Man”
RUNNER-UP
“The Vast Of Night”
TOM POE AWARD
(BEST LBGT FILM)
“Kajillionaire”
RUNNER-UP
“The Prom”
QUICK LIST
Best Picture (TIE): “Nomadland” & “Promising Young Woman”
Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Riz Ahmed — “Sound Of Metal”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom, Jr. — “One Night In Miami”
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung — “Minari”
Best Original Screenplay: “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
Best Cinematography: “The Vast Of Night” — M. I. Littin-Menz
Best Animated Feature: “Wolfwalkers”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Another Round” (Denmark)
Best Documentary: “The Dissident”
Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Film: “The Invisible Man”
Tom Poe Award for Best LGBT Film: “Kajillionaire”
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Our organization was founded by Dr. James Loutzenhiser in 1966 as the Kansas City Film Circle Awards, and is the second oldest professional film critics’ association in the United States, after the New York Film Critics Circle. As of July, 2014, the KCFCC had 26 active members representing print, radio, television and online media outlets.
