Up in Canada, the Toronto Film Critics Association showed their love for “Nomadland,” awarding it with their Best Picture honor, as well as Best Director to Chloé Zhao and Best Actress to Frances McDormand. Daniel Kaluuya continues to earn awards for his supporting role in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” hopefully continuing on a trajectory that will lead him to an Oscar nomination
BEST PICTURE
“Nomadland”
RUNNERS-UP
“First Cow”
&
“Minari”
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM
“And the Birds Rained Down”
“Anne at 13,000 Ft.”
“White Lie”
BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed
“Sound Of Metal”
RUNNERS-UP
Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
&
Mads Mikkelsen — “Another Round”
BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand
“Nomadland”
RUNNERS-UP
Viola Davis — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
&
Sidney Flanigan — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
RUNNER-UP
Paul Raci — “Sound of Metal”
&
Leslie Odom Jr. — “One Night in Miami”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
RUNNER-UP
Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”
&
Olivia Colman — “The Father”
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
RUNNERS-UP
Lee Isaac Chung — “Minari”
&
Kelly Reichardt — “First Cow”
BEST SCREENPLAY
(ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL)
“Minari”
Lee Isaac Chung
RUNNERS-UP
“Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
&
“Sound of Metal” — Darius and Abraham Marder
BEST FIRST FEATURE
“The Forty-Year-Old Version”
Radha Blank
RUNNER-UP
“The Father”
&
“Promising Young Woman”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Wolfwalkers”
RUNNER-UP
“Soul”
&
“The Willoughbys”
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Bacurau”
(Brazil / France)
RUNNER-UP
“Another Round”
&
“Beanpole”
ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD
“Collective”
RUNNER-UP
“Crip Camp”
“David Byrne’s American Utopia”
“Time”
CLYDE GILMOUR AWARD
Jason Ryle
JAY SCOTT AWARD
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
TFCA CINEPLEX EMERGING CRITIC AWARD
Mark Hanson
Rose Ho
QUICK LIST
Best Picture: “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Riz Ahmed — “Sound Of Metal”
Best Actress: France McDormand — “Nomadland”
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya — “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
Best Screenplay: “Minari” — Lee Isaac Chung
Best First Film: “The Forty-Year-Old Version” — Radha Blank
Best Animated Feature: “Wolfwalkers”
Best Foreign-Language Feature: “Bacurau” (Brazil/France)
Allan King Documentary Film Award: “Collective:
TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
The Toronto Film Critics Association was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto-based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print, electronic and web outlets are represented. Members of the TFCA also participate in the Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI). As such, they have sat on juries at festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Palm Springs, Chicago, Pusan, Moscow, Amsterdam, London and Vienna, among others.
