With just a few short days before the Academy announces their nominees for the Best of 2020, the Georgia Film Critics Association has chimed in with their award winners. “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao were the big winners yet again, winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with Joshua James Richards winning Best Cinematography. “Sound Of Metal” was a two award winner, taking home both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Carey Mulligan won Best Actress for “Promising Young Woman” while Emerald Fennell won Best Original Screenplay and Breakthrough Award for the same film. And “One Night In Miami” won Best Ensemble and Best Original Song while “Soul” won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score.
BEST PICTURE
“Nomadland”
NOMINEES
- “The Father”
- “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
- “Mank”
- “Minari”
- “Nomadland”
- “One Night in Miami”
- “Promising Young Woman”
- “Soul”
- “Sound of Metal”
- “Time”
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
NOMINEES
- Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
- David Fincher — “Mank”
- Regina King — “One Night in Miami”
- Darius Marder — “Sound of Metal”
- Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed
“Sound Of Metal”
NOMINEES
- Riz Ahmed — “Sound of Metal”
- Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
- Anthony Hopkins — “The Father”
- Dev Patel — “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
- Steven Yeun — “Minari”
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan
“Promising Young Woman”
NOMINEES
- Viola Davis — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
- Sidney Flanigan — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
- Vanessa Kirby — “Pieces of a Woman”
- Frances McDormand — “Nomadland”
- Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Raci
“Sound Of Metal”
NOMINEES
- Sacha Baron Cohen — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
- Daniel Kaluuya — “Judas and the Black Messiah”
- Orion Lee — “First Cow”
- Leslie Odom, Jr. — “One Night in Miami”
- Paul Raci — “Sound of Metal”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-jung
“Minari”
NOMINEES
- Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
- Toni Collette — “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
- Olivia Colman — “The Father”
- Amanda Seyfried — “Mank”
- Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Promising Young Woman”
Emerald Fennell
NOMINEES
- “Mank” — Jack Fincher
- “Minari” — Lee Isaac Chung
- “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
NOMINEES
- “The Father” — Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
- “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
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Nomadland”
Joshua James Richards
NOMINEES
- “Da 5 Bloods” — Newton Thomas Sigel
- “First Cow” — Christopher Blauvelt
- “Mank” — Erik Messerschmidt
- “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
- “Tenet” — Hoyte Van Hoytema
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Mank”
Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, & Dan Webster
NOMINEES
- “Emma” — Kave Quinn, Mark Lavis, Andrea Matheson, Alice Sutton
- “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Molly Hughes, Gonzalo Cordoba, Merissa Lombardo
- “Mank” — Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Dan Webster
- “Promising Young Woman” — Michael Perry, Liz Kloczkowski
- “Tenet” — Nathan Crowley, Rory Bruen, Steve Christensen, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee,Justin O’Neal Miller, Benjamin Nowicki, Erik Osusky, Anthony D. Parrillo
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Soul”
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, & Jon Batiste
NOMINEES
- “Mank” — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- “Minari” — Emile Mosseri
- “News of the World” — James Newton Howard
- “Soul” — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- “Tenet” — Ludwig Göransson
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Speak Now” from “One Night In Miami”
Leslie Odom, Jr. & Sam Ashworth
NOMINEES
- “Green” from “Sound of Metal” — Abraham Marder
- “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” — Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson & fat max Gsus
- “Io Sì — Seen” from “The Life Ahead — La Vita Davanti a Se” — Diane Warren, Laura Pausini & Niccolò Agliardi
- “Rain Song” from “Minari” – Emile Mosseri
- “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami” – Leslie Odom, Jr. & Sam Ashworth
- “Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” — Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines & Erran Baron Cohen
BEST ENSEMBLE
“One Night in Miami”
NOMINEES
- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
- “Minari”
- “One Night in Miami”
- “Promising Young Woman”
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Another Round”
Denmark
NOMINEES
- “Another Round”
- “Bacurau”
- “La Llorona”
- “Martin Eden”
- “Minari”
- “Night of the Kings”
BREAKTHROUGH AWARD
Emerald Fennell
“Promising Young Woman”
NOMINEES
- Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
- Kingsley Ben-Adir — “One Night in Miami”
- Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
- Sidney Flanigan — “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
- Helena Zengel — “News of the World”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Soul”
NOMINEES
- “The Croods: A New Age”
- “Onward”
- “Over the Moon”
- “Soul”
- “Wolfwalkers”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Time”
NOMINEES
- “Collective”
- “Dick Johnson is Dead”
- “The Dissident”
- “The Painter and the Thief”
- “Time”
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
“John Lewis: Good Trouble”
Dawn Porter
NOMINEES
- “The Banker” — George Nolfi, Niceole Levy, Davis Lewis Smith, Stan Younger
- “Freaky” — Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy
- “The Glorias” — Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl
- “Greenland” — Ric Roman Waugh, Chris Sparling
- “In the Cold Dark Night” — Nick Hampson, Stephen Robert Morse, Miikka Leskinen, Max Peltz
- “Irresistible” — Jon Stewart
- “John Lewis: Good Trouble” — Dawn Porter
- “Love Bite” — short; Charles de Lauzirika, Carlee Baker
- “Petting Zoo” — short; Daniel Robin
- “Three Men Named Mantas” — short; James Mackenzie
QUICK LIST
Best Picture: “Nomadland”
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 Original Screenplay: “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
Best Production Design: “Mank”
Best Original Score: “Soul”
Best Original Song: “Speak Now” from “One Night In Miami”
Best Ensemble: “One Night In Miami”
Best Foreign Film: “Another Round” (Denmark)
Breakthrough Award: Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Animated Film: “Soul”
Best Documentary Film: “Time”
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema: “John Lewis: Good Trouble”
Georgia Film Critics Association
The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) was created in 2011 with the intention to promote film criticism and the film industry within the state of Georgia. While critics groups are prevalent in many parts of the country, the GAFCA is the first of its kind to be based solely in the state of Georgia. GAFCA membership is open to members of the reviewing press—whether through online, radio, television or print media.
