The 2020 Greater Western New York Film Critics Awards

BEST PICTURE:
Da 5 Bloods
Driveways
The Father
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Sound of Metal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Another Round (Denmark)
Bacurau (Brazil)
Ema (Chile)
Minari (United States)
Undine (Germany)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Onward
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers
World of Tomorrow Episode Three

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time

BEST DIRECTOR:
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

LEAD ACTOR:
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari

LEAD ACTRESS:
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

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Sasha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Dennehy, Driveways
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami …
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, Driveways
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Eleanor Catton, Emma.
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Martin Ruhe, The Midnight Sky
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe: Lovers Rock

BEST EDITING:
Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
Kirk Baxter, Mank
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST SCORE:
Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank
Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky
Emile Mosseri, Minari
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Soul

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
Kiera Allen, Run
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR:
Max Barbakow, Palm Springs
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year Old Version
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Florian Zeller, The Father