The 19th Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Best Film (Ranked)
1. Promising Young Woman
2. Nomadland
3. Sound of Metal
4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
5. Minari
6. Soul
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
8. The Trial of the Chicago 7
9. First Cow
10. Mank

Best Director
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Runner-up: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Nominees: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari / David Fincher, Mank / Darius Marder, Sound of Metal

Best Actor
Winner: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Runner-up: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nominees: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods / Gary Oldman, Mank / Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress
Winner: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Nominees: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom / Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always / Julia Garner, The Assistant / Elisabeth Moss, Shirley

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Runners-up (tie): Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods / Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nominees: Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 / Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Runner-up: Olivia Colman, The Father
Nominees: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm / Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal / Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Best Ensemble
Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-up: Promising Young Woman
Nominees: Da 5 Bloods / Minari / The Trial of the Chicago 7

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Winner: Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Runner-up: Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man and Shirley)
Nominee: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Breakthrough Film Artist
Winner: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) – (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)
Runner-up: Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version – (for producing, directing, screenwriting,
and acting)
Nominees: Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always – (for acting) / Kitty Green, The Assistant – (for producing, directing, screenwriting, and film editing) / Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always – (for directing and screenwriting) / Alan S. Kim, Minari – (for acting) / Darius Marder, Sound of Metal – (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Runner-up: Eric Messerschmidt, Mank
Nominees: Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow / Lachlan Milne, Minari / Hoyte Van Hoytema, Tenet

Best Film Editing
Winner: Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Runner-up: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Nominees: Kirk Baxter, Mank / Robert Frazen, I’m Thinking of Ending Things / Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Runner-up: Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nominees: Sarah Gubbins, Shirley / Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things / Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami / Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nominees: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari / Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal / Andy Siara, Palm Springs

Best Score
Winner: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul
Runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Nominees: Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky / Ludovico Einaudi, Nomadland / Emile Mosseri, Minari

Best Documentary
Winner: Dick Johnson is Dead
Runner-up: Boys State
Nominees: Collective (Colectiv) / Crip Camp / The Painter and the Thief / Time

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Minari
Runner-up: Martin Eden
Nominees: Bacurau / Beanpole (Dylda) / The Whistlers (La Gomera)

Best Animated Film
Winner: Wolfwalkers
Runner-up: Soul
Nominees: The Croods: A New Age / Onward / Over the Moon

Best Overlooked Film
Winner: The Vast of Night
Runner-up: Palm Springs
Nominees: The Assistant / Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets / Possessor