2020 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

[Winners Announced January 18, 2021.]

  • BEST FILM: Nomadland

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

  • BEST ACTOR: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • 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: I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay); Iain Reid (Novel)

  • BEST EDITING: Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mank - Donald Graham Burt

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Tenet

  • BEST SCORE: Soul - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK: Promising Young Woman

  • BEST ACTION FILM: Tenet

  • BEST COMEDY FILM: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  • BEST HORROR FILM: The Invisible Man

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Soul

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Collective

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Another Round

  • BEST SCENE: The Invisible Man - A restaurant meet-up between sisters is interrupted.

    Complete List of Nominees

  • BEST FILM

    • First Cow

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things

    • Nomadland

    • Promising Young Woman

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

    • Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

    • Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

    • Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    • Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

    • Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    • Anthony Hopkins – The Father

    • Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

    • Gary Oldman – Mank

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things

    • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    • Vaness Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

    • Frances McDormand – Nomadland

    • Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Bo Burnham - Promising Young Woman

    • Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

    • Bill Murray - On the Rocks

    • Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami

    • Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    • Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman

    • Olivia Coleman - The Father

    • Amanda Seyfried - Mank

    • Youn Yuh-jung - Minari

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Mank - Jack Fincher

    • Minari - Lee Isaac Chung

    • Palm Springs - Andy Siara

    • Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • First Cow - Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt (Screenplay); Johnathan Raymond (Novel)

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay); Iain Reid (Novel)

    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Screenplay); August Wilson (Play)

    • Nomadland - Chloé Zhao (Screenplay); Jessica Bruder (Book)

    • One Night in Miami - Kemp Powers (Screenplay and Play)

  • BEST EDITING

    • Hamilton - Jonah Moran

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Robert Frazen

    • Mank - Kirk Baxter

    • Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Da 5 Bloods - Newton Thomas Sigel

    • Mank - Erik Messerschmidt

    • News of the World - Dariusz Wolski

    • Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

    • Promising Young Woman - Benjamin Kracun

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • Emma. - Kave Quinn

    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Mark Ricker

    • Mank - Donald Graham Burt

    • The Personal History of David Copperfield - Christina Casali

    • Promising Young Woman - Michael Perry

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Birds of Prey

    • The Invisible Man

    • Mank

    • The Midnight Sky

    • Tenet

  • BEST SCORE

    • Mank - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

    • News of the World - James Newton Howard

    • Nomadland - Ludovico Einaudi

    • Soul - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

    • Tenet - Ludwig Göransson

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Birds of Prey

    • Da 5 Bloods

    • Hamilton

    • Small Axe: Lovers Rock

    • Promising Young Woman

  • BEST ACTION FILM

    • Birds of Prey

    • The Gentlemen

    • Greyhound

    • The Old Guard

    • Tenet

  • BEST COMEDY FILM

    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    • Emma.

    • The King of Staten Island

    • On the Rocks

    • Palm Springs

  • BEST HORROR FILM

    • Alone

    • The Invisible Man

    • La Llorona

    • Possessor: Uncut

    • The Vast of Night

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    • Onward

    • Over the Moon

    • Soul

    • The Wolf House

    • Wolfwalkers

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    • City Hall

    • Collective

    • Dick Johnson Is Dead

    • My Octopus Teacher

    • The Social Dilemma

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

    • Another Round

    • Bacurau

    • Beanpole

    • Collective

    • Vitalina Varela

  • BEST SCENE

    • The Assistant - Making a complaint to Human Resources.

    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - An interview with Rudy Giuliani.

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Dinner with the parents.

    • The Invisible Man - A restaurant meet-up between sisters is interrupted.

    • Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Administering the clinic questionnaire.