‘Minari’ leads Austin Film Critics nominations with 11
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2020 awards nominations today.
Minari leads the nominations with eleven — including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Ensemble. Other Best Film nominees are First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Nomadland, and Promising Young Woman.
Here is the full list of nominations, winners will be announced on March 19.
Best Film
First Cow
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, The Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie film
Olivia Coleman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
David Strathairn, Nomadland
Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Original Screenplay
Minari
Palm Springs
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
The Invisible Man
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
Best Cinematography
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Tenet
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Soul
Tenet
Best Foreign Language Film
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Llorona
Minari
Best Documentary
Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time
Best Animated Film
Over the Moon
Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Ensemble
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night In Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Editing
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Tenet
Sound of Metal
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance
Luke Davis, The Invisible Man
Andrew Jackson, Tenet
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, The Invisible Man
Matt Kasmir, The Midnight Sky
Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Terry Notary, Call of the Wild
Best Stunts
Birds of Prey
Extraction
The Invisible Man
The Old Guard
Tenet
Best First Film
Miss Juneteenth
One Night in Miami
Palm Springs
Promising Young Woman
The 40-Year-Old Version
The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Alan Kim, Minari
Cathy Yan, Birds of Prey
As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association awards titles with local ties — works made in Austin and/or directed by a filmmaker living in town during their film’s production. This award is distinct to our group of critics, recognizing the talent of Austin filmmakers as we celebrate the best films of the year.
Best Austin Film
Bull
Greenland
The Orange Years
Pahokee
We Can Be Heroes
Photo: Josh Ethan Johnson/A24
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