Denver Film Critics Society award ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Best Picture; Ellen Burstyn (‘Pieces of a Woman’) nabs first win

The Denver Film Critics Society have given Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 their Best Picture prize, Sacha Baron Cohen Best Supporting Actor and Sorkin himself Original Screenplay.

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) continued to her Best Director dominance and Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) racked up more lead wins.

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman) earned her first win of the season in supporting actress and One Night in Miami‘s “Speak Now” was named Best Original Song.

Here is the full list of winners in bold.

Best Picture
Minari
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
First Cow
Soul

Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
David Fincher – Mank
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Pete Docter – Soul
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Gary Oldman – Mank
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Supporting Actress
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Supporting Actor
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman
David Strathairn – Nomadland
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
The Vast of Night
Possessor
The Invisible Man
Tenet
Freaky

Best Animated Feature
Wolfwalkers
Soul
The Wolf House
Onward
Over the Moon

Best Comedy
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Climb
Palm Springs
Birds of Prey
The Forty-Year-Old Version

Best Visual Effects
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
The Invisible Man
Greyhound
Birds of Prey

Best Original Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers – Soul
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami
Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Documentary
Boys State
All In: The Fight for Democracy
The Social Dilemma
The Truffle Hunters
Dick Johnson Is Dead

Best Original Song
“Poverty Porn” – The Forty-Year-Old Version
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
“Wear Your Crown” – The Prom
“Rocket to the Moon” – Over the Moon
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Original Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul
Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky
Terence Blanchard – One Night in Miami
Ludwig Goransson – Tenet
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank

Best Non-English Language Feature
The Life Ahead
Martin Eden
Another Round
Minari
I’m No Longer Here

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