Iowa Film Critics love ‘Nomadland,’ Paul Raci, Youn Yuh-jung

The Iowa Film Critics Association winners have been announced and Nomadland ruled with wins for Best Film, Best Director (Chloé Zhao), Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Score (Ludovico Einaudi).

Other acting wins went to Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) for Best Actor, Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) for Best Supporting Actor and Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) for Best Supporting Actress.

Here is the full list of winners and runners-up from the Iowa Film Critics Association.

BEST FILM: “Nomadland”  (Runners up: “Minari” and “Sound of Metal”)

BEST DIRECTOR: Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”  (Runners up: Darius Marder, “Sound of Metal,” and Florian Zeller, “The Father”)

BEST ACTOR: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”  (Runners up: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father,” and Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”)

BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Runners up: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Runners up: Bill Murray, “On the Rocks,” and Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari” (Runners up: Olivia Colman, “The Father,” and Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”)

BEST ANIMATED FILM: “Soul” (Runners up: “Over the Moon” and “Wolfwalkers”)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Runners up: “Crip Camp” and “The Dissident”)

BEST SCORE: Ludovico Einaudi, “Nomadland” (Runners up: James Newton Howard, “News of the World,” and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Mank”)

BEST SONG: “Speak Now,” “One Night in Miami” (Runners up: “Green,” “Sound of Metal,” and “Rain Song,” “Minari”)

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