‘Minari,’ ‘Mank,’ ‘One Night in Miami,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ lead Georgia Film Critics nominations

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2020 and Minari leads the pack with 8 followed closely by Mank, One Night in Miami and Promising Young Woman with seven.

Each are nominated in Best Picture alongside The Father, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Nomadland, Soul, Sound of Metal, Time and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) was created in 2011 with the intention to promote film criticism and the film industry within the state of Georgia. Winners will be announced on March 12, here is the full list of nominations.

Best Picture

• “The Father”
• “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
• “Mank”
• “Minari”
• “Nomadland”
• “One Night in Miami”
• “Promising Young Woman”
• “Soul”
• “Sound of Metal”
• “Time”
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Director

• “Mank” – David Fincher
• “Nomadland” – Chloé Zhao
• “One Night in Miami” – Regina King
• “Promising Young Woman” – Emerald Fennell
• “Sound of Metal” – Darius Marder

Best Actor

• Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)
• Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
• Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
• Dev Patel (“The Personal History of David Copperfield”)
• Steven Yeun (“Minari”)

Best Actress

• Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
• Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”)
• Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
• Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
• Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Best Supporting Actor

• Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
• Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
• Orion Lee (“First Cow”)
• Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)
• Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”)

Best Supporting Actress

• Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”)
• Toni Collette (“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”)
• Olivia Colman (“The Father”)
• Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”)
• Youn Yuh-jung (“Minari”)

Best Original Screenplay

• “Mank” – Jack Fincher
• “Minari” – Lee Isaac Chung
• “Promising Young Woman” – Emerald Fennell
• “Sound of Metal” – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” – Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “The Father” – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
• “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” – Charlie Kaufman
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Ruben Santiago-Hudson 
• “Nomadland” – Chloé Zhao
• “One Night in Miami” – Kemp Powers

Best Cinematography

• “Da 5 Bloods” – Newton Thomas Sigel
• “First Cow” – Christopher Blauvelt
• “Mank” –  Erik Messerschmidt
• “Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards
• “Tenet” –  Hoyte Van Hoytema  

Best Production Design

• “Emma” – Kave Quinn, Mark Lavis, Andrea Matheson, Alice Sutton
• “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” – Molly Hughes, Gonzalo Cordoba, Merissa Lombardo
• “Mank” – Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Dan Webster
• “Promising Young Woman” – Michael Perry, Liz Kloczkowski
• “Tenet” – Nathan Crowley,  Rory Bruen, Steve Christensen, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee, Justin O’Neal Miller, Benjamin Nowicki, Erik Osusky, Anthony D. Parrillo

Best Original Score

• “Mank” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• “Minari” –  Emile Mosseri
• “News of the World” – James Newton Howard
• “Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• “Tenet” – Ludwig Göransson

Best Original Song

• “Green” – Abraham Marder (“Sound of Metal”)
• “Husavik” – Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson & fat max Gsus (“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”)
• “Io Sì (Seen)” – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini & Niccolò Agliardi (“The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)”)
• “Rain Song” – Emile Mosseri (“Minari”)
• “Speak Now” – Leslie Odom, Jr. & Sam Ashworth (“One Night in Miami”)
• “Wuhan Flu” – Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines & Erran Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”)

Best Ensemble

• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• “Minari”
• “One Night in Miami”
• “Promising Young Woman”
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Foreign Language Film

• “Another Round”
• “Bacurau”
• “La Llorona”
• “Martin Eden”
• “Minari”
• “Night of the Kings”

Breakthrough Award

• Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”)
• Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night in Miami”)
• Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”)
• Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”)
• Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Best Animated Film

• “The Croods: A New Age”
• “Onward”
• “Over the Moon”
• “Soul”
• “Wolfwalkers”

Best Documentary Film

• “Collective”
• “Dick Johnson is Dead”
• “The Dissident”
• “The Painter and the Thief”
• “Time”

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

• “The Banker” (George Nolfi, Niceole Levy, Davis Lewis Smith, Stan Younger)
• “Freaky” (Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy)
• “The Glorias” (Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl)
• “Greenland” (Ric Roman Waugh, Chris Sparling)
• “In the Cold Dark Night” (Nick Hampson, Stephen Robert Morse, Miikka Leskinen, Max Peltz)
• “Irresistible” (Jon Stewart)
• “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Dawn Porter)
• “Love Bite” (short; Charles de Lauzirika, Carlee Baker)
• “Petting Zoo” (short; Daniel Robin)
• “Three Men Named Mantas” (short; James Mackenzie)

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