North Carolina Critics: ‘Minari’ named Best Film, ‘Nomadland’ tops winners

The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) has chosen Minari as the best film of 2020, also awarding Youn Yuh-jung supporting actress and director Lee Isaac Chung best original screenplay.

Nomadland led the winner total with four, including another best director prize for Chloé Zhao (who also picked up adapted screenplay) and Frances McDormand for best actress.

Here is the full list of winners from the North Carolina Film Critics Association.

Best Narrative Film

Da 5 Bloods
Minari – WINNER
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
David Fincher (Mank)
Regina King (One Night in Miami)
Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods)
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) – WINNER

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) – WINNER
Steven Yeun (Minari)

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland) – WINNER
Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Best Supporting Actor

Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7) – WINNER
Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
David Strathairn (Nomadland)

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Toni Collette (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) – WINNER

Best Original Screenplay

Da 5 Bloods (Danny Bilson; Paul De Meo; Kevin Willmott; Spike Lee)
Mank (Jack Fincher)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung) – WINNER
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)

Best Adapted Screenplay

First Cow (Jon Raymond; Kelly Reichardt)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ruben Santiago-Hudson)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao) – WINNER
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)

Best Cinematography

Hoyte Van Hoytema (Tenet)
Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland) – WINNER
Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
Dariusz Wolski (News of the World)

Best Music

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Soul – WINNER
Tenet

Best Special Effects

The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Tenet – WINNER
Wonder Woman 1984

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round – WINNER
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Llorona
Night of the Kings

Best Animated Film

The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over The Moon
Soul – WINNER
Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary

All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead – WINNER
Time

Best Restoration (film or home video release)

Beau Travail (The Criterion Collection)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Warner Bros.) – WINNER
Mädchen in Uniform (Kino Lorber)
Native Son (Kino Lorber)
Roman Holiday (Paramount Home Entertainment)

Ken Hanke Memorial Tarheel Award

The Dancin’ Bulldogs — Film
Will Patton (Minari) — Performer – WINNER
Gary Wheeler — Producer/Industry Professional

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