The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announced their nominations on Monday and Spike Lee’s summer streaming hit Da 5 Bloods found gold with a field-best 7 nominations including Best Narrative Film, Best Director for Spike Lee and two acting nods: Best Actor for Delroy Lindo and Best Supporting Actor for Chadwick Boseman.
Nomadland and Minari were next with six each, followed by Mank with 5 and Promising Young Woman with 4.
New this year for the group was an award for the Best Restoration (film or home video release. Nominated were Beau Travail (The Criterion Collection), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Warner Bros.), Mädchen in Uniform (Kino Lorber), Native Son (Kino Lorber) and Roman Holiday (Paramount Home Entertainment).
Another special category for the NCFCA is the Ken Hanke Memorial Tarheel Award, given to a film, performer or crew member from North Carolina. The three nominees are The Dancin’ Bulldogs — Film, Will Patton (Minari) — Performer, and Gary Wheeler — Producer/Industry Professional.
The NCFCA currently consists of 54 film critics living in or serving outlets in North Carolina.
Winners will be announced January 4, 2021. Here is the full list of nominations.
Best Narrative Film
Da 5 Bloods
Minari
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)
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
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)
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)
Best Original Screenplay
Da 5 Bloods (Danny Bilson; Paul De Meo; Kevin Willmott; Spike Lee)
Mank (Jack Fincher)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
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)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema (Tenet)
Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
Dariusz Wolski (News of the World)
Best Music
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Soul
Tenet
Best Special Effects
The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984
Best Foreign Language Film
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Llorona
Night of the Kings
Best Documentary
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time
Best Restoration (film or home video release)
Beau Travail (The Criterion Collection)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Warner Bros.)
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
Gary Wheeler — Producer/Industry Professional
Da 5 Bloods image courtesy of David Lee/Netflix
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