‘Promising Young Woman’ tops Online Film & Television (OFTA) nominations

Erik Anderson March 22, 2021

The 25th Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) nominations are in and Promising Young Woman was the top nominee this year with 13 mentions. Fellow Best Picture nominee Minari came in second with 12 while Mank and One Night in Miami each earned 11 nominations. Other nominees for Best Picture include Da 5 Bloods, Judas and the Black Messiah, Nomadland, Soul, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The winners will be revealed on Sunday, April 4, 2020. Here is the full list of nominees.

BEST PICTURE

Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE

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

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

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE

Ella Jay Basco – Birds of Prey
Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes
Alexis Chikaeze – Miss Juneteenth
Alan Kim – Minari
Helena Zengel – News of the World

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: MALE

Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami
Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman
Alan Kim – Minari
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: FEMALE

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

Tina Fey – Soul
Jamie Foxx – Soul
Tom Holland – Onward
Honor Kneafsey – Wolfwalkers
Eva Whittaker – Wolfwalkers

BEST ENSEMBLE

Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST CASTING

Da 5 Bloods
Minari
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST FEATURE DEBUT

Kitty Green – The Assistant
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Florian Zeller – The Father [1]

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Father
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
La Llorona
Minari

BEST DOCUMENTARY

All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Tenet

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Poverty Porn – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
Wuhan Flu – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

BEST ADAPTED SONG

Reflection – Mulan
A Change Is Gonna Come – One Night in Miami
Toxic – Promising Young Woman
It’s All Right – Soul
Strange Fruit – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST FILM EDITING

Mank
Nomadland
Sound of Metal
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Tenet

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Emma.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Tenet

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Birds of Prey
Emma.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Promising Young Woman

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR

Birds of Prey
Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Promising Young Woman

BEST SOUND

The Invisible Man
Mank
Soul
Sound of Metal
Tenet

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Soul
Sound of Metal
Tenet

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Birds of Prey
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Tenet

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Birds of Prey
The Invisible Man
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984

BEST TITLES SEQUENCE

Birds of Prey (Closing)
Da 5 Bloods (Closing)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Closing)
The Invisible Man (Opening)
Promising Young Woman (Opening)

MOST CINEMATIC MOMENT

Another Round – The dance
Birds of Prey – Harley Quinn in the Police Station
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Rudy Giuliani
The Invisible Man – The knife at the table scene
Promising Young Woman – Cassie’s plan comes together

BEST MOVIE TRAILER

Birds of Prey (Trailer #1)
The Invisible Man (Trailer #1)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Promising Young Woman (Trailer #1)
Tenet (Trailer #1)

BEST MOVIE POSTER

Birds of Prey (Poster #1)
Birds of Prey (Poster #2)
Da 5 Bloods (Poster #1)
Mank (Poster #1)
Promising Young Woman (Poster #1)

Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.