Who said there wouldn’t be any awards before the end of 2020? There are critics groups handing out (virtual) trophies in the weeks ahead and instead of New York or Los Angeles going first, we begin with their peers in Boston. And in what may be a familiar refrain, The Boston Society of Film Critics capped off their annual year-end winners by selecting “Nomadland” as Best Film.
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The Searchlight Pictures release also took Best Director (Chloé Zhao) and Best Cinematography (Joshua James Richards). A24’s “Minari” took two honors, Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-Jung) and Best Score (Emile Mosseri). Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” won the Best Ensemble award.
In a sign of Sundance Film Festival strength, Sidney Flanigan took Best Actress for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” and Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for “The Father.”
It’s unclear if the BSFC plans on holding a virtual ceremony for its honorees.
The New York Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association will reveal their winners later this month.
Here is a list of this year’s winners and runner ups where applicable:
Best Score: Emile Mosseri, “Minari”
Best Editing: Robert Frazen, “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things”
Runner up: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
Runner Up: Shabier Kirchner, “Lovers Rock”
Best Animated Film: “The Wolf House” (dir. Joaquin Cociña, Cristóbal León)
Runner Up: “Wolfwalker” (dir. Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)
Best Documentary: “Collective” (dir. Alexander Nanau)
Runner Up: “The Painter and the Theif” (dir. Benjamin Ree)
Best New Filmmaker: Florian Zeller, “The Father”
Runner Up: Autumn de Wilde, “Emma”
Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Runner Up: Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, “First Cow”
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung, “Minari”
Runner Up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Runner Up: Brian Dennehy, “Driveways”
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Runner Up: Julia Garner, “The Assistant”
Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Runner Up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Best Ensemble Cast: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Runner Up: “Minari”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Runner Up: Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
Best Film: “Nomadland”
Runner Up: “First Cow”
Non-English Language Film: “La Llorona” (dir. Jayro Bustamante)