Precursor: 19th Columbus Critics Nominations (2020)

Minari did incredibly well with the Columbus critics (formerly Central Ohio Film Critics), with a number of other consistently-appearing films in their ranks. Nothing particularly electrifying here.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Minari
(8) Sound of Metal
(7) Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7
(6) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman
(4) Da 5 Bloods, First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
(3) Shirley, Soul, The Assistant

The Nominations

Best Film

First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Julia Garner – The Assistant
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss – Shirley
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman – The Father
Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Young Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Shirley

Best Score

Mank
The Midnight Sky
Minari
Nomadland
Soul

Best Film Editing

First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Cinematography

First Cow
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Tenet

Best Foreign Language Film

Bacurau
Beanpole
Martin Eden
Minari
The Whistlers

Best Documentary

Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
The Painter and the Thief
Time

Best Ensemble

Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man, Shirley

Breakthrough Film Artist

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (production, directing, screenwriting, acting)
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (producing, directing, screenwriting)
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely sometimes Always (acting)
Kitty Green – The Assistant (producing, directing, screenwriting, film editing)
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (directing, screenwriting)
Alan S. Kim – Minari (acting)
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal (directing, screenwriting)