Nomadland emerged the big winner for this year’s Chicago Film Critics Awards, taking a supreme 5 awards with nearest competitor Never Rarely Sometimes Always only claiming 2.

Award Tallies

(5) Nomadland
(2) Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The Awards

Best Picture

Nomadland

Best Animated Film

Wolfwalkers

Best Director

Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Original Screenplay

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland

Best Original Score

Soul

Best Editing

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Cinematography

Nomadland

Best Art Direction

Mank

Best Costume Design

Emma.

Best Use of Visual Effects

The Invisible Man

Best Foreign Film

Another Round

Best Documentary

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Most Promising Performer

Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Promising Filmmaker

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Chicago Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1990
First Awards: 1988 (33)