Precursor: 16th Austin Critics Nominations (2020)

Austin’s critics loved Minari a lot, Nomadland and The Invisible Man quite a bit, a handful of others well enough.

Nominations Tallies

(11) Minari
(7) Nomadland
(6) The Invisible Man
(5) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman
(4) Tenet
(3) Da 5 Bloods, The Father, Mank, One Night in Miami, Sound of Metal

The Nominations

Best Film

First Cow
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Minari
Promising Young Woman

Best Animated Film

Over the Moon
Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
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

Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
David Strathairn – Nomadland
Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Helena Zengel – News of the World

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Father
The Invisible Man
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Soul
Tenet

Best Editing

The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Sound of Metal
Tenet

Best Cinematography

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Tenet

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Llorona
Minari

Best Documentary

Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time

Best Ensemble

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

Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance

Luke Davis – The Invisible Man
Andrew Jackson – Tenet
Oliver Jackson-Cohen – The Invisible Man
Matt Kasmir – The Midnight Sky
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Terry Notary – Call of the Wild

Best Stunts

Birds of Prey
Extraction
The Invisible Man
The Old Guard
Tenet

Best First Film

The Forty-Year-Old Version
Miss Juneteenth
One Night in Miami
Palm Springs
Promising Young Woman

Breakthrough Artist

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Alan Kim – Minari
Cathy Yan – Birds of Prey