Precursor: 25th Online Film & Television Nominations (2020)

The OFTA released a set of nominees that looks like a lot of other lists. There are some notable surprises along the way, but mostly features what we’ve come to expect from this group.

Award Tallies

(13) Promising Young Woman (15 with poster/trailer nominations)
(12) Minari
(11) Mank (12), One Night in Miami
(9) Sound of Metal
(8) Soul, Tenet (9)
(7) Birds of Prey (10), Da 5 Bloods (8), The Invisible Man (8), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
(6) Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago 7
(5) Judas and the Black Messiah (6)
(4) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(3) Emma., Pieces of a Woman, The Father, Wolfwalkers

The Awards

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 Feature

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
Regina King – One Night in Miami
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

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 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 Original Score

Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Tenet

Best Original Song

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

Best 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 & Hairstyling

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 Visual Effects

Birds of Prey
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Tenet

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
La Llorona
Minari

Best Documentary Feature

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

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 Feature Debut

Kitty Green – The Assistant
Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal

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 Sound Effects

Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Soul
Sound of Metal
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