The 19th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on February 8, 2021. The nominations were announced on February 6, 2021.
Winners and nominees
Best Film Nomadland First Cow Minari One Night in Miami... Promising Young Woman
Best Director Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Regina King – One Night in Miami... Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Best Actor Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green (posthumous) Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi
Best Actress Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
Best Supporting Actor Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
Best Supporting Actress Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah as Deborah Johnson Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
Best Original Screenplay Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Darius Marder and Abraham Marder (story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance) – Sound of Metal Andy Siara – Palm Springs Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami... Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Animated Feature Soul The Croods: A New Age Onward Over the Moon Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Film Boys State Collective Crip Camp Dick Johnson Is Dead Time
Best International/Foreign Language Film Another Round Bacurau La Llorona The Mole Agent Night of the Kings
Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet Dariusz Wolski – News of the World
Best Editing Jennifer Lame – Tenet Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Kirk Baxter – Mank Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Original Score Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross – Soul Ludwig Göransson – Tenet James Newton Howard – News of the World Emile Mosseri – Minari Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
Best Production Design Donald Graham Burt (production design) and Jan Pascale (set decoration) – Mank David Crank (production design) and Elizabeth Keenan (set decoration) – News of the World Nathan Crowley (production design) and Kathy Lucas (set decoration) – Tenet Kave Quinn (production design) and Stella Fox (set decoration) – Emma Mark Ricker (production design) and Karen O'Hara (set decoration) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Acting Ensemble One Night in Miami... Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Youth Performance Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes as Enola Holmes Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callaghan Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger
Best Voice Performance Jamie Foxx – Soul as Joe Gardner Tina Fey – Soul as 22 Tom Holland – Onward as Ian Lightfoot Honor Kneafsey – Wolfwalkers as Robyn Goodfellowe Octavia Spencer – Onward as Corey
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C. Wonder Woman 1984 Crip Camp The Fight Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President John Lewis: Good Trouble
Multiple nominations and wins
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 8 Minari 6 Nomadland 5 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mank One Night in Miami... 4 News of the World Promising Young Woman Soul Sound of Metal Tenet The Trial of the Chicago 7 3 Da 5 Bloods First Cow Onward 2 Crip Camp The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Never Rarely Sometimes Always Wolfwalkers
The following films received multiple awards:
Wins Film 5 Nomadland 3 Soul 2 Minari One Night in Miami...
References
External links The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association