Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film directed, written, and edited by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves home to travel around the American West. The film's supporting cast includes David Strathairn, as well as real-life nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells, as fictionalized versions of themselves. Nomadland had a one-week streaming limited release on December 4, 2020, and was released by Searchlight Pictures in selected IMAX theaters in the United States on January 29, 2021, and simultaneously in theaters and streaming digitally on Hulu on February 19, 2021.
Nomadland garnered acclaim, becoming the third-highest rated of 2020 on Metacritic, which found it to be the most frequently ranked by critics and publications as one of the best films of 2020. It premiered on September 11, 2020, at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, and also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and received four nominations at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director; in winning the latter award, Zhao became the second woman and the first Asian woman to do so.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Venice Film Festival September 12, 2020 Golden LionChloé Zhao Fair Play Cinema Award SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention Toronto International Film Festival September 20, 2020 People's Choice Award Coronado Island Film FestivalNovember 14, 2020Leonard Maltin Tribute Award San Diego International Film Festival October 21, 2020Audience Choice Gala Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 13, 2020 Best Film Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Best EditingChloé Zhao Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 20, 2020 Best Director Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Chicago Film Critics Association December 21, 2020 Best Picture Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor David Strathairn Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Best Editing Chloé Zhao Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2020 Best Film Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actress Charlene Swankie Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards New York Film Critics Circle Awards December 18, 2020 Best DirectorChloé Zhao Alliance of Women Film JournalistsJanuary 4, 2021 Best PictureBest Director Chloé ZhaoBest Writing, Adapted ScreenplayBest Film EditingBest Woman DirectorBest Woman ScreenwriterBest ActressFrances McDormandActress Defying Age and AgeismBest CinematographyJoshua James Richards National Society of Film Critics AwardsJanuary 9, 2021 Best PictureBest Director Chloé ZhaoBest ActressFrances McDormandBest Cinematography Joshua James Richards Gotham Independent Film Awards January 11, 2021 Best Feature Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Audience Award Houston Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 18, 2021Best Picture Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Screenplay Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle AwardsJanuary 18, 2021Best Film Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor David Strathairn Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Online Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 25, 2021Best Picture Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards National Board of Review January 26, 2021 Top 10 Films New York Film Critics OnlineJanuary 27, 2021Top 10 Films of 2020Best Director Chloé ZhaoBest Cinematography Joshua James RichardsToronto Film Critics AssociationFebruary 7, 2021 Best Film Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Screenplay Chloé Zhao London Film Critics' CircleFebruary 7, 2021 Film of the Year Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao Director of the Year Chloé Zhao Actress of the Year Frances McDormand Screenwriter of the Year Chloé Zhao Technical Achievement Award Joshua James Richards Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsFebruary 8, 2021Best Film Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationFebruary 10, 2021Best Film Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Satellite AwardsFebruary 15, 2021Best Motion Picture – Drama Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture David Strathairn Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) Sergio Díaz, Zach Seivers and M. Wolf Snyder Seattle Film Critics SocietyFebruary 15, 2021Best Picture Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards British Independent Film Awards February 18, 2021 Best International Independent Film Vancouver Film Critics Circle AwardsFebruary 22, 2021Best Film Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand American Film Institute Awards February 26, 2021Top 10 Movies of the Year Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021Best Motion Picture – DramaBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Frances McDormandBest DirectorChloé ZhaoBest Screenplay Hollywood Critics Association AwardsMarch 5, 2021Best Picture Best Female DirectorChloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards AACTA Awards March 5, 2021 Best International FilmBest International Direction Chloé ZhaoBest International ScreenplayBest International ActressFrances McDormandBest International Supporting ActorDavid StrathairnBest International Supporting ActressSwankie Critics' Choice Awards March 7, 2021Best PictureBest DirectorChloé ZhaoBest Adapted ScreenplayBest EditingBest ActressFrances McDormandBest CinematographyJoshua James Richards Detroit Film Critics Society March 8, 2021 Best Picture Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao USC Scripter Awards March 13, 2021 Film Chloé Zhao Austin Film Critics Association March 19, 2021Best Film Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Editing Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor David Strathairn Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 24, 2021Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesFrances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao Screen Actors Guild AwardsApril 4, 2021Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleFrances McDormand Directors Guild of America AwardsApril 10, 2021Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesChloé Zhao British Academy Film Awards April 11, 2021 Best Film Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Actress in a Leading Role Frances McDormand Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Best Sound Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel AwardsApril 16, 2021Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature FilmSergio Díaz and Zach Seivers ACE Eddie Awards April 17, 2021 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Chloé Zhao American Society of Cinematographers April 18, 2021 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Joshua James Richards Dorian Awards April 18, 2021Best Film Best DirectorChloé Zhao Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) Best Film Performance – Actress Frances McDormand Most Visually Striking Film Independent Spirit AwardsApril 22, 2021Best FeatureMollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé ZhaoBest DirectorChloé ZhaoBest Female LeadFrances McDormandBest CinematographyJoshua James RichardsBest EditingChloé Zhao Academy Awards April 25, 2021 Best Picture Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao Best Director Chloé Zhao Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Adapted Screenplay Chloé Zhao Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards Best Film Editing Chloé Zhao Belgian Film Critics AssociationJanuary 8, 2022 Grand Prix Grande Prêmio do Cinema BrasileiroAugust 10, 2022 Best International Film
See also 2020 in film List of awards and nominations received by Chloé Zhao List of awards and nominations received by Frances McDormand
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