“Nomadland” Named Best Picture of 2020 by Boston Film Critics

As we prepare for New York or Los Angeles film critics to announce their awards this week, their peers in Boston got a head start this afternoon.

The Boston Society of Film Critics started what will likely be a familiar refrain this awards season by selecting Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” as the Best Film of the year. Zhao also nabbed Best Director honors and Best Cinematography went to Joshua James Richards‘ Malick-Esque imagery in the film.

Zhao’s film is expected to take top honors at the aforementioned L.A. and NYC critics awards. Last week, “Nomadland” was named best movie of 2020 via a World of Reel poll of over 100 critics. It bested Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow,” which was also Boston’s runner-up for best film.

A24’s “Minari” took home two awards, Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-Jung) and Best Score (Emile Mosseri). Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” won the Best Ensemble award. Meanwhile, Sidney Flanigan took Best Actress for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” and Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for “The Father.”

Here is a complete list of this year’s winners:

Best Score: Emile Mosseri, “Minari”

Best Editing: Robert Frazen, “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things”
Runner up: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
Runner Up: Shabier Kirchner, “Lovers Rock”

Best Animated Film: “The Wolf House” (dir. Joaquin Cociña, Cristóbal León)
Runner Up: “Wolfwalker” (dir. Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)

Best Documentary: “Collective” (dir. Alexander Nanau)
Runner Up: “The Painter and the Thief” (dir. Benjamin Ree)

Best New Filmmaker: Florian Zeller, “The Father”
Runner Up: Autumn de Wilde, “Emma”

Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Runner Up: Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, “First Cow”

Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung, “Minari”
Runner Up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”

Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Runner Up: Brian Dennehy, “Driveways”

Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Runner Up: Julia Garner, “The Assistant”

Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Runner Up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”

Best Ensemble Cast: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Runner Up: “Minari”

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Runner Up: Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”

Best Film: “Nomadland”
Runner Up: “First Cow”

Non-English Language Film: “La Llorona” (dir. Jayro Bustamante)

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