More prizes: IFMCA, Nevada, Utah, Seattle, Dallas Ft Worth, and Washington DC

by Nathaniel R

The awards for 2020 cinema aren't done yet! First things first the British Independent Film Awards were held so we've updated that post to reflect their winners. Rocks was the big winner with five wins but The Father far behind it in nomination totals, won three.

Now here are five more new sets of critics groups from Nevada, Utah, Seattle, Dallas Ft Worth, DC. There are no new names or titles winning except for Nevada honoring Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy and The Father in Screenplay and Seattle's choice of Documentary (The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition). Utah goes slightly off consensus preferring both Minari and One Night in Miami to Nomadland in the top Picture/Director categories. Utah also has two unusual choices in runners up positions like Lukasz Zal for cinematography and Cristin Milioti for Palm Springs for a genre performance category. We'd congratulate Utah on their good taste except that they also declare that Chicago 7 was better written and edited than Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal/Tenet respectively so you win some you lose some.

But first let's start with the International Film Music Critics Association winners since by its nature, it's forced to be different from the other awards being passed out at the moment...

Interational Film Music Critics Association

Score of the Year THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, music by Christopher Willis

Composer of the Year DANIEL PEMBERTON

Breakthrough Composer of the Year THOMAS CLAY

Film Music Composition of the Year "Main Title" from THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT Carlos Rafael Rivera

Original Score, Drama Film FUKUSHIMA 50, music by Tarō Iwashiro

Original Score, Comedy THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, music by Christopher Willis

Original Score, Action/Adventure THE CALL OF THE WILD, music by John Powell

Original Score Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror WONDER WOMAN 1984, music by Hans Zimmer

Original Score Animated Feature WOLFWALKERS, music by Bruno Coulais

Original Score for a Documentary DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET, music by Steven Price

Original Score Television THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT, music by Carlos Rafael Rivera

Original Score Video Game/Interactive Media MEDAL OF HONOR: ABOVE AND BEYOND, music by Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad

New Archival Release rerelease or rerecording KING OF KINGS, music by Miklós Rózsa; the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nic Raine; album produced by James Fitzpatrick; liner notes by Frank K. DeWald and James Fitzpatrick; album art direction by Nic Finch, Gareth Bevan, and James Fitzpatrick (Tadlow Music)

New Archival Release - Compilation JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA, music by John Williams; the Wiener Philharmoniker and Anne-Sophie Mutter conducted by John Williams; album produced by Bernhard Güttler; liner notes by Otta Biba; album art direction by Büro Dirk Rudolph (Deutsche Grammophon)

Film music Record Label of the Year QUARTET RECORDS, José M. Benitez

Nevada Film Critics Society

Best Picture: Promising Young Woman

Best Director: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor: [tie] Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal and Anthony Hopkins, The Father 

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actress: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay: Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Tenet

Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt Mank

Best Visual FX: Tenet

Best Documentary Feature: The Dissident

Best Animated Feature: Soul

Utah Film Critics Society

Best Picture: Minari
Runner-up: Soul

Best Director: Regina King, One Night in Miami…
Runner-up: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Best Actor: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Runners-up: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and StevenYeun, Minari

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Runner-up: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami…
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Runner-up: Cristin Milioti, Palm Springs

Best Original Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Runner-up: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Runner-up: Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami..

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Runner-up: Lukasz Zal, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul
Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, Tenet

Best Film Editing: Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Runners-up: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal and Jennifer Lame, Tenet

Best Documentary Feature: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Runner-up: Time

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers
Runner-up: Soul

Best Non-English Language Feature: Another Round
Runner-up: Bacarau

 

Seattle Film Critics Society

Best Picture: Nomadland

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Ensemble Cast: Da 5 Bloods

Best Action Choreography: Tenet

Best Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

Best Costume Design: Ann Roth, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt Mank

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul

Best Film Editing: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Visual FX: Tenet

Best Documentary Feature: The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

Best Non-English Language Feature: Minari

Villain of the Year: Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) in The Invisible Man

Dallas Ft Worth Film Critics Association

Best Picture: Nomadland
full top ten

1. Nomadland
2. Promising Young Woman
3. Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Minari
5. One Night in Miami
6. Mank
7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
8. Sound of Metal
9. Da 5 Bloods
10. First Cow

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Runner-up: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Runners up: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Runner Up: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Runner-up: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Runner up: Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami…

Best Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Runner up: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Runner-up: Erik Messerschmidt, Mank

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Runner-up: James Newton Howard, News of the World

Best Documentary Feature: Time
Runner up: Dick Johnson Is Dead

Best Animated Feature: Soul
Runner up: Wolfwalkers

Best Non-English Language Feature: Minari
Runner-up: Another Round

Washington DC Film Critics Association

Best Picture: Nomadland

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami

Best Ensemble Cast: One Night in Miami

Best Voice Acting: Jamie Foxx, Soul

Best Youth Performance: Alan S Kim, Minari

Best Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay: Chloe Zhao, Nomadlan

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt Mank

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, Soul

Best Film Editing: Jennifer Lame, Tenet

Best Documentary Feature: Boys State

Best Animated Feature: Soul

Best International Film: Another Round

Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington DC: Wonder Woman 1984

Comments

[CALonBway92]

LOL Seattle WOULD pick the doc that's about their big Baseball team. How completely obnoxious.

[Tim]

I know.

[whunk]

Critics worldwide may have to censure the Nevada group over the Hillbilly love, like an angry GOP.

[Michael R]

Really digging all the love for Promising Young Woman. My favorite film of last year. Mulligan can win the Oscar 😊

[Jesus Alonso]

Supporting Actress at this point may look like a 3 way race

Bakalova
Close
Youn

I could see Seyfried surprising, though... but I have the feeling that this is Bakalova's to lose and we'll know (if the three are nominated, because oddly enough I don't think any of them is locked by any means for a nomination) if Make Up is given first and is won by Hillbilly Elegy, THEN, Close might win as well.

Youn... reality check: she's a veteran foreign language performance... when was the last time that a supporting actress performance was for a non-english performance? It would break all stats, her victory... plus, they tend always to vote for the younger, unless the award is seen as a career achievement (Close).

But I think this is a Goldie Hawn, Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino year...

[Jesus Alonso]

and I am sorry because it feels like I am spaming in the Supporting Actress race, but it's the most exciting and unpredictable race in a decade?

[OpinionGiver]

Hilarious how Soul was runner-up for best picture in Utah, but didn't even win best animated picture.

[Jesus Alonso]

@Opiniongiver

It seems some critics groups have kind of uncompatibility between Picture/Animated/Documentary/Foreign. If they give it Picture or runner up, they would give the other winner and runner up to other two (probably to raise attention to more obscure films)

I may be wrong, though

[thevoid99]

Oscars will give it to the old hillbilly bitch. Sigh. *punches wall*

[whunk]

@thevoid99: I hope you hurt your hand, badly.

[NATHANIEL R]

Opiniongiver & Jesus -- some critics groups have rules about winning multiple prizes (as some festivals do, as well) which might be what happened there. Usually if it's a straight vote from a nominee pool you won't end up with weird results like that. but when it's a discussion based more "jury" style group like oh NYFCC or LAFCA where people are in the room arguing you'll sometimes see incongruities like. I personally love them (though i get why others wouldn't) because it's a "share the wealth" mentality and there's nothing that annoys me moree than sweeps.

[JW]

Is Daniel pulling ahead in supporting actor being a later release.
Or does Sacha win as body of work and being in the best picture front runner / runner up.
Think Leslie is winning song and not supporting anymore.

[Glenn Dunks]

Good on THE HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS.

[Sheridan]

Finally a critics group win for Close. Good on you, Mamaw!

I know Close is divisive esp. here on TFE and I don't think we can convince a group to think what the other group thinks/wants. Although I am more of a casual fan of Close, I think her Mamaw is solid and deserving of the Oscar. Tough luck that her well-calibrated perf is in a film mostly loved by general viewers and unloved by critics, but Nevada is the first one to dare name her as their pick for her category.

[Amy Camus]

I always enjoy the IFMCA nominations. They aren't trying to give a surreptitious "Best Film" award , just award the best music, and their taste is better than the Academy's (usually). This year not one of their finalists made the Academy shortlist: The Call of the Wild, Enola Holmes, Fukushima 50, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Wonder Woman 1984. About half of the Academy's shortlist did show up in the genre categories, though. I also like their 2 archival categories. I like those old lush Hollywood scores, especially for Biblical epics, and it's good to get recommendations for re-recordings in improved sound.