Detroit Film Critics Society Announces 2020 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2020 nominees in thirteen categories. This year, to to the pandemic, the period during which a film could be released and considered for the awards was extended through February 28, 2021. Also included this year (and not in the past), are films that streamed because they could be released theatrically. The winners will be announced on Monday, March 8, 2021.
The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in the Spring of 2007 and consists of a group of 18 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; and Toledo, Ohio.
Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music/Sound.
From these submissions, each entry was assigned a point value and the top five entries in each category were placed on the final ballot. The final ballots will now be given to each critic to rank in order. The results will be tabulated, and the winners will be announced on Monday, March 8, 2021.
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The Nominations for 2020
as picked by the Detroit Film Critics Society
(nominees are listed in alphabetical order)
BEST PICTURE
- First Cow
- Minari
- Nomadland
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST DIRECTOR
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Regina King, One Night in Miami
- Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
- Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
- 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
- Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Christopher Abbott, Possessor
- Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
- 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
- Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman, The Father
- Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
BEST ENSEMBLE
- Da 5 Bloods
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Minari
- One Night in Miami
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
BREAKTHROUGH
- Maria Bakalova, Actress (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Jasmine Batchelor, Actress (The Surrogate)
- Radha Blank, Actress/Writer/Director/Producer (The Forty Year-Old Version)
- Orion Lee, Actor (First Cow)
- Wunmi Mosaku, Actress (His House)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
- Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
- Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond, First Cow
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Shaka King, Will Berson, Judas and the Black Messiah
- Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal
- Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- All In: Fight for Democracy
- Boys State
- Dick Johnson Is Dead
- The Dissident
- Time
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- The Croods: A New Age
- Onward
- Over the Moon
- Soul
- Wolfwalkers
BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND
- News of the World
- Possessor
- Soul
- Sound of Metal
- Tenet
The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2020-2021 season in alphabetical order are: Nate Adams – The Clinton Local, Paul Arlon – The Downtown Monitor; Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade; Jonathan Barkan – jonathanbarkan.com, George Elkind – Metro Times; Christopher Giroux – Moviereelist.com; Corey Hall – Metro Times, WDET; Michelle Kisner – spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com; Warren Pierce – WJR Radio; Greg Russell – WDIV-TV Detroit & Movie Show Plus; Tom Santilli – CriticLee Speaking and Movie Show Plus; Debbie Schlussel – Sirius XM Larry the Cable Guy Show; Perry Seibert – WLBY-The Lucy Ann Lance show; John Serba – johnserbaatlarge.com; MontiLee Stormer – Moviereelist.com; Lee Thomas – Critic Lee Speaking, Fox 2; Mike Tyrkus – CinemaNerdz.com and VideoHound’s Golden MovieRetriever; Carl Wheeler – thereelgodfather.com; and Chris Williams – michigansportsandentertainment.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ruth Daniels at (248) 910-8796 OR ruthfdaniels@gmail.com
More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com
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