San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2020

25th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 11, 2021
Site	San Diego, California, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	Promising Young Woman
Most awards	The 40-Year-Old Version / Nomadland / Promising Young Woman / Sound of Metal (2)
Most nominations	Sound of Metal (8)

The 25th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 11, 2021. The nominations were announced on January 8, 2021 with Sound of Metal leading the nominations with 8.[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold while the runner-ups and nominees for each category are listed under them.

Chloé Zhao, Best Director winner

Riz Ahmed, Best Actor winner

Carey Mulligan, Best Actress winner

Youn Yuh-jung, Best Supporting Actress winner

Christopher Hampton, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Best Film	Best Director
Promising Young Woman Runner-Up: Sound of Metal Black Bear First Cow Nomadland One Night in Miami	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Florian Zeller – The Father
Best Actor	Best Actress
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Runner-Up: Anthony Hopkins – The Father Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Brian Dennehy – Driveways Steven Yeun – Minari	Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Runner-Up: Frances McDormand – Nomadland Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Aubrey Plaza – Black Bear
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal Runner-Up: Peter Macdissi – Uncle Frank Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Frank Langella – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Bill Murray – On the Rocks	Youn Yuh-jung – Minari Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chloé Zhao – Nomadland	Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Runner-Up: Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder, and Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Sofia Coppola – On the Rocks
Best Breakthrough Artist	Best Comedic Performance
Radha Blank – The 40-Year-Old Version Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman	Radha Blank – The 40-Year-Old Version Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Runner-Up: Bill Murray – On the Rocks Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Andy Samberg – Palm Springs
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary Film
Wolfwalkers Runner-Up: Over the Moon Onward Soul Trolls World Tour	Time Runner-Up: The Social Dilemma Athlete A My Octopus Teacher Rewind
Best International Film	Best Ensemble
The Life Ahead Runner-Up: The Platform Another Round Martin Eden Sputnik	One Night in Miami Runner-Up: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Da 5 Bloods Palm Springs Uncle Frank
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Runner-Up: Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet Dariusz Wolski – News of the World	Andy Canny – The Invisible Man Runner-Up: Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Andrew Dickler and Matthew Friedman – Palm Springs Jennifer Lame – Tenet Matthew L. Weiss – Black Bear
Best Costumes	Best Production Design
Alexandra Byrne – Emma Runner-Up: Erin Benach – Birds of Prey April Napier – First Cow Ann Roth – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Trish Summerville – Mank	Donald Graham Burt – Mank Runner-Up: Molly Hughes – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Runner-Up: Shane Valentino – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Nathan Crowley – Tenet Kave Quinn – Emma
Best Use of Music	Best Visual Effects
Hamilton Runner-Up: David Byrne's American Utopia Runner-Up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Da 5 Bloods Sound of Metal	Tenet Runner-Up: The Invisible Man Birds of Prey Greyhound The Midnight Sky Sputnik

Best Body of Work

Steve McQueen for the Small Axe film series (Mangrove, Lover's Rock, Red, White and Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education)

References

"San Diego Film Critics Society 2020 Awards Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
"2020 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

External links

Official Site

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[1] "San Diego Film Critics Society 2020 Awards Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

[2] "2020 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

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