2020 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 46th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2020.

46th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 20, 2020
Highlights
Best Picture	Small Axe

Winners

Chloé Zhao, Best Director winner

Chadwick Boseman, Best Actor winner

Carey Mulligan, Best Actress winner

Glynn Turman, Best Supporting Actor winner

Youn Yuh-jung, Best Supporting Actress winner

Emerald Fennell, Best Screenplay winner

• Best Film:
  • Small Axe
    • Runner-up: Nomadland
• Best Director:
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
    • Runner-up: Steve McQueen – Small Axe
• Best Actor:
  • Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Runner-up: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
• Best Actress:
  • Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
    • Runner-up: Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Runner up: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
    • Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank
• Best Screenplay:
  • Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
    • Runner-up: Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Best Cinematography:
  • Shabier Kirchner – Small Axe
    • Runner-up: Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
• Best Editing:
  • Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father
    • Runner-up: Gabriel Rhodes – Time
• Best Production Design:
  • Donald Graham Burt – Mank
    • Runner-up: Sergey Ivanov – Beanpole
• Best Music Score:
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul
    • Runner-up: Mica Levi – Lovers Rock
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Beanpole
    • Runner-up: Martin Eden
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Time
    • Runner-up: Collective
• Best Animation:
  • Wolfwalkers
    • Runner-up: Soul
• New Generation Award:
  • Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Harry Belafonte and Hou Hsiao-hsien
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • John Gianvito – Her Socialist Smile
• Legacy Award:
  • Norman Lloyd