Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2020

25th FFCC Awards

December 21, 2020

Best Picture:
First Cow

The 25th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards were held on December 21, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The nominations were announced on December 17, 2020, led by Nomadland and Minari with six nominations each.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Chloé Zhao, Best Director winner

Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor winner

Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner

Maria Bakalova, Best Supporting Actress winner

Charlie Kaufman, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Sidney Flanigan, Breakout Award winner

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

Best Picture	Best Director
First Cow Runner-up: Minari Runner-up: Nomadland Runner-up: The Trial of the Chicago 7	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Florian Zeller – The Father
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Anthony Hopkins – The Father* as Anthony** Runner-up: John Magaro – First Cow as Otis "Cookie" Figowitz Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green	*Frances McDormand – Nomadland* as Fern** Runner-up: Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Runner-up: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas Carrie Coon – The Nest as Allison O'Hara Elisabeth Moss – Shirley as Shirley Jackson
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Paul Raci – Sound of Metal* as Joe** Runner-up: Brian Dennehy – Driveways as Del Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane	*Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* as Tutar Sagdiyev** Runner-up: Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja Jane Adams – She Dies Tomorrow as Jane Charlene Swankie – Nomadland as Swankie
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Runner-up: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Runner-up: Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton – The Father	Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers – Soul Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Jack Fincher – Mank
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary Film
Soul Runner-up: Wolfwalkers Over the Moon Ride Your Wave The Wolf House	You Don't Nomi Runner-up: Dick Johnson Is Dead David Byrne's American Utopia Gunda Time
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Ensemble
Los Fuertes Runner-up: Minari Dry Wind The Painted Bird Those Who Remained	Mangrove Runner-up: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari
Best Art Direction / Production Design	Best Cinematography
Donald Graham Burt and Dan Webster – Mank Runner-up: Adam Marshall – Lovers Rock Kirby Feagan – Shirley	Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Runner-up: Shabier Kirchner – Lovers Rock Viktor Kossakovsky and Egil Håskjold Larsen – Gunda Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet
Best Score	Best Visual Effects
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross – Soul Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson – Tenet Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky William Tyler – First Cow	Murray Barber – Possessor Runner-up: Andrew Jackson – Tenet Matt Kasmir and Chris Lawrence – The Midnight Sky
Best First Film	Breakout Award
Promising Young Woman Runner-up: The Father The Forty-Year-Old Version Relic Some Kind of Heaven	*Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always* as Autumn Callahan** Runner-up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Marin Ireland – The Dark and the Wicked as Louise Straker Lucas Jaye – Driveways as Cody Odessa Young – Shirley as Rose Nemser / Paula
The Golden Orange Award
Enzian Theater Amy Seimetz Keisha Rae Witherspoon

References

^ "2020 FFCC Winners" (Press release). Florida Film Critics Circle. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ Tangcay, Jazz (December 21, 2020). "Casting Society of America Sets Timeline for Artios Awards — Film News in Brief". Variety. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 21, 2020). "Florida Film Critics go for 'First Cow', 'Mangrove' and Chloé Zhao". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "2020 FFCC Nominations" (Press release). Florida Film Critics Circle. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 17, 2020). "Florida Film Critics Circle nominations: 'Nomadland', 'Minari' lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
^ Springer, Catherine (December 17, 2020). "Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations Led by 'Minari' and 'Nomadland'". Awards Radar. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "2020 FFCC Winners" (Press release). Florida Film Critics Circle. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[2] Tangcay, Jazz (December 21, 2020). "Casting Society of America Sets Timeline for Artios Awards — Film News in Brief". Variety. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[3] Anderson, Erik (December 21, 2020). "Florida Film Critics go for 'First Cow', 'Mangrove' and Chloé Zhao". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[4] "2020 FFCC Nominations" (Press release). Florida Film Critics Circle. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

[5] Anderson, Erik (December 17, 2020). "Florida Film Critics Circle nominations: 'Nomadland', 'Minari' lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

[6] Springer, Catherine (December 17, 2020). "Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations Led by 'Minari' and 'Nomadland'". Awards Radar. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

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