The 2020 International Film Society Critics Nominations Are Here!

It's been a long and tumultuous year in 2020 but we were still blessed with a wealth of good films, and due to being home more often, we also had a chance to see a lot of them as well. And no one took as much advantage of this as the members of the International Film Society Critics Association. Through early screeners, drive-ins, and digital streaming platforms, the IFSCA were never not without access to a slew of films. And thanks to that, they were able to compile an impressive list of nominees for the inaugural IFSCA AWARDS.

The nominees were announced on Twitter and Instagram on February 28th and March 1st, 2021. The film leading the way is debut director Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman which scored a massive 13 nominations! Following behind it is another film from a debut director, Regina King's One Night in Miami which landed 9 nominations, and both Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods and George C Wolfe's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom garnered 8 nominations each.

Winners for the IFSCA AWARDS will be announced on March 28th, 2021.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Actor

Mads Mikkelson – Another Round

Chadwick Boseman- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Zendaya – Malcolm and Marie

Sydney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Carrie Coon – The Nest

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Elizabeth Moss – The Invisible Man

Best Director

Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best First Feature

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Regina King – One Night in Miami

Darius Marder – Sound of Metal

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

Shannon Murphy - Babyteeth

Radha Blank's relentlessly funny film, "The Forty-Year-Old Version" racked up 3 nominations.

Best Supporting Actor

Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Colman Domingo – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami

Bill Murray – On The Rocks

Best Supporting Actress

Olivia Coleman – The Father

Toni Collette – I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Olivia Cooke – Sound of Metal

Best Original Score

Soul

Minari

On The Rocks

Tenet

Da 5 Bloods

Best Costume Design

One Night in Miami

Emma

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Promising Young Woman

Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Sound Design

Sound of Metal

The Invisible Man

Da 5 Bloods

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The Vast of Night

Best Original Song

“Speak Now” - One Night in Miami

“Húsavík” - Eurovision Song Contest

"Uh Oh" – Promising Young Woman

“Last Laugh” - Promising Young Woman

“Poverty Porn” - The Forty-Year-Old Version

“Can’t Help The Way I Feel” - Promising Young Woman

Best Casting

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Da 5 Bloods

One Night In Miami

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

Best Visual Effects

The Invisible Man

Possessor

Tenet

Palm Springs

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

The Midnight Sky

Could Elizabeth Moss be looking at a win?

Best Animated Feature

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Onward

Earwig and the Witch

The Wolf House

Best Documentary

TIME

Collective

Mucho Mucho Amor

Boys State

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Best Editing

The Invisible Man

First Cow

Promising Young Woman

Nomadland

Tenet

Best Cinematography

First Cow

Nomadland

Another Round

Da 5 Bloods

The Nest

Tenet

Best Ensemble

One Night In Miami

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Promising Young Woman

Da 5 Bloods

Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay

Shirley

One Night In Miami

The Invisible Man

Nomadland

First Cow

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Original Screenplay

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Promising Young Woman

Soul

The Forty-Year-Old Version

On The Rocks

Another Round

Best Picture

Promising Young Woman

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

First Cow

Nomadland

Another Round

Minari

One Night in Miami

Sound of Metal

Soul

Da 5 Bloods

Wonderful, Wonderful Minari

2020 Special Honor Awards

Best Digital Streaming Platform

Amazon Prime

Netflix

Hulu

HBO Max

Filmin

Exceeding (One-Inch) Barriers - Awarded to the international film that had the best crossover appeal in any country.

Another Round

A Sun

Collective

Identifying Features

Wolfwalkers

Legacy Award - Awarded to the person who put forth quality work in the year 2020 that has left an impact on film.

Chadwick Boseman

Elizabeth Moss

Steve McQueen

Riz Ahmed

Robert Pattinson

Kemp Powers

Golden Star Award - Awarded to an actor under the age of 18 who delivered a standout performance and has a bright future ahead.

Alan Kim - Minari

Alexis Chikaeze – Miss Juneteenth

Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Honor Kneafsey - Wolfwalkers

Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead

Helena Zengel – News of the World

Results:

Another Round – 5 Nominations

A Sun – 1 Nomination

Babyteeth – 1 Nomination

Birds of Prey – 1 Nomination

Boys State – 1 Nomination

Collective – 2 Nominations

Da 5 Bloods – 8 Nominations

Earwig and the Witch – 1 Nomination

Emma – 1 Nomination

Eurovision Song Contest – 1 Nomination

The Father – 1 Nomination

First Cow – 5 Nominations

The Forty-Year-Old Version – 3 Nominations

Identifying Features – 1 Nomination

I’m Thinking of Ending Things – 2 Nominations

The Invisible Man – 5 Nominations

Judas and the Black Messiah – 1 Nomination

The Life Ahead – 1 Nomination

Malcolm and Marie – 1 Nomination

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – 8 Nominations

The Midnight Sky – 1 Nomination

Minari – 6 Nominations

Miss Juneteenth – 1 Nomination

The Nest – 2 Nominations

News of the World – 1 Nomination

Never Rarely Sometimes Always – 5 Nominations

Nomadland – 6 Nominations

One Night In Miami – 9 Nominations

On The Rocks – 3 Nominations

Onward – 1 Nomination

Palm Springs – 1 Nomination

Possessor – 1 Nomination

Promising Young Woman – 13 Nominations

Shirley – 1 Nomination

Soul – 5 Nominations

Sound of Metal – 7 Nominations

Tenet – 4 Nominations

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo – 1 Nomination

TIME – 1 Nomination

The Vast of Night – 1 Nomination

The Wolf House – 1 Nomination

Wolfwalkers – 3 Nominations

You Cannot Kill David Arquette – 1 Nomination