The 26th CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS – THE WINNERS

Here are the winner is…

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS 
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm  

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Alan Kim – Minari 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Minari

BEST COMEDY
Palm Springs

BEST SONG
Speak Now – One Night in Miami 

BEST SCORE
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul

Nomadland was the big winner in the film categories taking home four awards (Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography) as the love for Chloe Zhao’s film continues to shine through. Chadwick Boseman and Daniel Kaluuya continued their winning streaks after winning the Golden Globe and now the Critics Choice. Carey Mulligan and Maria Bakalova took home Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The best speech of the night may just have to go to Alan Kim, the young star of Minari. He was so happy he burst into tears when accepting his award for Best Young Actor/Actress. How will this shake up the Oscars and SAGs? It’s still anyone’s game for many of the categories. I think Boseman and Kaluuya are the only real strong frontrunners at this point.

The ceremony was virtual leading to some shaky internet connections and delayed acceptance speeches. This all makes sense given nominees were zooming in live from multiple countries and time zones across the world. Here’s hoping we can all be in person for next year’s ceremonies.