Online Film Critics Society Awards 2020 Explained

The 24th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on January 25, 2021.^{[1] [2] [3]} The nominations were announced on January 19, 2021.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Da 5 Bloods received the most nominations with eight, winning Best Actor for Delroy Lindo. Nomadland won all six of its nominations, including Best Picture.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
Nomadland Da 5 Bloods Promising Young Woman Never Rarely Sometimes Always First Cow Minari Sound of Metal I'm Thinking of Ending Things Soul The Trial of the Chicago 7	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Best Actor	Best Actress
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green (posthumous) Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Young Woman Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callahan Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway (posthumous) Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe	Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
Best Animated Feature	Best Film Not in the English Language
Soul Onward Over the Moon The Wolf House Wolfwalkers	Minari (United States) Another Round (Denmark) Bacurau (Brazil) Collective (Romania) La Llorona (Guatemala)
Best Documentary	Best Debut Feature
Dick Johnson Is Dead Boys State Collective The Painter and the Thief Time	Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version Regina King – One Night in Miami... Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami... Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Kirk Baxter – Mank Adam Gough – Da 5 Bloods Jennifer Lame – Tenet
Best Original Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul Terence Blanchard – Da 5 Bloods Ludwig Göransson – Tenet Emile Mosseri – Minari Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank

Special awards

Technical Achievement Awards

• Emma. – Costume Design
• The Invisible Man – Visual Effects
• Mank – Production Design
• Sound of Metal – Sound Design
• Tenet – Visual Effects

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Rob Bottin (Makeup Artist)
• David Byrne (Composer)
• Jane Fonda (Actor)
• Jean-Luc Godard (Director)
• Frederick Wiseman (Documentarian)

Special Achievement Awards

• Small Axe – Director Steve McQueen created a series of films for the small screen that rivals the best of the theatrical features of the year, that can be seen individually and yet work together to explore a cultural experience largely unseen on big screens, television, or streaming to date.
• Distributor Kino Lorber, for being the first company to offer virtual film distribution as a way to help independent theaters during the pandemic through the Kino Marquee.
• Kudos to the independent theater entities that participated in presenting "Virtual Cinema" when forced to close due to the pandemic. Films that otherwise may not have been seen were made available through online platforms, with ticket prices shared by the distributor with the theater.

Non-U.S. Releases

• A Beast in Love (Japan)
• The Disciple (India)
• Ghosts (Turkey)
• Mogul Mowgli (United Kingdom)
• New Order (Mexico)
• Notturno (Italy)
• Rocks (United Kingdom)
• Saint Maud (United Kingdom)
• Summer of 85 (France)
• Undine (Germany)

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	Da 5 Bloods
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"	6	Minari
Nomadland
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"	5	Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Promising Young Woman
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"	4	First Cow
Mank
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="5"	3	I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
One Night in Miami...
Soul
Tenet
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"	2	Collective
The Father

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Nomadland
scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"	2	Promising Young Woman
Soul

External links

• • 2020 Awards (24th Annual) at ofcs.org

Notes and References

1. OFCS Presents: 24th Annual Awards for 2022 . . January 25, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
2. Web site: Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) award 'Nomadland' Best Picture, Director, Actress . Erik . Anderson . AwardsWatch . January 25, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
3. Web site: The 2020 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Winners . Matt . Neglia . Next Best Picture . January 25, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
4. OFCS Presents: 24th Annual Nominations for 2022 . . January 19, 2020 . January 19, 2020.
5. Web site: Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) nominations: 'Da 5 Bloods' leads . Erik . Anderson . AwardsWatch . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021.
6. Web site: The 2020 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Nominations . Matt . Neglia . Next Best Picture . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021.