Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods leads the way at the nominations from the North Carolina Film Critics Association with seven nods including Best Narrative Feature and Best Director. Winners will be announced on 4th January. Full nominations list below.
Best Narrative Film
Da 5 Bloods
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
David Strathairn – Nomadland
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova – Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Toni Collette – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Original Screenplay
Danny Bilson; Paul De Meo; Kevin Willmott; Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Jack Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jon Raymond; Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami
Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods
Dariusz Wolski – News of the World
Best Music
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
Soul
Tenet
Best Special Effects
The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984
Best Foreign Language Film
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
La Llorona
Night of the Kings
Best Documentary
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time
Best Restoration (film or home video release)
Beau Travail (The Criterion Collection)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Warner Bros.)
Mädchen in Uniform (Kino Lorber)
Native Son (Kino Lorber)
Roman Holiday (Paramount Home Entertainment)
Ken Hanke Memorial Tarheel Award
The Dancin’ Bulldogs — Film
Will Patton (Minari) — Performer
Gary Wheeler — Producer/Industry Professional