Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Declared Best Film by Philadelphia Film Critics Circle

George C. Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has been declared Best Film by the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle. The film also won Best Actress for Viola Davis. Full list of winners and runners-up below.

Best Film
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-up: Da 5 Bloods

Best Foreign Film
Jumbo
Runner-up: La Llorona

Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

Best Documentary
Time
Runner-up: Dick Johnson Is Dead

Best Actress
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-up: Aubrey Plaza – Black Bear & Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (tie)

​Best Actor
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Runner-up: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Supporting Actress
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
​Runner-up:  Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

​Best Supporting Actor
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Runner-up: Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami

Best Animated Film
Soul
Runner-up: Wolfwalkers

Best Cinematography
Nomadland
Runner-up: First Cow

Best Breakthrough Performance
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Runner-up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Directorial Debut
Regina King – One Night In Miami
Runner-up: Andrew Patterson – The Vast Of Night

Best Screenplay
First Cow
Runner-up: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Soundtrack
Soul
Runner-up: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom