Nomadland Cleans Up at Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

Doug Jamieson January 1, 2021

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland dominated the field at the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association end-of-year Film Awards with five wins from its six nominations including Best Picture. Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal picked up four awards including Best Actor for Riz Ahmed. Full list of winners below.

Best Picture

Nomadland

Best Foreign Language Film

Minari (United States)

Best Animated Film

Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary

Time

Best Director

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actress

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Original Screenplay

Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Cinematography

Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

Best Editing

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Score

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Soul

Breakthrough Performance

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Breakthrough Director

Darius Marder – Sound of Metal

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.

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