Nomadland Named Best Picture by Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland has been named Best Picture by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society at their annual Sierra Awards. The film also picked up Best Actress for Frances McDormand, Best Director for Zhao, and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards. Full list of winners below.

Best Picture
“Nomadland”

LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2020
1. Nomadland
2. Sound of Metal
3. Promising Young Woman 
4. Minari
5. The Outpost
6. Selah and the Spades
7. Da 5 Bloods
8. Mank
9. The Trial of the Chicago 7
10. Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”

Best Actress
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Best Supporting Actress
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”

Best Director
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Original Screenplay
Shaka King & Will Berson, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami”

Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”

Best Film Editing
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, “Sound of Metal”

Best Score
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste, “Soul”

Best Song
“Fight For You,” by H.E.R., D’Mile & Tiara Thomas, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Best Documentary
“Boys State”

Best Animated Film
“Soul”

Best Foreign Film
“Another Round” – Denmark

Best Costume Design
Ann Roth, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Art Direction
“Mank”

Best Visual Effects
“The Invisible Man”

Best Action Film
“Birds of Prey”

Best Comedy
“Palm Springs”

Best Horror/Sci-Fi
“The Invisible Man”

Best Family Film
“Soul”

Breakout Filmmaker
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Male Youth Performance (under 21)
Alan S. Kim, “Minari”  

Best Female Youth Performance (under 21)
Millie Bobby Brown, “Enola Holmes”

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Rita Moreno

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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