Promising Young Woman Leads Hollywood Critics Association Nominations

Promising Young Woman

Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman leads the way at the nominations for the Hollywood Film Critics Association‘s 4th Annual HCA Film Awards with nine nods including Best Picture. Elsewhere, Regina King’s One Night in Miami picked up eight nominations, while George C Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and David Fincher’s Mank received seven nominations each.

The winners will be announced in a virtual awards ceremony streaming on the official HCA Facebook page and YouTube channel on March 5, beginning at 5pm PT/8pm ET.

Best Picture

Da 5 Bloods 
Judas and The Black Messiah
Minari 
Nomadland 
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman 
Soul 
Sound of Metal 
The Father 
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man 
Frances McDormand – Nomadland 
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie 

Best Supporting Actor

Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman 
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah 
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Amanda Seyfried – Mank 
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy 
Olivia Colman – The Father
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

Best Animated or VFX Performance 

Ben Schwartz – Sonic the Hedgehog
Cathy Ang – Over the Moon
Honor Kneafsey – Wolfwalkers 
Jamie Foxx – Soul
Tina Fey – Soul 

Best Male Director

Darius Marder – Sound of Metal 
David Fincher – Mank 
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari 
Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah 
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

Best Female Director

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Regina King – One Night In Miami
Sofia Coppola – On the Rocks

Best Original Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of The Chicago 7 
Abraham Marder & Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Andy Siara – Palm Springs
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller – The Father 
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow 
Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Best Cast Ensemble

Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
The Prom
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best First Feature

Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth 
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal 
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Radha Blank – The 40-Year-Old Version
Regina King – One Night In Miami 

Best Animated Film

Onward 
Over The Moon
Soul
The Croods: A New Age
Wolfwalkers

Best International Film

Another Round
Bacurau 
I’m No Longer Here
La Llorona
Two of Us 

Best Documentary

All In: The Fight For Democracy 
Boys State
Class Action Park 
Dick Johnson is Dead
Time 

Best Action

Bad Boys for Life 
Birds of Prey
Extraction
Tenet
The Old Guard

Best Blockbuster

Birds of Prey
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tenet
The Old Guard 
Wonder Woman 1984

Best Comedy/Musical

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
On the Rocks 
Palm Springs 
The Personal History of David Copperfield 
The Prom 

Best Horror

Freaky
His House
Host
Relic 
The Invisible Man

Best Indie Film 

Black Bear 
First Cow 
Minari 
Miss Juneteenth
Palm Springs

Best Short Film

Burrow
Canvas
Cops And Robbers
If Anything Happens, I Love You
The Heart Still Hums

Best Cinematography 

Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
Dariusz Wolski – News of The World
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
Hoyte van Hoytema – Tenet
Martin Ruhe – The Midnight Sky

Best Stunts

Birds of Prey
Extraction
Tenet
The Old Guard
Wonder Woman 1984

Best Score

Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross – Mank
Emile Mosseri – Minari
James Newton Howard – News of The World
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul
Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky

Best Original Song

Husavik (My Hometown) – Eurovision Song Contest
Rocket to the Moon – Over the Moon
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
Turntables – All In: The Fight for Democracy
Wear Your Crown – The Prom

Best Hair & Makeup

Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee – Birds of Prey
Eryn Krueger, Mekash Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle – Hillbilly Elegy
Kimberley Spiteri, Colleen LaBaff, Gigi Williams, and Michelle Audrina Kim – Mank
Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry, Sian Richards, Deidra Dixon and Jamika Wilson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Angela Wells and Daniel Curet – Promising Young Woman

Best Costume Design

Erin Benach – Birds of Prey
Alexandra Byrne – Emma
Trish Summerville – Mank
Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Suzie Harman – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Production Design

Kave Quinn – Emma
Donald Graham Burt – Mank
Mark Ricker – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Cristina Casali – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Jamie Walker McCall – The Prom

Best Film Editing

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Frédéric Thoraval – Promising Young Woman
Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father
Andy Canny – The Invisible Man
Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects

Kevin Souls and Thrain Shadbolt – Birds of Prey
Ged Wright – Sonic the Hedgehog
Andrew Jackson – Tenet
Jonathan Dearing – The Invisible Man
Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, and Max Solomon – The Midnight Sky

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.