The recently-formed Sunset Film Critics Circle has announced the winners of their inaugural Sunset Circle Awards, with Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman taking home the top prize for Best Film. Elsewhere, Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal scooped up three awards including Best Actor for Riz Ahmed. Full list of winners and runners-up below.
Best Film
Promising Young Woman
(runner-up: Mank)
Best Director
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
(runner-up: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland)
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
(runner-up: Anthony Hopkins – The Father)
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
(runner-up: Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
(runner-up: Bill Burr – King of Staten Island)
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
(runner-up: Amy Adams – Hillbilly Elegy)
Best Ensemble
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
(runner-up: Hillbilly Elegy)
Best Screenplay
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller – The Father
(runner-up: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman)
Best Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank
(runner-up: Joshua James Richards – Nomadland)
Best Score
Ludwig Göransson – Tenet
(runner-up: Emile Mosseri – Minari)
Director to Watch
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
(runner-up: Rose Glass – Saint Maud)
Scene-Stealer
Michael Keaton – The Trial of the Chicago 7
(runner-up: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Breakthrough
Orion Lee – First Cow
(runner-up: Kiera Allen – Run)
