# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2020

16th AFCA Awards
Best Film:
Minari
The 16th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2020, were announced on March 19, 2021.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman First Cow Never Rarely Sometimes Always One Night in Miami... Palm Springs and Sound of Metal (TIE) The Invisible Man and Mank (TIE) | Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Chloé Zhao – Nomadland |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun – Minari | Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Frances McDormand – Nomadland Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... Paul Raci – Sound of Metal David Strathairn – Nomadland Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Youn Yuh-jung – Minari Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Olivia Colman – The Father Amanda Seyfried – Mank Helena Zengel – News of the World |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Palm Springs – Andy Siara Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell Sound of Metal – Darius Marder and Abraham Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin | Nomadland – Chloé Zhao The Father – Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers |
| Best Film Editing | Best Ensemble |
| Nomadland - Chloé Zhao The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos Mank - Kirk Baxter Tenet – Jennifer Lame Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen | Minari Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One Night in Miami... The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Wolfwalkers Onward Over the Moon A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Soul | Minari Another Round Bacurau Beanpole La Llorona |
| Best First Film | Best Documentary |
| Promising Young Woman Miss Juneteenth One Night in Miami... Palm Springs The 40-Year-Old Version | Boys State Collective Crip Camp Dick Johnson Is Dead Time |
| Best Cinematography | Best Score |
| Nomadland – Joshua James Richards Da 5 Bloods – Newton Thomas Sigel Mank – Erik Messerschmidt Minari – Lachlan Milne Tenet – Hoyte van Hoytema | Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri Tenet – Ludwig Göransson |
| Best Stunts | Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance |
| The Invisible Man Birds of Prey Extraction The Old Guard Tenet | Elisabeth Moss - The Invisible Man Luke Davis - The Invisible Man Andrew Jackson - Tenet Oliver Jackson-Cohen - The Invisible Man Matt Kasmir - The Midnight Sky Terry Notary - The Call of the Wild |
| Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Austin Film Award |
| Radha Blank – The 40-Year-Old Version Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Alan S. Kim – Minari Cathy Yan – Birds of Prey | Greenland – Ric Roman Waugh Bull – Annie Silverstein The Orange Years – Adam Sweeney Pahokee – Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas We Can Be Heroes – Robert Rodriguez |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| Honoring Miss Juneteenth with a "Texas Spirit" award, for exemplifying the creative output of the film industry here in the Lone Star State, as well as embodying the character of our community. ||