Nomadland won Best Picture distinction at the 55th National Society of Film Critics Awards. Nomadland led the way by topping four categories, the others being Best Director for Chloรฉ Zhao, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.
Delroy Lindo won Best Actor for Da 5 Bloods. Best Supporting Actress and Actor laurels went to Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Movie Film and Paul Raci for Sound of Metal, respectively.
Eliza Hittman penned the Best Screenplay for Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
Best Nonfiction Film was Time. The Best Foreign-Language Film honor went to Collective.
Winners were announced on the National Society of Film Critics Twitter account as each category was voted upon during a judging meeting on Saturday (1/9). Voters listed their first, second and third choices in each category with points assigned accordingly. Here’s a rundown of the results with final vote totals, including the runners-up in each category:
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
NOMADLAND (52 points)
Runners-up: FIRST COW (50 points)
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (41 points)
Best Director
Chloรฉ Zhao, NOMADLAND (58 points)
Runners-up: Steve McQueen, SMALL AXE (41 points)
Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (30 points)
Best Foreign-Language Film
COLLECTIVE (38 points)
Runners-up: BACURAU and BEANPOLE (36 points)
VITALINA VARELA (32 points)
Best Nonfiction Film
TIME (46 points)
Runners-up: CITY HALL (28 points)
COLLECTIVE (22 points)
Best Actress
Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND (46 points)
Runners-up: Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (33 points)
Sidney Flanigan, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (29 points)
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (47 points)
Runners-up: Amanda Seyfried, MANK (40 points)
Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI (33 points)
Best Actor
Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS (52 points)
Runners-up: Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (47 points)
Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL (32 points)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL (53 points)
Glynn Turman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (36 points)
Chadwick Boseman, DA 5 BLOODS (35 points)
Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND (47 points)
Runners-up: Shabier Kirchner, LOVERS ROCK (41 points)
Leonardo Simรตes, VITALINA VARELA (34 points)
Best Screenplay
Eliza Hittman, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (38 points)
Runners-up: Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (35 points)
Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (29 points)