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.^[1]

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.

References

^ "2020 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners". The Austin Film Critics Association. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

External links

Official website

[1] "2020 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners". The Austin Film Critics Association. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

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