Detroit Film Critics Society 2020-2021 Nominations (Updated With Winners)

"Nomadland," Searchlight Pictures, 2021.

(Updated: 3/8/21: See below for winners, just announced!)

2020 is a year like no other, but there were still quite a few films worthy of seeking out. Although it was delayed from its usual December time frame, today the Detroit Film Critics Society - the premiere group of professional film critics in and around the Detroit, Michigan area - announced their official nominees across 13 categories.

Keep reading to find out what films and performances were nominated!

The DFCS normally awards films at the end of each calendar year, and only films that had a qualifying theatrical run. With the pandemic, the theatrical rule was relaxed so that streaming films also can be considered, and in line with some of the major awards groups like the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, SAG Awards and The Academy Awards, the Detroit Film Critics Society has extended its release eligibility window...any film released from 1/1/2020 until 2/28/2021 was eligible.

The winners in each category will be announced via Live-Tweet on the official Detroit Film Critics Society Twitter on Monday, March 8th, and they will be dedicated to former DFCS member and critic, Corey Hall, who passed away in 2020.

Here are the official DFCS Nominations for 2020-2021:
(Winners in BOLD)

BEST PICTURE
First Cow
Minari
Nomadland - WINNER
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
 
BEST DIRECTOR 
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland  - WINNER
 
BEST ACTOR 
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods  - WINNER
Steven Yeun – Minari
 
BEST ACTRESS 
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland  - WINNER
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Christopher Abbott – Possessor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah  - WINNER
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal 
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Yuh-jung Youn – Minari  - WINNER 
 
BEST ENSEMBLE 
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari  - WINNER
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7 
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland  - WINNER
One Night in Miami 
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari  - WINNER
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7 
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul  - WINNER
Wolfwalkers 
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY 
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
Dick Johnson is Dead  - WINNER
The Dissident
Time
 
BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND
News of the World
Possessor
Soul
Sound of Metal  - WINNER
Tenet
  
BREAKTHROUGH 
Maria Bakalova – Actress – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm  - WINNER
Jasmine Batchelor – Actress – The Surrogate
Rhada Blank – actress/writer/director/producer – The Forty Year Old Version
Orion Lee – Actor – First Cow
Wunmi Mosaku – Actress – His House