Nominees announced

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Written By Michael Augsberger

The International Catholic Film Critics Association has published the list of nominees for its first annual Catholic Film Critics Awards.

Each member could nominate up to five candidates for each category (up to ten for Best Picture). Member will now vote on the finalists. Voting closes on Friday, April 23, with the winners announced April 24, one day before the Academy Awards.

In no particular order, the 2020 Catholic Film Critics Awards’ official nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Nomadland

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Sound of Metal

  • Minari

  • Mank

  • The Father

  • Another Round

  • Tenet

Human and Gospel Values Award

Awarded to the film that best reflects human and Gospel values as determined by Catholic critics.

  • Nomadland

  • Minari

  • Soul

  • Hope Gap

  • The Father

Best Director

  • Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

  • David Fincher, Mank

  • Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

  • Anthony Hopkins, The Father

  • Gary Oldman, Mank

  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

  • Steven Yuen, Minari

Best Actress

  • Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

  • Frances McDormand, Nomadland

  • Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

  • Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

  • Julia Garner, The Assistant

Best Supporting Actor

  • Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

  • Robert Pattinson, Tenet

  • Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

  • Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Supporting Actress

  • Olivia Colman, The Father

  • Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

  • Amanda Seyfried, Mank

  • Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

  • Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal

Best Screenplay

  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

  • Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

  • Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeler, The Father

Best Cinematography

  • Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

  • Erik Messerschmidt, Mank

  • Hoyte van Hoytema, Tenet

  • Shelly Johnson, Greyhound

Best Documentary

  • Collective

  • Crip Camp

  • Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton

Best Original Score

  • Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, Soul

  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank

  • Emile Mosseri, Minari

  • James Newton Howard, News of the World

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (Non-Member)

  • Matt Zoller Seitz, Roger Ebert

  • Manohla Dargis, New York Times

  • Justin Chang, LA Times

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

  • Alissa Wilkinson, Vox

Honor for Outstanding Criticism (ICFCA Member)

  • Peter Malone

  • John Mulderig

  • Kate O'Hare

  • Hosea Rupprecht

  • John Anderson

  • Peter W. Sheehan

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