Today, The Hollywood Critics Association, for which I am a part, announced their nominations for the 4th annual HCA Awards. Hollywood Critics Association’s primary goal is to bring together a passionate group of critics to represent the voices of a new era in Hollywood. Its purpose is to be a critics group that is diverse and supports underrepresented voices. Many of the films nominated are streaming ones, which reflects the times we live in now. And because of that, the awards are being held virtually for everyone’s safety. The ceremony itself will stream on the official Hollywood Critics Association’s Facebook page and YouTube channel on Friday, March 5, 2021, beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” topped the list with a total of nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Female Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Feature, Best Cast Ensemble, Best Hair & Makeup, and Best Film Editing.
Regina King’s One “Night in Miami,” which Amazon Studios picked up before its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, earned eight nominations. Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Mank” tied with a total of seven nominations each. Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” scored a total of six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Female Director. Cathy Yan’s “Birds of Prey,” Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal,” and Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” all scored six nominations each.
“2020 was a challenging year for the film industry. As movie theaters worldwide were forced to close due to a global pandemic, studios began to explore new ways to release their films to audiences. As critics, we missed the experience of watching movies on the big screen, but like the studios, we embraced the new normal as we consumed films through various streaming links, apps, and virtual screening platforms,” notes HCA Chairman Scott Menzel.
Other nominations are of the indie variety, and they include films like “Miss Juneteenth,” “Black Bear,” “Class Action Park,” “First Cow,” “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” and “The Personal History of David Copperfield.”
A full list of the HCA nominations can be found below:
Best Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Judas and The Black Messiah”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“One Night in Miami”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Soul”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Father”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – “The Father”
Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Delroy Lindo – “Da 5 Bloods”
Kingsley Ben-Adir – “One Night in Miami”
Riz Ahmed – “Sound of Metal”
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – “Promising Young Woman”
Elisabeth Moss – “The Invisible Man”
Frances McDormand – “Nomadland”
Vanessa Kirby – “Pieces of a Woman”
Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Zendaya – “Malcolm & Marie”
Best Supporting Actor
Bo Burnham – “Promising Young Woman”
Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods”
Daniel Kaluuya – “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Leslie Odom Jr. – “One Night in Miami”
Paul Raci – “Sound of Metal”
Best Supporting Actress
Amanda Seyfried – “Mank”
Ellen Burstyn – “Pieces of a Woman”
Glenn Close – “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman – “The Father”
Yuh-Jung Youn – “Minari”
Best Animated or VFX Performance
Ben Schwartz – “Sonic the Hedgehog”
Cathy Ang – “Over the Moon”
Honor Kneafsey – “Wolfwalkers”
Jamie Foxx – “Soul”
Tina Fey – “Soul”
Best Male Director
Darius Marder – “Sound of Metal”
David Fincher – “Mank”
Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari”
Shaka King – “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Spike Lee – “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Female Director
Chloé Zhao – “Nomadland”
Eliza Hittman – “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman”
Regina King – “One Night In Miami”
Sofia Coppola – “On the Rocks”
Best Original Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin – “The Trial of The Chicago 7”
Abraham Marder & Darius Marder – “Sound of Metal”
Andy Siara – “Palm Springs”
Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman”
Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chloé Zhao – “Nomadland”
Florian Zeller – “The Father”
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – “First Cow”
Kemp Powers – “One Night in Miami”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – “Ma Raineys Black Bottom”
Best Cast Ensemble
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“One Night in Miami”
“Promising Young Woman”
“The Prom”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best First Feature
Channing Godfrey Peoples – “Miss Juneteenth”
Darius Marder – “Sound of Metal”
Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman”
Radha Blank – “The 40-Year-Old Version”
Regina King – “One Night In Miami”
Best Animated Film
“Onward”
“Over The Moon”
“Soul”
“The Croods: A New Age”
“Wolfwalkers”
Best International Film
“Another Round”
“Bacurau”
“I’m No Longer Here”
“La Llorona”
“Two of Us”
Best Documentary
“All In: The Fight For Democracy”
“Boys State”
“Class Action Park”
“Dick Johnson is Dead”
“Time”
Best Action
“Bad Boys for Life”
“Birds of Prey”
“Extraction”
“Tenet”
“The Old Guard”
Best Blockbuster
“Birds of Prey”
“Sonic the Hedgehog”
“Tenet”
“The Old Guard”
“Wonder Woman 1984”
Best Comedy/Musical
“Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
“On the Rocks”
“Palm Springs”
“The Personal History of David Copperfield”
“The Prom”
Best Horror
“Freaky”
“His House”
“Host”
“Relic”
“The Invisible Man”
Best Indie Film
“Black Bear”
“First Cow”
“Minari”
“Miss Juneteenth”
“Palm Springs”
Best Short Film
“Burrow”
“Canvas”
“Cops And Robbers”
“If Anything Happens, I Love You”
“The Heart Still Hums”
Best Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt – “Mank”
Dariusz Wolski – “News of The World”
Joshua James Richards – “Nomadland”
Hoyte van Hoytema– “Tenet”
Martin Ruhe – “The Midnight Sky”
Best Stunts
“Birds of Prey”
“Extraction”
“Tenet”
“The Old Guard”
“Wonder Woman 1984”
Best Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Mank”
Emile Mosseri – “Minari”
James Newton Howard – “News of The World”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Soul”
Alexandre Desplat – “The Midnight Sky”
Best Original Song
Husavik (My Hometown) – “Eurovision Song Contest”
Rocket to the Moon – “Over the Moon”
Speak Now – “One Night in Miami”
Turntables – “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
Wear Your Crown – “The Prom”
Best Hair & Makeup
Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee – “Birds of Prey”
Eryn Krueger, Mekash Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle – “Hillbilly Elegy”
Kimberley Spiteri, Colleen LaBaff, Gigi Williams, and Michelle Audrina Kim – “Mank”
Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry, Sian Richards, Deidra Dixon and
Jamika Wilson – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Angela Wells and Daniel Curet – “Promising Young Woman”
Best Costume Design
Erin Benach – “Birds of Prey”
Alexandra Byrne – “Emma”
Trish Summerville – “Mank”
Ann Roth – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Suzie Harman – “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Best Production Design
Kave Quinn – “Emma”
Donald Graham Burt – “Mank”
Mark Ricker – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Cristina Casali – “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Jamie Walker McCall – “The Prom”
Best Film Editing
Chloé Zhao – “Nomadland”
Frédéric Thoraval – “Promising Young Woman”
Yorgos Lamprinos – “The Father”
Andy Canny – “The Invisible Man”
Alan Baumgarten – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Visual Effects
Kevin Souls and Thrain Shadbolt – “Birds of Prey”
Ged Wright – “Sonic the Hedgehog”
Andrew Jackson – “Tenet”
Jonathan Dearing – “The Invisible Man”
Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, and Max Solomon – “The Midnight Sky”
The cemery will air on the Hollywood Critics Association’s Facebook page and YouTube channel on Friday, March 5, 2021, beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
