“Nomadland” took the top honors in the Phoenix Film Critics Society’s 2020 awards, winning the awards for Best Picture, Best Cinematography and Best Director, Chloe Zhao.

PFCS President Gayle Bass says, “This is another example of a vision of America as seen through eyes of the foreign born. What Chloe Zhao created is a quintessentially American epic of the West and the American struggle.”

Other top PFCS awards went to Yuh-Jung Youn as Best Supporting Actress for “Minari,” “Boys State” won for Best Documentary and “Another Round” won for Best Foreign Language Film.

2020 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Winners

PFCS TOP TEN (in alphabetical order)
Judas and The Black Messiah
Minari
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Dig
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM OTHER MATERIAL
One Night in Miami

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
Palm Springs

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Soul

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Boys State

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Speak Now – One Night in Miami

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nomadland

BEST FILM EDITING
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH
Helena Zengel – News of the World