2021 DFCS Awards by DFC January 5, 2021 · 2021 / News Here are the 2021 Denver Film Critics Society nominees and winners. Best Actor Winner Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Posthumously. Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods Gary Oldman Mank Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal Steven Yeun Minari Best Actress Winner 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 Best Adapted Screenplay Winner First Cow Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt I’m Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ruben Santiago-Hudson Nomadland Chloé Zhao One Night in Miami One Night in Miami… (original title) Kemp Powers Best Animated Film Winner Soul Onward Over the Moon The Wolf House La casa lobo (original title) WolfWalkers Best Comedy Film Winner The Personal History of David Copperfield Birds of Prey Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (original title) Palm Springs The Climb The Forty-Year-Old Version Best Director Winner Chloé Zhao Nomadland Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 David Fincher Mank Lee Isaac Chung Minari Pete Docter Soul Best Documentary Film Winner Boys State All In: The Fight for Democracy Dick Johnson Is Dead The Social Dilemma The Truffle Hunters Best Foreign Language Film Winner Minari Another Round Druk (original title) I’m No Longer Here Ya no estoy aquí (original title) Martin Eden The Life Ahead La vita davanti a sé (original title) Best Original Score Winner Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Mank Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross One Night in Miami One Night in Miami… (original title) Terence Blanchard Tenet Ludwig Göransson The Midnight Sky Alexandre Desplat Best Original Screenplay Winner The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin Minari Lee Isaac Chung Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell Soul Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers The Forty-Year-Old Version Radha Blank Best Original Song Winner One Night in Miami One Night in Miami… (original title) Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth Song: “Speak Now” Over the Moon Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, Helen Park Song: “Rocket to the Moon” The Forty-Year-Old Version Khrysis, Radha Blank Song: “Poverty Porn” The Prom Adam Anders, Peer Astrom, Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin Song: “Wear Your Crown” The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Song: “Hear My Voice” Best Picture Winner The Trial of the Chicago 7 First Cow Minari Nomadland Soul Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film Winner The Invisible Man Freaky Possessor Tenet The Vast of Night Best Supporting Actor Winner Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 Bill Murray On the Rocks Bo Burnham Promising Young Woman Chadwick Boseman Da 5 Bloods Posthumously. David Strathairn Nomadland Best Supporting Actress Winner Ellen Burstyn Pieces of a Woman Amanda Seyfried Mank Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (original title) Olivia Colman The Father Youn Yuh-jung Minari Best Visual Effects Winner Tenet Birds of Prey Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (original title) Greyhound The Invisible Man The Midnight Sky Disclaimer: The following selections are reviewed and selected by DFCS members, who may or may not be a reviewer on this website.
