Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2020

14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 18, 2021
Location	Virtual
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com
	← 2019; HFCSA; 2021 →;

The 14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced virtually on January 18, 2021 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Texas.^[1] The nominations were announced on January 11, 2021, with Minari leading with eleven.^[2]

The winners for the Texas Independent Film Awards were announced on February 1, 2021.^[3]

Winners and nominees[]

Chloé Zhao, Best Director winner

Riz Ahmed, Best Actor winner

Carey Mulligan, Best Actress winner

Leslie Odom Jr., Best Supporting Actor winner

Maria Bakalova, Best Supporting Actress winner

Emerald Fennell, Best Screenplay winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Nomadland Da 5 Bloods The Father Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always One Night in Miami... Promising Young Woman Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7	Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Regina King – One Night in Miami... Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor	Best Actress
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun – Minari	Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Bill Murray – On the Rocks Paul Raci – Sound of Metal	Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman Olivia Colman – The Father Amanda Seyfried – Mank Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Screenplay	Best Animated Feature
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Nomadland – Chloé Zhao One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers Sound of Metal – Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder, and Darius Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin	Soul The Croods: A New Age Onward Over the Moon Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature	Best Foreign Language Feature
My Octopus Teacher Boys State Collective Dick Johnson Is Dead Time	A Sun (Taiwan) Another Round (Denmark) Bacurau (Brazil) Beanpole (Russia) La Llorona (Guatemala)
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Midnight Sky – Alexandre Desplat News of the World – James Newton Howard Tenet – Ludwig Göransson	"Speak Now" – One Night in Miami... "Io sì (Seen)" – The Life Ahead "Rocket to the Moon" – Over the Moon "Turntables" – All In: The Fight for Democracy "Wear Your Crown" – The Prom
Best Cinematography	Best Visual Effects
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards Mank – Erik Messerschmidt Minari – Lachlan Milne News of the World – Dariusz Wolski Tenet – Hoyte van Hoytema	Tenet The Invisible Man The Midnight Sky
Best Stunt Coordination Team	Outstanding Cinematic Achievement
Tenet Birds of Prey Mulan The Old Guard Wonder Woman 1984	Sound of Metal (for its immersive sound design) Criterion Channel (as Best Movie Streaming Platform) Minari (for the performance by Alan Kim) Small Axe (for Steve McQueen's vision for film anthology) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (for its ensemble cast)
Texas Independent Film Award — Best Film	Texas Independent Film Award — Visionary Award
Yellow Rose Boys State Miss Juneteenth Ready or Not The Vast of Night	Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night
Best Movie Poster Art
Da 5 Bloods

References[]

^ "Houston Film Critics Society Presents Its 14th Award Winners". Houston Film Critics Society. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ Darling, Cary (January 11, 2021). "'Minari' heads the list of Houston film critics' nominees". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
^ "Houston Film Critics Society Reveals TIFA Winners". Houston Film Critics Society. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Houston Film Critics Society Presents Its 14th Award Winners". Houston Film Critics Society. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[2] Darling, Cary (January 11, 2021). "'Minari' heads the list of Houston film critics' nominees". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

[3] "Houston Film Critics Society Reveals TIFA Winners". Houston Film Critics Society. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

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14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)
Location	Virtual
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com
← 2019 HFCSA 2021 →