4th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

4th Hollywood Critics Association Awards
4th Hollywood Critics Association Awards
Date	March 5, 2021
Site	Virtual Presentation via Facebook and YouTube
Hosted by	Scott Menzel
Official website	hollywoodcriticsassociation.com
Highlights
Best Picture	Promising Young Woman
Most awards	Promising Young Woman (4)
Most nominations	Promising Young Woman (9)
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The 4th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place virtually on March 5, 2021.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by HCA Founder Scott Menzel.

The nominations were announced on February 1, 2021.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture Promising Young Woman Da 5 Bloods The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami... Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7
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 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 Actor *Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods* as Paul** Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green (posthumous nomination) Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone	Best Actress *Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman* as Cassandra Thomas** Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie as Marie Jones
Best Supporting Actor *Paul Raci – Sound of Metal* as Joe** Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman as Ryan Cooper Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods as Norman “Stormin' Norman” Earl Holloway (posthumous nomination) Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke	Best Supporting Actress *Youn Yuh-jung – Minari* as Soonja** Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman as Elizabeth Weiss Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
Best Cast Ensemble Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One Night in Miami... The Prom Promising Young Woman The Trial of the Chicago 7	Best Animated or VSX Performance *Ben Schwartz – Sonic the Hedgehog* as Sonic the Hedgehog** Cathy Ang – Over the Moon as Fei Fei Honor Kneafsey – Wolfwalkers as Robyn Goodfellowe Jamie Foxx – Soul as Joe Gardner Tina Fey – Soul as 22
Best Original Screenplay Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Abraham Marder and Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Andy Siara – Palm Springs Lee Isaac Chung – Minari	Best Adapted Screenplay Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami... Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Florian Zeller – The Father Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Action Film Birds of Prey The Old Guard Sonic the Hedgehog Tenet Wonder Woman 1984	Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers The Croods: A New Age Onward Over the Moon Soul
Best Comedy or Musical Palm Springs Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga On the Rocks The Personal History of David Copperfield The Prom	Best Documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy (TIE) Class Action Park (TIE) Boys State Dick Johnson Is Dead Time
Best Horror The Invisible Man Freaky His House Host Relic	Best Indie Film Minari Black Bear First Cow Miss Juneteenth Palm Springs
Best International Film La Llorona Another Round Bacurau I'm No Longer Here Two of Us	Best First Feature Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Radha Blank – The 40-Year-Old Version Regina King – One Night in Miami...
Best Short Film The Heart Still Hums Burrow Canvas Cops And Robbers If Anything Happens, I Love You	Best Score Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky Emile Mosseri – Minari James Newton Howard – News of the World Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
Best Original Song "Husavik (My Hometown)", sung by Will Ferrell and My Marianne – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Rocket to the Moon", sung by Cathy Ang – Over the Moon "Speak Now", sung by Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami... "Turntables", sung by Janelle Monáe – All In: The Fight for Democracy "Wear Your Crown", sung by Ariana DeBose, Jo Ellen Pellman, Kerry Washington, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep – The Prom	Best Cinematography Joshua James Richards – Nomadland Dariusz Wolski – News of the World Erik Messerschmidt – Mank Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet Martin Ruhe – The Midnight Sky
Best Production Design Donald Graham Burt – Mank Cristina Casali – The Personal History of David Copperfield Jamie Walker McCall – The Prom Kave Quinn – Emma Mark Ricker – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Best Film Editing Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Andy Canny – The Invisible Man Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Frédéric Thoraval – Promising Young Woman Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father
Best Stunts Birds of Prey Extraction The Old Guard Tenet Wonder Woman 1984	Best Costume Design Suzie Harman and Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield Alexandra Byrne – Emma Ann Roth – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Erin Benach – Birds of Prey Trish Summerville – Mank
Best Hair & Makeup Matiki Anoff, Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry, Sian Richards, Deidra Dixon and Jamika Wilson – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Angie Wells and Daniel Curet – Promising Young Woman Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee – Birds of Prey Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew W. Mungle – Hillbilly Elegy Kimberley Spiteri, Colleen LaBaff, Gigi Williams and Michelle Audrina Kim – Mank	Best Visual Effects Jonathan Dearing – The Invisible Man Andrew Jackson – Tenet Ged Wright – Sonic the Hedgehog Greg Steele and Annemarie Griggs – Birds of Prey Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins and Max Solomon – The Midnight Sky

Special Honorary awards

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor – Paul Raci for Sound of Metal
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress – Cristin Milioti for Palm Springs
Standout Performance by an Actor or Actress 23 or Under – Sidney Flanigan for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Impact Award – Judas and the Black Messiah
Valiant Award – Zack Snyder
Inspire Award – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Game Changer Award – Nicole Beharie
Timeless Award – Dante Spinotti
Spotlight Award – Kiera Allen
Star on the Rise Award – Jo Ellen Pellman
Artisan on the Rise Award – Emile Mosseri
Trailblazer Award – Dwayne Johnson
Acting Achievement Award – Aubrey Plaza
Artisan Achievement Award – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Emerald Fennell
Filmmaking Achievement Award – Steve McQueen

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Film
4	Promising Young Woman
2	Birds of Prey
	Da 5 Bloods
	The Invisible Man
	Minari
	Nomadland
	Sound of Metal

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
9	Promising Young Woman
8	One Night in Miami...
7	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
7	Mank
6	Minari
	Nomadland
	Sound of Metal
5	Birds of Prey
	Da 5 Bloods
	Soul
4	The Invisible Man
	The Father
	The Prom
	Tenet
	The Trial of the Chicago 7
3	Judas and the Black Messiah
	The Midnight Sky
	Over the Moon
	Palm Springs
	The Personal History of David Copperfield
	Sonic the Hedgehog
2	All In: The Fight for Democracy
	Emma
	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
	First Cow
	Hillbilly Elegy
	Miss Juneteenth
	News of the World
	The Old Guard
	On the Rocks
	Pieces of a Woman
	Wolfwalkers
	Wonder Woman 1984

References

↑ Anderson, Derek (March 8, 2021). "4th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards Winners Include The Invisible Man, La Llorona, Promising Young Woman". Daily Dead. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
↑ Neglia, Matt (February 1, 2021). "The 2020 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture.

External links

Official website

[1] Anderson, Derek (March 8, 2021). "4th Annual Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards Winners Include The Invisible Man, La Llorona, Promising Young Woman". Daily Dead. Retrieved March 2, 2022.

[2] Neglia, Matt (February 1, 2021). "The 2020 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture.

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