MNFCA Awards 2020

The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the winners of their 2022 annual Film Awards. This year, Da 5 Bloods received the most nominations of any film, and Nomadland claimed the top honor of Best Picture.

Best Picture

  • WINNER: Nomadland
  • RUNNER-UP: Promising Young Woman
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Minari
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Invisible Man

Best Director

  • WINNER: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
  • RUNNER-UP: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
  • RUNNER-UP: Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
  • Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
  • Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Screenplay

  • WINNER: Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
  • RUNNER-UP: Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
  • RUNNER-UP: The Invisible Man – Leigh Whannell
  • RUNNER-UP: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin
  • Da 5 Bloods – Spike Lee & Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo & Kevin Willmott
  • Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman

Best Lead Actor

  • WINNER: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • WINNER: Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
  • RUNNER-UP: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
  • RUNNER-UP: Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • RUNNER-UP: LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
  • RUNNER-UP: Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Lead Actress

  • WINNER: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
  • RUNNER-UP: Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
  • 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

  • WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
  • RUNNER-UP: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
  • Bo Burnham – Promising Young Woman
  • Alan Kim – Minari
  • Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

Best Supporting Actress

  • WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
  • RUNNER-UP: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Olivia Colman – The Father
  • Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Amanda Seyfried – Mank

Best Cinematography

  • WINNER: Nomadland
  • RUNNER-UP: The Invisible Man
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Judas the Black Messiah
  • Minari

Best Film Editing

  • WINNER: Sound of Metal
  • RUNNER-UP: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Music

  • WINNER: Soul
  • RUNNER-UP: Da 5 Bloods
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman
  • The Invisible Man

Best Sound

  • WINNER: Sound of Metal
  • RUNNER-UP: The Invisible Man
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Greyhound
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Production Design

  • WINNER: Birds of Prey
  • RUNNER-UP: Mank
  • Emma.
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • News of the World
  • The Father

Best Special Effects

  • WINNER: The Invisible Man
  • RUNNER-UP: Tenet
  • Birds of Prey
  • Greyhound
  • Mank
  • Mulan
  • Wonder Woman 1984

Best Animated Feature

  • WINNER: Wolfwalkers
  • RUNNER-UP: Soul
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
  • Onward
  • Over the Moon

Films with Multiple Nominations

NominationsFilm
9Da 5 Bloods
8Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
7Promising Young Woman
The Invisible Man
5Nomadland
Sound of Metal
4I’m Thinking of Ending Things
3Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Father
2Birds of Prey
Greyhound
Soul
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Films with Multiple Wins

3Nomadland
2Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal