The Kansas City Film Critics Honor Both Nomadland and Promising Young Woman

Award season continues!

Yesterday, the Kansas City Film Critics announced their picks for the best of 2020. Over the course of the awards season so far, Nomadland has dominated, with the occasional victory for a film like Promising Young Woman or Minari. The Kansas City Film Critics ended up giving their best picture award to two films — Nomadland and Promising Young Woman.

In the history of the Oscars, there’s never been a tie for best picture. Actually, considering that they now do ranked-choice voting for Best Picture, I don’t suppose there ever will be. Still, wouldn’t it be nice if that happened occasionally? Like both Moonlight and La La Land could have gone home with a Best Picture Oscar. EVERYONE’S A WINNER! Of course, it’ll never happen. Someone will have to go home the loser. Oh well.

Anyway, here’s the winners from Kansas City! I assume this is the Kansas City that’s in Missouri as opposed to the Kansas City in Kansas. Speaking of strange city names, did you know that there’s a Little New York, Texas? It’s true!

Best Picture
Winners: Nomadland & Promising Young Woman (TIE)

Best Director
Winner: Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Aaron Sorkin – The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Actor
Winner: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Runner-Up: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress
Winner: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Runner-Up: Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Runner-Up: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari
Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Promising Young Woman
Runner-Up: The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Nomadland
Runner-Up: I’m Thinking Of Ending Things

Best Cinematography
Winner: The Vast Of Night
Runner-Up: Mank

Best Animated Film
Winner: Wolfwalkers
Runner-Up: Soul

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Another Round
Runners-Up: 76, Bacurau & The Life Ahead

Best Documentary
Winner: The Dissident
Runner-Up: Crip Camp