From Variety the Alliance of Women Film Journalists have released their winners for their 2021 Awards.

Find out more about the AWFJ.

Nomadland led with 6 wins including Best Film, Director, Actress, and Adapted Screenplay.

Check out the rest of the awards below.

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

(These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration)

Best Film

• “Minari” (A24)
• “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
• “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER
• “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
• “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

Best Director 

• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
• Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
• Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)
• Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
• Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER

Best Actor

• Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
• Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – WINNER
• Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Actress 

• Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
• Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
• Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER
• Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role 

• Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
• Bill Murray, “On the Rocks” (A24/Apple TV Plus)
• Leslie Odom Jr, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – WINNER

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
• Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
• Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix)
• Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari” (A24) – WINNER

Best Screenplay, Original 

• “Mank” (Netflix) – Jack Fincher
• “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Emerald Fennell – WINNER
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Aaron Sorkin

Best Screenplay, Adapted

• “First Cow” (A24) – Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
• “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao – WINNER
• “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Kemp Powers

Best Animated Film

• “Over the Moon” (Netflix)
• “Soul” (Pixar) – WINNER
• “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Cinematography 

• “Mank” (Netflix) – Erik Messerschmidt
• “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Joshua James Richards – WINNER
• “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Tami Reiker

Best Editing 

• “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Tariq Anwar
• “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao – WINNER
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Alan Baumgarten

Best Documentary 

• “All In: The Fight for Democracy” (Amazon Studios) – WINNER (tie)
• “Athlete A” (Netflix)
• “Crip Camp” (Netflix)
• “The Painter and the Thief” (Neon) – WINNER (tie)
• “Time” (Amazon Studios)

Best Non-English-Language Film

• “Another Round” – Denmark – WINNER
• “Beanpole” – Russia
• “The Mole Agent” – Chile
• “The Painted Bird” – Czech Republic

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director

• “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) – Kim Coleman
• “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Kimberly Hardin – WINNER (tie)
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Francine Maisler – WINNER (tie)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

(These awards honor WOMEN only, excluding women who’ve won the category in the Best Of Awards.

Best Woman Director 

• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – WINNER
• Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
• Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
• Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth” (Vertical Entertainment)
• Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)
• Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Woman Screenwriter 

• Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) – WINNER
• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
• Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
• Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Animated Female 

• “22” in “Soul” (Pixar) – portrayed by Tina Fey – WINNER
• “Mebh Óg MacTíre” in “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) – portrayed by Eva Whittaker
• “Robyn Goodfellowe” in “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) – portrayed by Honor Kneafsey

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance 

• Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
• Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) – WINNER
• Helena Zengel, “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry 

• All female heads of film festivals who successfully transitioned from live to online events to sustain festival culture through the pandemic.
• All indie female writers and directors who normalized abortion as a vital element in the cultural conversation in films such as “Saint Frances,” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Sister of the Groom,” “Once Upon a River,” The Glorias” and others. – WINNER
• Emerald Fennell for creating a film that forces empathy to put an end to the toxic sexist rape culture pervasive through modern history.
• Sophia Loren for a brilliant comeback at age 86 in “The Life Ahead,” the latest in her record-setting career. Loren won a Best Actress Oscar in 1962 for “Two Women” and was the first actor to win for a foreign language movie. She was also nominated in 1965 for “Marriage Italian Style.” If she’s nominated in 2021, it will be a 56-year span between her two most recent nominations – the current record is held by Henry Fonda, who had a 41-year gap between nominations.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Grand Dame Award for defying ageism.

• Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
• Tsai Chin, “Lucky Grandma” (Good Deed Entertainment)
• Sophia Loren, “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – WINNER
• Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award 

• “The Burnt Orange Heresy” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang (23 years)
• “Devil All the Time” (Netflix) – Riley Keough and Jason Clarke (20 years)
• “Mank” – Amanda Seyfried and Charles Dance (39 years), Gary Oldman (27 years)
• “Tenet” – Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh (30 years) – WINNER

She Deserves A New Agent Award 

• Rose Byrne, “Like a Boss” (Paramount Pictures)
• Tiffany Haddish, “Like a Boss” (Paramount Pictures)
• Katie Holmes, “Dare to Dream” (Gravitas Ventures)
• Uma Thurman, “The War with Grandpa” (101 Studios) – WINNER

Most Daring Performance Award 

• Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ (Amazon Studios) – WINNER
• Haley Bennett, “Swallow” (IFC Films)
• Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
• Elisabeth Moss, “The Invisible Man” (Universal Pictures)
• Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award 

• “The Croods: A New Age” (DreamWorks Animation)
• “Doolittle” (Universal Pictures) – WINNER
• “Rebecca” (Netflix)

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award 

• Shia LeBoeuf for his ongoing abusive behavior
• Christopher Nolan for insisting that “Tenet” be screened exclusively in theaters during a pandemic. – WINNER (tie)
• Dallas Sonnier and Adam Donaghey at Cinestate for sexual harassment, abuse and cover-up. – WINNER (tie)