2021 Awards: San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners

Here are the winners for the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.

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The 40-Year-Old Version, Sound of Metal, Minari, Nomadland, and Promising Young Woman all led with 2 wins each.

Best Picture – PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Runner-Up: Sound of Metal

Best Director – Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND

Best Actor – Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL

Runner-Up: Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER

Best Actress – Carey Mulligan, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Runner-Up: Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND

Best Supporting Actor – Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL

Runner-Up: Peter Macdissi, UNCLE FRANK

Best Supporting Actress – Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI

Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried, MANK

Best Comedic Performance – Radha Blank, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION

Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Bill Murray, ON THE ROCKS

Best Original Screenplay – Lee Isaac Chung, MINARI

Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, SOUND OF METAL, Aaron Sorkin, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

Best Adapted Screenplay – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, THE FATHER

Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS

Best Documentary – TIME

Runner Up: THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

Best Animated Film – WOLFWALKERS

Runner Up: OVER THE MOON

Best International Film – THE LIFE AHEAD

Runner-Up: THE PLATFORM

Best Editing – Andy Canny, THE INVISIBLE MAN

Runner-Up: Alan Baumgarten, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

Best Cinematography – Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND

Runner-Up: Erik Messerschmidt, MANK

Best Production Design – Donald Graham Burt, MANK

Runner-Ups: Molly Hughes, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Shane Valentino, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

Best Visual Effects – TENET

Runner-Up: THE INVISIBLE MAN

Best Costumes – Alexandra Byrne, EMMA.

Runner-Up: Erin Benach, BIRDS OF PREY

Best Use of Music – HAMILTON

Runner-Ups: DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA, MA RAINEY’s BLACK BOTTOM

Best Ensemble – ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

Runner-Up: THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

Breakthrough Artist – Radha Blank, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION

Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL

Body of Work – Steve McQueen, The SMALL AXE film series (MANGROVE, LOVER’S ROCK, RED WHITE AND BLUE, ALEX WHEATLE, EDUCATION)

Jacob is a Graduate of Western Kentucky University where he earned a History/Film Studies Degree. He is a film critic and co-founder of the Music City Drive-In. He is also a member of the North American Film Critics Association and the Music City Film Critics’ Association. You can find him on Twitter @Tberry57.