And here are the 2020 SDFCS award winners…
Best Picture
Winner – PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Runner Up – SOUND OF METAL
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 – Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER
Best Actress
Winner – Carey Mulligan, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Runner-up – Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND
Best Supporting Actor
Winner – Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL
Runner-up – Peter Macdissi, UNCLE FRANK
Best Supporting Actress
Winner – Yuh-jung Youn, MINARI
Runner up – Amanda Seyfried, MANK
Best Comedic Performance
Winner – Radha Blank, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
Runner-Up – Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Bill Murray, ON THE ROCKS
Best Original Screenplay
Winner – Lee Isaac Chung, MINARI
Runner-ups – 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
Winner – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, THE FATHER
Runner-Ups – Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Best Documentary
Winner – TIME
Runner Up – THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Best Animated Film
Winner – WOLFWALKERS
Runner Up – OVER THE MOON
Best International Film
Winner – THE LIFE AHEAD
Runner-up – THE PLATFORM
Best Editing
Winner – Andy Canny, THE INVISIBLE MAN
Runner-up – Alan Baumgarten, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Cinematography
Winner – Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND
Runner-up – Erik Messerschmidt, MANK
Best Production Design
Winner – Donald Graham Burt, MANK
Runner Up – Molly Hughes, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Shane Valentino, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Visual Effects
Winner – TENET
Runner Up – THE INVISIBLE MAN
Best Costumes
Winner – Alexandra Byrne, EMMA.
Runner Up – Erin Benach, BIRDS OF PREY
Best Use of Music
Winner – HAMILTON
Runner-Ups – DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA, MA RAINEY’s BLACK BOTTOM
Best Ensemble
Winner – ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Runner Up – THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Breakthrough Artist
Winner – Radha Blank, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
Runners 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)