The 2020–21 film awards season began in December 2020 with the 33rd European Film Awards and ended in April 2021 with the 93rd Academy Awards.
Award ceremonies Award ceremony Ceremony date Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay 55th National Society of Film Critics Awards9 January 2021Nomadland Chloé ZhaoNomadland Delroy LindoDa 5 Bloods Frances McDormandNomadland Paul RaciSound of Metal Maria BakalovaBorat Subsequent MoviefilmEliza HittmanNever Rarely Sometimes Always30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards11 January 2021 Riz AhmedSound of Metal Nicole BeharieMiss Juneteenth colspan="2" Radha BlankThe Forty-Year-Old VersionDan SallittFourteen 92nd National Board of Review Awards26 January 2021 Da 5 Bloods Spike LeeDa 5 Bloods Carey MulliganPromising Young Woman Paul RaciSound of Metal Youn Yuh-jungMinari Lee Isaac ChungMinari Paul Greengrass and Luke DaviesNews of the World25th Satellite Awards15 February 2021 Nomadland (Drama)The Forty-Year-Old Version (Musical or Comedy)Chloé ZhaoNomadland Riz Ahmed (Drama)Sound of MetalSacha Baron Cohen (Musical or Comedy)Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Frances McDormand (Drama)NomadlandMaria Bakalova (Musical or Comedy)Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Chadwick BosemanDa 5 Bloods Amanda SeyfriedMank Emerald FennellPromising Young Woman Christopher Hampton and Florian ZellerThe Father78th Golden Globe Awards28 February 2021 Nomadland (Drama)Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Musical or Comedy) Chadwick Boseman (Drama)Ma Rainey's Black BottomSacha Baron Cohen (Musical or Comedy)Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Andra Day (Drama)The United States vs. Billie HolidayRosamund Pike (Musical or Comedy)I Care a Lot Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah Jodie FosterThe MauritanianAaron SorkinThe Trial of the Chicago 710th AACTA International Awards5 March 2021 Promising Young WomanChadwick BosemanMa Rainey's Black BottomCarey MulliganPromising Young Woman Sacha Baron CohenThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Olivia ColmanThe Father26th Critics' Choice Awards7 March 2021NomadlandDaniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah Maria BakalovaBorat Subsequent MoviefilmEmerald FennellPromising Young Woman Chloé ZhaoNomadland73rd Writers32nd Producers27th Screen Actors73rd Directors Guild of America Awards21, 24 March4 & 10 April 2021 Viola DavisMa Rainey's Black BottomYoun Yuh-jungMinari Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman & Lee KernBorat Subsequent Moviefilm 74th British Academy Film Awards10–11 April 2021 Anthony HopkinsThe Father Frances McDormandNomadland Christopher Hampton and Florian ZellerThe Father36th Independent Spirit Awards22 April 2021 Riz AhmedSound of Metal Carey MulliganPromising Young Woman Paul RaciSound of MetalEmerald FennellPromising Young Woman93rd Academy Awards25 April 2021 Anthony HopkinsThe Father Frances McDormandNomadland Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah Emerald FennellPromising Young Woman Christopher Hampton and Florian ZellerThe Father
Other Awards Category33rd European Film Awards12 December 2020Best Picture Another Round Best Director Thomas VinterbergAnother Round Best Actor Mads MikkelsenAnother RoundBest Actress Paula BeerUndine Best Screenplay Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias LindholmAnother Round
Guild awards Award ceremony Ceremony dateMain categories winner(s) April 3, 2021Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Contemporary Make-Up: Birds of Prey – Deborah Lamia Denaver, Sabrina Wilson, Miho Suzuki, and Cale ThomasContemporary Hairstyling: Birds of Prey – Adruitha Lee, Cassie Russek, Margarita Pidgeon, and Nikki NelmsPeriod and/or Character Make-Up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Carl Fullerton, and Debi YoungPeriod and/or Character Hair Styling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Mia Neal, Larry Cherry, Leah Loukas, and Tywan Williams April 6, 2021Visual Effects Society Awards The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins April 10, 2021ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards Period: Mank – Donald Graham BurtContemporary: Da 5 Bloods – Wynn ThomasFantasy: Tenet – Nathan Crowley April 13, 2021Costume Designers Guild Awards Contemporary: Promising Young Woman – Nancy SteinerPeriod: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann RothSci-fi or Fantasy: Mulan – Bina Daigeler April 16, 2021Golden Reel Awards The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Renée Tondelli, Michael Hertlein, Jon Michaels, and Jeena Schoenke April 17, 2021American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards Drama: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan BaumgartenComedy: Palm Springs – Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler April 17, 2021Cinema Audio Society Awards Sound of Metal – Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortez Navarrette, and Kari Vähäkuopus April 18, 2021American Society of Cinematographers Awards Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
Critics awards Award ceremony Ceremony dateMain categories winner(s)41st Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 13 December 2020 Nomadland 86th New York Film Critics Circle Awards 18 December 2020 First Cow 46th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 20 December 2020 Small Axe 33rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 21 December 2020 Nomadland 25th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 21 December 2020 First Cow 17th EDA Awards 4 January 2021 Nomadland 25th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 11 January 2021 Promising Young Woman 17th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 17 January 2021 Nomadland 19th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 18 January 2021 Nomadland 14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards 18 January 2021 Nomadland 24th Online Film Critics Society Awards 25 January 2021 Nomadland 41st London Film Critics' Circle Awards 7 February 2021 Nomadland 24th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 7 February 2021 Nomadland 19th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 8 February 2021 Nomadland 26th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 10 February 2021 Nomadland 5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 15 February 2021 Nomadland 21st Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 22 February 2021 Nomadland 4th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards 5 March 2021 Promising Young Woman 14th Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 8 March 2021 Nomadland 16th Austin Film Critics Association Awards 19 March 2021 Minari
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