Nomadland, the tale of a woman who eschews convention to live out of her van while exploring her own spiritual road map, took top honors at the 2020 Indiana Film Journalists Association awards, winning four prizes including Best Film, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director for Chloé Zhao.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom won the runner-up prize for Best Film as well Best Ensemble Acting. In addition, eight other movies were announced as Finalists, which along with the winners represent the IFJA’s picks for the top 10 films of the year.

Delroy Lindo won Best Actor for his work in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, Maria Bakalova was named Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Leslie Odom Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami. Jamie Foxx won for Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance as the voice of Joe Gardner in Pixar’s latest, Soul.

Indiana University graduate Eliza Hittman took Best Original Screenplay for Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The Danish drama Another Round was named Best Foreign Language Film, Soul won Best Animated Film and Kirsten Johnson’s form-bending Dick Johnson is Dead won Best Documentary Film.

The Hoosier Award was given to the documentary Athlete A, which chronicles the sexual abuse of gymnasts, the attempt to cover it and the heroic journalism that brought it to light. The IFJA issued the following statement along with the award:

“We congratulate The Indianapolis Star investigative team, the filmmakers and especially the survivors for having the bravery and persistence to speak an uncomfortable truth and tell a story that needed to be told. ‘Athlete A’ represents the finest achievement in both journalism and documentary filmmaking.”

Below is a complete list of winners and runners-up in all IFJA categories:

BEST FILM

Winner: Nomadland

Runner-Up: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):

Da 5 Bloods

Another Round

The Assistant

First Cow

i’m thinking of ending things

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Minari

The Twentieth Century


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: Soul

Runner-Up: Wolfwalkers


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: Another Round

Runner-Up: Song Without a Name


BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: Dick Johnson is Dead

Runner-Up: Athlete A


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Runner-Up: Matthew Rankin, The Twentieth Century


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman, i’m thinking of ending things


BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Runner-Up: Regina King, One Night in Miami


BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley, i’m thinking of ending things


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Runner-Up: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari


BEST ACTOR

Winner: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

Runner-Up: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Runner-Up: Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods


BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

Winner: Jamie Foxx, Soul

Runner-Up: Sean Bean, Wolfwalkers


BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

Winner: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Runner-Up: One Night in Miami


BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Winner: Ludwig Göransson, Tenet

Runner-Up: Emile Mosseri, Minari


BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

Winner: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Runner-Up: Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night


ORIGINAL VISION AWARD

Winner: The Twentieth Century

Runner-Up: Dick Johnson is Dead


HOOSIER AWARD

Winner: Athlete A

(As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)

About the IFJA: The Indiana Film Journalists Association was established in 2009 to celebrate the cinematic arts and support Hoosier film criticism.