Nomadland took the top honors of Detroit Film Critics Society nabbing best picture of 2020, along with best director for Chloe Zhao, best actress for Frances McDormand and best adapted screenplay.

Minari also won multiple awards including best ensemble, best supporting actress for Yuh-jung Youn and best original screenplay.

Other winners include Dick Johnson is Dead won for best documentary and Sound of Metal won for best use of music/sound.

The DFCS normally awards films at the end of each calendar year, and only films that had a qualifying theatrical run. With the pandemic, the theatrical rule was relaxed so that streaming films also can be considered, and in line with some of the major awards groups like the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, SAG Awards and The Academy Awards, the Detroit Film Critics Society has extended its release eligibility window…any film released from 1/1/2020 until 2/28/2021 was eligible.

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand – Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Yuh-jung Youn – Minari

BEST ENSEMBLE
Minari

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Minari

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dick Johnson is Dead

BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND
Sound of Metal

BREAKTHROUGH
Maria Bakalova – Actress – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm