#eda 2020

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

Best Film: “Nomadland”

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Screenplay, Original: Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Screenplay, Adapted: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Documentary: “All In: The Fight For Democracy” & “The Painter and the Thief” (TIE)

Best Animated Film: “Soul”

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director: “One Night in Miami,” Kimberly Hardin & “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Francine Maisler

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”

Best Editing: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Non-English-Language Film: “Another Round” (Denmark)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director: Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Woman Screenwriter: Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version”

Best Animated Female: 22, “Soul” — portrayed by Tina Fey

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”

Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry: “All indie female filmmakers who normalized abortion as a vital element in the cultural conversation in films such as “Saint Frances,” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Sister of the Groom,” “Once Upon a River,” “The Glorias” and others.”

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Grand Dame Award for defying agism: Sophia Loren, “The Life Ahead”