'Nomadland,' the late Chadwick Boseman win Chicago Film Critics awards
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"Nomadland" won best picture as well as best actress for Frances McDormand from the Chicago Film Critics Association. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
"Nomadland" topped the Chicago Film Critics Association 2020 Awards, taking five awards including best picture, best director and best actress for Frances McDormand.
Chloé Zhao won best director and adapted screenplay for the film, which also won for cinematography. Released earlier this year, "Nomadland" is not yet available for streaming.
Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer in August, won best actor as a 1920s Chicago trumpet player in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," which is streaming on Netflix.
The complete list of 2020 Chicago Film Critics Award winners, announced Monday night, is as follows:
Best Picture: "Nomadland"
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland"
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, "Sound of Metal"
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "Nomadland" by Chloé Zhao
Best Original Screenplay: "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" by Eliza Hittman
Best Animated Feature: "Wolfwalkers"
Best Documentary: "Dick Johnson is Dead"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Another Round"
Best Art Direction: "Mank"
Best Cinematography: "Nomadland," Joshua James Richards
Best Costume Design: "Emma." Alexandra Byrne
Best Editing: "I'm Thinking of Ending Things," Robert Frazen
Best Original Score: "Soul," Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Best Use of Visual Effects: "The Invisible Man"
Most Promising Performer: Sidney Flanigan, "Never Rarely Sometimes Always"
Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award: Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"
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