“Nomadland” is showing no signs of slowing down. The Frances McDormand-led Oscar frontrunner was just named Best Picture by The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), and Chloé Zhao won the honor for Best Director. Zhao recently scored Best Director wins from The Boston Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), and The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).
Written by Zhao, “Nomadland” follows Fern (Frances McDormand), a widow from an economically depressed Nevada mining town who begins living as a modern-day nomad, traveling the American West in her camping van.
CFCA also recognized Zhao with the honor for Best Adapted Screenplay. McDormand was named Best Actress, and Joshua James Richards took home the prize for Best Cinematography for his work on the drama.
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always” also made a major impression on voters. Eliza Hittman’s abortion drama won Best Original Screenplay and its star, Sidney Flanigan, was named Most Promising Newcomer.
“Dick Johnson Is Dead,” Kirsten Johnson’s reckoning with her father’s mortality, claimed the prize for Best Documentary.
Emerald Fennel won the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Award for Carey Mulligan-starrer “Promising Young Woman,” a revenge story about a woman determined to teach sexual predators a lesson.
Head over to CFCA’s website to check out all of the winners.
