Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Award Winners

Best Film

NOMADLAND

Best Director

Chloe Zhao – NOMADLAND

Best Screenplay, Original

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN – Emerald Fennell

Best Screenplay, Adapted

NOMADLAND – Chloe Zhao

Best Documentary

(TIE) ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY and THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF

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 

(TIE) ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI – Kimberly Hardin and THE TRIAL OF THE CHCIAGO 7 – Francine Maisler

Best Cinematography

NOMADLAND – Joshua James Richards

Best Editing

NOMADLAND – Chloe Zhao

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 in SOUL, 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

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award

TENET – Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh (30 years)

She Deserves A New Agent Award

Uma Thurman – WAR WITH GRANDPA

Most Daring Performance Award

Maria Bakalova – BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award

DOOLITTLE

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

Christopher Nolan for insisting that TENET be screened exclusively in theaters during a pandemic.

Dallas Sonnier and Adam Donaghey at Cinestate for sexual harassment and abuse, and cover up.