Break out the tissues for the Critics Choice Awards

We revisit the happy and memorable moments from the 26th annual ceremony.

The 26th annual Critics Choice Awards ventured forth virtually in the pandemic-hampered 2021 awards season, one week after the Golden Globes was riddled with technical problems.

Impressively, Sunday’s Critics Choice show on CW, with three-time host Taye Diggs, saw surprisingly fewer technical difficulties than the Globes, even with winners Zooming in acceptance speeches from around the world.

“Judas and the Black Messiah” star Daniel Kaluuya who found himself on mute after winning best supporting actor at the Globes, gave an incident-free speech when he won again Sunday.

These were the most memorable moments at the Critics Choice Awards:

‘Minari’ star, 8, sheds happy tears

Alan Kim, the 8-year-old who has earned raves as the stoic David in “Minari,” was so overcome when he won best young actor that he shed happy tears during his acceptance speech.

“Oh, my goodness, I’m crying,” he said weepily but joyfully, before working through a list of industry thank-yous that included his agent and production company Plan B. “And I look forward to being in another movie soon.”

Jason Sudeikis thanks his ex Olivia Wilde for ‘Ted Lasso’

“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis, who memorably wore a tie-dye hoodie and spoke so long at the Golden Globes that fellow nominee Don Cheadle had to wrap him up, was back on the virtual awards podium. Accepting best comedy actor and comedy series, Sudeikis wore (surprise!) a new hoodie and ran long.

“Where do I start? More importantly, where do I end?” he mused. Amid the torrent of words, Sudeikis managed to work in a thank-you to his ex Olivia Wilde, who sparked the idea of making “Ted Lasso” the Apple TV+ hit it has become.

“I want to thank my kids, Otis and Daisy. I want to thank their mom, Olivia, who had the initial idea to do this as a TV show,” Sudeikis said.

Boseman’s wife tearfully accepts his award

Taylor Simone Ledward, who choked up last week when her late husband won best actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Globes, returned to accept Chadwick Boseman’s Critics Choice award.

Again, Simone was moved to tears imagining what her husband, who died last August of colon cancer, would have said in his acceptance speech for his role in the August Wilson adaptation.

“He would talk about the importance of Black voices, telling Black stories,” she said.

“I know that the seeds you planted will grow into forests,” she concluded.

‘Nomadland’ director honors her crew member who died

“Nomadland” writer and director Chloe Zhao had a huge night as the first Chinese woman to win best director and adapted screenplay (two of four awards the drama won, the most of any film).

But Zhao went from thankful to touching and somber when she dedicated her speech to Michael Wolf Snyder, 35, the film’s production sound mixer who died last week.

“He just passed away,” said Zhao, who teared up as she poignantly remembered Wolf for his ability to share Zen serenity with crew members during the often-difficult shoot.

“Thank you, Wolf, we honor you,” said Zhao. “We’ll see you down the road, my friend.”