2021 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

[Winners Were Announced December 19, 2021.]

  • BEST FILM: Licorice Pizza

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

  • BEST ACTOR: Nicolas Cage – Pig

  • BEST ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart – Spencer

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ann Dowd - Mass

  • BEST ENSEMBLE: Mass

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mass - Fran Kranz

  • BEST EDITING: Last Night in Soho - Paul Machliss

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The French Dispatch - Adam Stockhausen

  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Cruella - Jenny Beavan

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Dune - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Brian Connor (visual effects supervisors); Gerd Nefzer (special effects supervisor)

  • BEST SCORE: Dune - Hans Zimmer

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK: Cruella

  • BEST ACTION FILM: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • BEST COMEDY FILM: Licorice Pizza

  • BEST HORROR FILM: A Quiet Place Part II

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Mitchells vs the Machines

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Flee

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Drive My Car

  • BEST SCENE: Licorice Pizza - Driving in reverse.

Complete List of Nominees

  • BEST FILM

    • Belfast

    • Licorice Pizza

    • The Power of the Dog

    • The Tragedy of Macbeth

    • West Side Story

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

    • Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch

    • Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

    • Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

    • Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

    • Denis Villeneuve - Dune

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Nicolas Cage – Pig

    • Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

    • Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!

    • Will Smith – King Richard

    • Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    • Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

    • Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

    • Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

    • Kristen Stewart – Spencer

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Ben Affleck - The Last Duel

    • Bradley Cooper - Licorice Pizza

    • Ciarán Hinds - Belfast

    • Jared Leto - House of Gucci

    • Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Ann Dowd - Mass

    • Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog

    • Rita Moreno - West Side Story

    • Ruth Negga - Passing

    • Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

  • BEST ENSEMBLE

    • Belfast

    • Being the Ricardos

    • The French Dispatch

    • Licorice Pizza

    • Mass

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • CODA - Siân Heder; based on the film La famille Bélier, scenario by Victoria Bedos and Stanislas Carré de Malberg, screenplay by Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain

    • Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami

    • Dune - Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert

    • The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage

    • West Side Story - Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Being the Ricardos - Aaron Sorkin

    • Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

    • Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

    • Mass - Fran Kranz

    • Pig - Michael Sarnoski (Screenplay); Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski (Story)

  • BEST EDITING

    • Belfast - Úna Ní Dhonghaíle

    • Dune - Joe Walker

    • Last Night in Soho - Paul Machliss

    • Licorice Pizza - Andy Jurgensen

    • West Side Story - Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Belfast - Haris Zambarloukos

    • Dune - Greig Fraser

    • The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner

    • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel

    • West Side Story - Janusz Kaminski

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • Dune - Patrice Vermette

    • The French Dispatch - Adam Stockhausen

    • Last Night in Soho - Marcus Rowland

    • Nightmare Alley - Tamara Deverell

    • West Side Story - Adam Stockhausen

  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    • Cruella - Jenny Beavan

    • Dune - Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West

    • House of Gucci - Janty Yates

    • Last Night in Soho - Odile Dicks-Mireaux

    • Spencer - Jacqueline Durran

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Black Widow - Geoffrey Baumann, Dave Hodgins, Craig Hammack, and Paul Corbould

    • Dune - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Brian Connor (visual effects supervisors); Gerd Nefzer (special effects supervisor)

    • Finch - Burt Dalton (special effects supervisor); Scott Stokdyk (visual effects supervisor)

    • Free Guy - Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick

    • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Alex Lemke and Michael Huber

  • BEST SCORE

    • Don’t Look up - Nicholas Britell

    • Dune - Hans Zimmer

    • The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood

    • Spencer - Jonny Greenwood

    • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Carter Burwell

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Cruella

    • Last Night in Soho

    • Licorice Pizza

    • The Tender Bar

    • West Side Story

  • BEST ACTION FILM

    • Black Widow

    • Free Guy

    • Nobody

    • No Time to Die

    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • BEST COMEDY FILM

    • Don’t Look Up

    • Free Guy

    • The French Dispatch

    • Licorice Pizza

    • The Mitchells vs the Machines

  • BEST HORROR FILM

    • Candyman

    • Lamb

    • Last Night in Soho

    • A Quiet Place Part II

    • Titane

  • BEST ANIMATED FILM

    • Encanto

    • Flee

    • Luca

    • The Mitchells vs the Machines

    • Vivo

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

    • Flee

    • The Rescue

    • The Summer of Soul

    • The Velvet Underground

    • Tina

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

    • Drive My Car

    • Flee

    • The Hand of God

    • A Hero

    • Titane

  • BEST SCENE

    • Belfast - Buddy freezes as the rioters approach.

    • Last Night in Soho - Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack.

    • Licorice Pizza - Driving in reverse.

    • Tick, Tick… Boom! - Sunday brunch at the diner.

    • West Side Story - “America”