Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog

The Online Association of Female Film Critics honored The Power of the Dog as the Best Film of 2021, along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Best Supporting Male for Kodi Smit-McPhee.

2021 Online Association of Female Film Critics Award Winners

Best Film: “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-Up (TIE): “Belfast” / “CODA”

Best Director: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-Up: Julia Ducournau, “Titane”

Best Male Lead: Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick…BOOM!”
Runner-Up: Nicolas Cage, “Pig”

Best Female Lead: Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Runner-Up: Renate Reinsve, “The Worst Person in the World”

Best Supporting Male: Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-Up: Jason Isaacs, “Mass”

Best Supporting Female: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”

Best Acting Ensemble: “Mass”
Runner-Up: “The Harder They Fall”

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
Runner-Up: Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, “The Worst Person in the World”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-Up (TIE): Steven Levenson, “tick, tick…BOOM!” / David Lowery, “The Green Knight”

Best Documentary: “Flee”
Runner-Up: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”

Best Animated Feature: “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
Runner-Up: “Flee”

Best Cinematography: Greig Fraser, “Dune”
Runner-Up (TIE): “Spencer,” Claire Mathon / “The Power of the Dog,” Ari Wegner

Breakthrough Filmmaker: Rebecca Hall, “Passing”
Runner-Up: Edson Oda, “Nine Days”

Breakthrough Performance: Agathe Rousselle, “Titane”
Runner-Up: Emilia Jones, “CODA”

The “Rosie” Award: “The Lost Daughter”

The Rosie award (named for the iconic Rosie the Riveter) celebrates the film that best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.

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