Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2021

The 17th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2021, were announced on January 11, 2022.^[1][2][3] The nominations were announced on January 4, 2022.^[4][5][6]

17th Austin Film Critics Association Awards
Date	January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)
Location	Austin, Texas
Presented by	Austin Film Critics Association
Website	austinfilmcritics.org
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The Power of the Dog led the nominations with nine and also received the most awards with five wins, including Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Jane Campion, Best Director winner

Nicolas Cage, Best Actor winner

Agathe Rousselle, Best Actress winner

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Best Supporting Actor winner

Kirsten Dunst, Best Supporting Actress winner

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Jonny Greenwood, Best Score winner

Best Film	Best Director
The Power of the Dog Dune The Green Knight Licorice Pizza Pig	Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car David Lowery – The Green Knight Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Actor	Best Actress
Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Saber Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth	Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers as Janis Martinez Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza as Jon Peters Colman Domingo – Zola as Abegunde "X" Olawale Vincent Lindon – Titane as Vincent Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright	Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Kathryn Hunter – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Witches / Old Man Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski – Pig Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch Fran Kranz – Mass Mike Mills – C'mon C'mon	Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Sian Heder – CODA David Lowery – The Green Knight Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Belle Encanto Flee Luca	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee The Rescue The Sparks Brothers The Velvet Underground
Best International Film	Best First Film
Drive My Car Lamb Parallel Mothers Titane The Worst Person in the World	Michael Sarnoski – Pig Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Fran Kranz – Mass Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Greig Fraser – Dune Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog	Joe Walker – Dune Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar – West Side Story Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog Claire Simpson – The Last Duel
Best Score	Best Ensemble
Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Daniel Hart – The Green Knight Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – Candyman Hans Zimmer – Dune	The French Dispatch Dune The Harder they Fall Licorice Pizza Mass
Best Stunts	Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
No Time to Die Dune Raging Fire Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home	Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto as Mirabel Madrigal John Leguizamo – Encanto as Bruno Madrigal Danny McBride – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Rick Mitchell Kaho Nakamura – Belle as Suzu Naito / Belle
The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award	Best Austin Film 2021
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Emilia Jones – CODA Agathe Rousselle – Titane Rachel Sennott – Shiva Baby	Without Getting Killed or Caught (dirs. Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield) The Carnivores (dir. Caleb Michael Johnson) The Get Together (dir. Will Bakke) Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (co-dir. Robert Rodriguez) Queens of Pain (co-dir. Cassie Hay)
Special Honorary Award
To director Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern, the Best Film Made in Austin by a Non-Austin Filmmaker

Top 10 Films

1. Pig
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Licorice Pizza
4. Dune
5. Drive My Car
6. The Green Knight
7. Titane
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. Parallel Mothers / The Worst Person in the World (TIE)