San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021

26th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
26th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 10, 2022
Site	San Diego, California, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	The Power of the Dog
Most awards	Dune / The Power of the Dog (3)
Most nominations	Belfast (12)
	← 25th; San Diego Film Critics Society Awards; 27th →;

The 26th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 10, 2022. The nominations were announced on January 7, 2022, with Belfast leading the nominations with twelve, followed by Dune with nine and The Power of the Dog with eight.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Dune and The Power of the Dog won the most awards with three wins each, with the latter winning Best Picture.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold, while the runner-ups and nominees for each category are listed under them.

Best Picture	Best Director
The Power of the Dog Runner-Up: Belfast CODA Dune Mass	Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Runner-Up: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Nicolas Cage – Pig* as Robin "Rob" Feld** Runner-Up: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Peter Dinklage – Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac Jude Hill – Belfast as Buddy	*Caitríona Balfe – Belfast* as Ma (TIE) Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers as Janis Martinez (TIE)** Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Jason Isaacs – Mass* as Jay Perry** Runner-Up: Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar as Charlie Moehringer Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon	*Ruth Negga – Passing* as Clare Bellew** Runner-Up: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Martha Plimpton – Mass as Gail Perry
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Runner-Up: Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan – Nightmare Alley Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth Rebecca Hall – Passing Sian Heder – CODA	Fran Kranz – Mass Runner-Up: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Runner-Up: Adam McKay – Don't Look Up Pedro Almodóvar – Parallel Mothers Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Best Breakthrough Artist	Best Comedic Performance
Emilia Jones – CODA Runner-Up: Jude Hill – Belfast Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Fran Kranz – Mass Anthony Ramos – In the Heights	*Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza* as Jon Peters** Runner-Up: David Harbour – Black Widow as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian Leonardo DiCaprio – Don't Look Up as Dr. Randall Mindy Jamie Dornan – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar as Edgar Paget Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Saber
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary
Luca Runner-Up: Flee Encanto The Mitchells vs. the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Runner-Up: Flee My Name Is Pauli Murray Val The Velvet Underground
Best International Film	Best Ensemble
Drive My Car Runner-Up: I'm Your Man Lamb Parallel Mothers The Worst Person in the World	Don't Look Up Dune The Harder They Fall In the Heights Mass
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Greig Fraser – Dune Runner-Up: Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Alice Brooks – In the Heights Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog	Myron Kerstein – In the Heights Runner-Up: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast Geraud Brisson – CODA Joshua L. Pearson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Joe Walker – Dune
Best Costumes	Best Production Design
Jenny Beavan – Cruella Runner-Up: Antoinette Messam – The Harder They Fall Odile Dicks-Mireaux – Last Night in Soho Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West – Dune Janty Yates – House of Gucci	Tamara Deverell – Nightmare Alley Runner-Up: Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen – The French Dispatch Jim Clay – Belfast Grant Major – The Power of the Dog Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos, and Patrice Vermette – Dune
Best Sound Design	Best Visual Effects
Theo Green and Dave Whitehead – Dune Runner-Up: Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn – A Quiet Place Part II Runner-Up: Simon Chase and James Mather – Belfast Runner-Up: Dave Whitehead – The Power of the Dog Nathan Robitaille – Nightmare Alley	Dune The Green Knight Nightmare Alley Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Use of Music	Best Youth Performance (Performers under the age of 16)
Last Night in Soho Runner-Up: Belfast Runner-Up: In the Heights Runner-Up: West Side Story Cruella	*Jude Hill – Belfast* as Buddy** Runner-Up: Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Phoebe Spengler Runner-Up: Saniyya Sidney – King Richard as Venus Williams Daniel Ranieri – The Tender Bar as Young JR Demi Singleton – King Richard as Serena Williams
Best Body of Work
*Jonny Greenwood (Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, and Spencer)*

References

^ "2021 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 7, 2022). "'Belfast' leads San Diego Film Critics nominations, Caitríona Balfe nodded in Best Actress". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 7, 2022). "The 2021 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ "2021 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 10, 2022). "San Diego Film Critics winners: 'The Power of the Dog' wins Best Pic, Caitríona Balfe and Penélope Cruz tie for Best Actress". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 10, 2022). "The 2021 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

External links

Official Site

[1] "2021 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[2] Anderson, Erik (January 7, 2022). "'Belfast' leads San Diego Film Critics nominations, Caitríona Balfe nodded in Best Actress". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[3] Neglia, Matt (January 7, 2022). "The 2021 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[4] "2021 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". San Diego Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[5] Anderson, Erik (January 10, 2022). "San Diego Film Critics winners: 'The Power of the Dog' wins Best Pic, Caitríona Balfe and Penélope Cruz tie for Best Actress". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[6] Neglia, Matt (January 10, 2022). "The 2021 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

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San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021

Winners and nominees

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