Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog lead this year’s nominations from the Hawaii Film Critics Society with ten nominations each. It should be noted Dune achieved this tally without nominations for either Best Picture or Best Director.
Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on January 14.
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
Last Night in Soho
CODA
Mass
The Power of the Dog
BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder, CODA
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick, Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Emilia Jones, CODA
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Kodhi Smit- McPhee, The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Marlee Matlin, CODA
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Pig
Last Night in Soho
King Richard
Don’t Look Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Power of the Dog
Dune
Nightmare Alley
CODA
The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ART DIRECTION
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
The Green Knight
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Last Night in Soho
House of Gucci
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
Nightmare Alley
Last Night in Soho
BEST EDITING
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Luca
Encanto
Sing 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Summer of Soul
Val
9/11: Inside the President’s War Room
The First Wave
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Bunny
BEST MAKE-UP
Cruella
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Dune
House of Gucci
Cyrano
BEST SOUND
Last Night in Soho
Dune
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Harder They Fall
Encanto
Don’t Look Up
BEST SONG
“No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
“Beyond the Shore,” CODA
“Down to Joy,” Belfast
“Be Alive,” King Richard
“Just Look Up,” Don’t Look Up
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
BEST STUNT WORK
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Nobody
Black Widow
BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Lin Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
BEST FIRST FILM
Pig
Mass
Passing
Tick, Tick…Boom!
The Novice
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Last Night in Soho
The Card Counter
Malignant
CODA
The Night House
BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE:
Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon
John Leguizamo, Encanto
Olivia Colman, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Danny McBride, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Thomas Hayden Church, Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST HORROR FILM
Candyman
Malignant
Last Night in SOHO
A Quiet Place Part II
Antlers
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Zac Snyder’s Justice League
The Suicide Squad
Black Widow
BEST SCI-FI FILM
Dune
Free Guy
A Quiet Place Part II
The Matrix Resurrections
Reminiscence
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Hand of God (Italy)
Drive My Car (Japan)
Benedetta (France)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Lamb (Iceland)
BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
I Was a Simple Man (dir. Christopher Makoto Yogi) (Oahu)
Waterman (dir. Isaac Halisima) (Oahu)
Ka Ho’i The Return (dir. Mitchel Viernes) (Oahu)
Our Makawao (dir. Robert Stone, Matt Yamashita) (Maui)
Finding Ohana (Oahu)
WORST FILM OF 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Matrix Resurrections
Coming 2 America
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Don’t Breathe 2
