Denis Villeneuve’s Dune leads the way at the nominations for the Hollywood Critics Association‘s 5th Annual HCA Film Awards with ten nods including Best Picture. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Sian Heder’s CODA scored eight nominations while King Richard, Spencer, and tick, tick…BOOM! each landed seven nods.
The awards will be held live at an in-person ceremony on January 8, 2022, at Avalon Hollywood. Full list of nominations below.
BEST PICTURE
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
Spencer
The Power of The Dog
tick, tick …Boom!
BEST ACTOR
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick …BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of The Dog
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Will Smith, King Richard
BEST ACTRESS
Emilia Jones, CODA
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Robin de Jesús, tick, tick …BOOM!
Troy Kotsur, CODA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Marlee Matlin, CODA
Ruth Negga, Passing
BEST CAST ENSEMBLE
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
The Harder They Fall
BEST DIRECTOR
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Jane Campion, The Power of The Dog
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick…BOOM!
Pablo Larraín, Spencer
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Reinaldo Marcus Green, King Richard
Siân Heder, CODA
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos
Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Last Night in Soho
Fran Kranz, Mass
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Zach Baylin, King Richard
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jane Campion, The Power of The Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Siân Heder, CODA
Steven Levenson, tick, tick …BOOM!
BEST ANIMATED OR VSX PERFORMANCE
Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Sylvester Stallone, The Suicide Squad
Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto
Jacob Tremblay, Luca
John Leguizamo, Encanto
BEST ACTION FILM
No Time to Die
Nobody
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Harder They Fall
The Suicide Squad
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and The Last Dragon
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Cyrano
Free Guy
In the Heights
tick, tick…BOOM!
West Side Story
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Flee
Summer of Soul
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Val
BEST HORROR
A Quiet Place Part II
Fear Street Trilogy
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House
BEST INDIE FILM
CODA
Mass
Pig
Shiva Baby
Spencer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick…BOOM!
Fran Kranz, Mass
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
BEST SHORT FILM
Blush
Far From The Tree
Nona
Robin Robin
Us Again
BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of The Dog
Steven Price, Last Night in Soho
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Be Alive” sung by Beyonce from King Richard
“No Time to Die” sung by Billie Eilish from No Time to Die
“Beyond the Shore” sung by Emilia Jones from CODA
“Down to Joy” sung by Van Morrison from Belfast
“Every Letter” sung by Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. from Cyrano
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
Ari Wegner, The Power of The Dog
Claire Mathon, Spencer
Greig Fraser, Dune
Janusz Kamiński, West Side Story
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen, The French Dispatch
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Spencer
Marcus Rowland, Last Night in Soho
Patrice Vermette, Dune
Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley
BEST FILM EDITING
Andrew Weisblum and Myron I. Kerstein, tick, tick …BOOM!
Joe Walker, Dune
Pamela Martin, King Richard
Paul Machliss, Last Night in Soho
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Belfast
BEST STUNTS
Black Widow
Dune
No Time to Die
Nobody
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West, Dune
Jacqueline Durran, Spencer
Janty Yates, House of Gucci
Jenny Beavan, Cruella
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Last Night in Soho
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Ana Lozano, David Craig Forrest, Kim Santantonio, Kyra Panchenko, Michael Ornelaz, Teressa Hill, Yvonne DePatis Kupka, Being the Ricardos
Carolyn Cousins and Nadia Stacey, Cruella
Donald Mowat, Eva Von Bahr, and Love Larson, Dune
Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano, Göran Lundström, & Sarah Nicole Tanno, House of Gucci
Justin Raleigh, Linda Dowds, and Stephanie Ingram, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Tristan Myles, Dune
Daniele Bigi, Matt Aitken, Neil Corbould, and Stephane Ceretti, Eternals
Bryan Grill, Dan Sudick, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Swen Gillberg, Free Guy
Christopher Townsend, Dan Oliver, Joe Farrell, and Sean Walker, Shang Chi And The Legend of Ten Rings
Dan Sudick, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Kelvin McIlwain, The Suicide Squad
