Creeping excitedly into our third year, the Pandora International Film Critics have unveiled their nominations for the year in film of 2021. Our small group of huge film fans and critics come from all across the globe and help us celebrate the greatest achievements from the movie world.
Nominations were announced live on Twitter through the official page and Filmotomy. Leading the pack are Dune and Spencer with 11 nominations each. The Power of the Dog (9), Mass (7) and The Green Knight (7) are not far behind.
As always with awards season there is never enough room for all the top contenders and fine filmmaking – there’s no Will Smith for King Richard or Lady Gaga for House of Gucci for instance. And season favourites like Licorice Pizza and Belfast only came away with a nomination each.
Check out the nominations in full below:
ENSEMBLE CAST
CODA
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Mass
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time To Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
ACTING BREAKTHROUGH
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)
Agathe Rousselle (Titane)
Rachel Sennett (Shiva Baby)
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)
SET DESIGN
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
West Side Story
DOCUMENTARY MOTION PICTURE
Flee
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul
Val
SONG COMPOSING
“Be Alive” (King Richard)
“Beyond the Shore” (CODA)
“Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto)
“No Time to Die” (No Time to Die)
“So May We Start” (Annette)
ACTOR LEAD
Nicolas Cage (Pig)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… BOOM!)
Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car)
Dev Patel (The Green Knight)
COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune
The Green Knight
Spencer
West Side Story
ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
Belle
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Rebecca Hall (Passing)
Fran Kranz (Mass)
Michael Sarnoski (Pig)
Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby)
EDITING
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
Titane
West Side Story
ACTRESS LEAD
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person In The World)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Tessa Thompson (Passing)
HAIR & MAKEUP
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Green Knight
Spencer
ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
Mass
Pig
Passing
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
SOUND DESIGN
Dune
The Green Knight
No Time to Die
Spencer
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story
SCREENWRITING ADAPTED
Sian Heder (CODA)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe (Drive My Car)
Maggie Gyllenhaa (The Lost Daughter)
Rebecca Hall (Passing)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
SCREENWRITING ORIGINAL
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Fran Kranz (Mass)
Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers)
Steven Knight (Spencer)
Julia Ducournau (Titane)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTRESS SUPPORT
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Ann Dowd (Mass)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Martha Plimpton (Mass)
ACTOR SUPPORT
Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World)
Colman Domingo (Zola)
Jason Isaacs (Mass)
Troy Kostur (CODA)
Vincent Lindon (Titane)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
SCORE COMPOSING
Alexandre Desplat (The French Dispatch)
Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)
Jonny Greenwood (Spencer)
Daniel Hart (The Green Knight)
Hans Zimmer (Dune)
DIRECTING
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Julia Ducournau (Titane)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Pablo Larraín (Spencer)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE
A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Identifying Features
Lamb
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
Titane
The Worst Person in the World