Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog has been declared Best Picture by the San Diego Film Critics Society. Campion also picked up wins for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Elsewhere, Caitríona Balfe scored her first win of the season for Belfast in a tie with Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) for Best Actress. It’s a curious decision, given Balfe is being campaigned in the supporting category.
Winners in bold below.
Best Picture
BELFAST (runner-up)
CODA
DUNE
MASS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST (runner-up)
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Guillermo del Toro, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Denis Villeneuve, DUNE
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, PIG
Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Peter Dinklage, CYRANO
Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK…BOOM! (runner-up)
Jude Hill, BELFAST
Best Actress
Caitríona Balfe, BELFAST (tie)
Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Penelope Cruz, PARALLEL MOTHERS (tie)
Emilia Jones, CODA
Kristen Stewart, SPENCER
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck, THE TENDER BAR (runner-up)
Ciarán Hinds, BELFAST
Jason Isaacs, MASS
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Arian DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY (runner-up)
Ann Dowd, MASS
Ruth Negga, PASSING
Martha Plimpton, MASS
Best Comedic Performance
Bradley Cooper, LICORICE PIZZA
Leonardo DiCaprio, DON’T LOOK UP
Jamie Dornan, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
David Harbour, BLACK WIDOW (runner-up)
Simon Rex, RED ROCKET
Best Youth Performance (Performers under the age of 16)
Mckenna Grace, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (runner-up)
Jude Hill, BELFAST
Daniel Ranieri, THE TENDER BAR
Saniyya Sidney, KING RICHARD (runner-up)
Demi Singleton, KING RICHARD
Best Original Screenplay
Pedro Almodovar, PARALLEL MOTHERS
Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST (runner-up)
Fran Kranz, MASS
Adam McKay, DON’T LOOK UP (runner-up)
Michael Sarnoski, PIG
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Joel Coen, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, NIGHTMARE ALLEY (runner-up)
Rebecca Hall, PASSING
Sian Heder, CODA
Best Documentary
FLEE (runner-up)
MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY
SUMMER OF SOUL
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Best Animated Film
ENCANTO
FLEE (runner-up)
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Best Foreign Language Film
DRIVE MY CAR
I’M YOUR MAN (runner-up)
LAMB
PARALLEL MOTHERS
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best Editing
Úna Ní Dhonghalle, BELFAST (runner-up)
Paula Huidobro, CODA
Myron Kerstein, IN THE HEIGHTS
Joshua L. Pearson, SUMMER OF SOUL
Joe Walker, DUNE
Best Cinematography
Alice Brooks, IN THE HEIGHTS
Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (runner-up)
Greig Fraser, DUNE
Dan Laustsen, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Ari Wegner, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Production Design
Jim Clay, BELFAST
Tamara Deverell, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Grant Major, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, THE FRENCH DISPATCH (runner-up)
Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos, DUNE
Best Visual Effects
DUNE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Best Costumes
Jenny Beavan, CRUELLA
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Antionette Messam, THE HARDER THEY FALL (runner-up)
Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan, DUNE
Janty Yates, HOUSE OF GUCCI
Best Sound Design
Malte Bieler, Brandon Jones, A QUIET PLACE PART II (runner-up)
Simon Chase, James Mather, BELFAST (runner-up)
Theo Green, Dave Whitehead, DUNE
Nathan Robitaille, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Dave Whitehead, THE POWER OF THE DOG (runner-up)
Best Use of Music
BELFAST
CRUELLA
IN THE HEIGHTS
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
WEST SIDE STORY
Breakthrough Artist
Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA
Jude Hill, BELFAST (runner-up)
Emilia Jones, CODA
Fran Kranz, MASS
Anthony Ramos, IN THE HEIGHTS
Best Ensemble
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE
THE HARDER THEY FALL
IN THE HEIGHTS
MASS
Body of Work
Jonny Greenwood, Composer (LICORICE PIZZA, THE POWER OF THE DOG, SPENCER)