Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog leads this year’s nominations from the Austin Film Critics Association with nine nods including Best Film. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza landed eight nominations, while David Lowery’s The Green Knight earned five.
Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on January 11.
Best Film
Dune
The Green Knight
Licorice Pizza
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Agathe Rouselle, Titane
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick… Boom!
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Colman Domingo, Zola
Vincent Lindon, Titane
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Best Ensemble
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Harder they Fall
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Best Original Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Fran Kranz, Mass
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Ryusuke Hamagucki and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Sian Heder, CODA
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth, Dune
Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Greig Fraser, Dune
Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story
Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Best Editing
Andy Jurgensen, Licorice Pizza
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog
Claire Simpson, The Last Duel
Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar, West Side Story
Joe Walker, Dune
Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
Daniel Hart, The Green Knight
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Candyman
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Best International Film
Drive My Car
Lamb
Parallel Mothers
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary
Flee
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Velvet Underground
Best Animated Film
Belle
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto
Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs The Machines
John Leguizamo, Encanto
Danny McBride, The Mitchells vs the Machines
Kaho Nakamura, Belle
Best Stunts
Dune
No Time to Die
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spiderman: No Way Home
Raging Fire
Best First Film
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Michael Samoski, Pig
Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby
The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby
Best Austin Film 2021
The Carnivores (dir. Caleb Michael Johnson)
The Get Together (dir. Will Bakke)
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (co-dir. Robert Rodriguez)
Queens of Pain (co-dir. Cassie Hay)
Without Getting Killed or Caught (dirs. Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield)