Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog has been named Best Narrative Film by the North Carolina Film Critics Association. The film picked up six awards in total including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, and Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Winners in bold below.
Best Narrative Film
Drive My Car
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
The Worst Person in the World
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM!
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Alex Wolff, Pig
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Vocal Performance in Animation or Mixed Media
Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto
Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Danny McBride, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon
Jacob Tremblay, Luca
Best Acting Ensemble
Dune
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Power of the Dog
Best Original Screenplay
C’mon C’mon
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig
Best Adapted Screenplay
Drive My Car
Dune
The Green Knight
Passing
The Power of the Dog
Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary Film
Flee
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul
Val
The Velvet Underground
Best Foreign Language Film
Drive My Car
A Hero
Riders of Justice
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Editing
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Last Duel
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Production Design
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
Best Hair & Make-Up
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
Best Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
Best Original Song
“Every Letter” from Cyrano
“Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die
“So May We Start” from Annette
Best Sound Design
Dune
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story
Best Special Effects
Dune
The Green Knight
The Matrix Resurrections
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Suicide Squad
Best Stunt Coordination
Black Widow
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Directorial Debut
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick… BOOM!
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Best Breakthrough Performance
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award
Anthony Mackie (Falcon and the Winter Soldier; Synchronic; Outside the Wire; The Woman in the Window) – Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story; Schmigadoon) – From Raleigh, North Carolina
Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals; The Woman in the Window; Godzilla vs. Kong) – From Fayetteville, North Carolina
Jonathan Majors (The Harder They Fall, Loki) – Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune; Bruised) – Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Lifetime Achievement for Screenwriting
The Coen Brothers: Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Are Thou?, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
