1st Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) awards names ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Best Picture

The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF), a newly formed organization of critics based in or around the Central Florida area, revealed its first ever critics awards and has named Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth the Best Picture of 2021. While it was the film’s only win, it did receive two runner-up mention: for Coen in Best Director and for Bruno Delbonnel in Best Cinematography.

Licorice Pizza was the Best Picture and Best Actress runner-up while Bradley Cooper won Best Supporting Actor for his cameo in the film as filmmaker Jon Peters.

Best Actor went to Andrew Garfield for tick, tick…BOOM! and Renate Reinsve won Best Actress for The Worst Person in the World. There was a tie for Best Supporting Actress between Ann Dowd for Mass and Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard.

The CACF consists of critics and journalists with a wide reach to a diverse and expansive audience whose critics include Rotten Tomatoes approved critics, as well as members of other established associations, such as the Critics Choice Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

A list of their members can be found at this link: http://www.centralflcritics.com/p/members.html.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up for the 1st Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) awards.

Best Picture
Winner: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Runner-up: Licorice Pizza

Best Director
Winner: Denis Villenueve – Dune
Runner-up: Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actor
Winner: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Runner-up: Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

Best Actress
Winner: Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Runner-up: Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Runner-up: Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best Supporting Actress
Winners (tie): Ann Dowd – Mass/Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Runner-up: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Best Cast
Winner: Dune
Runner-up: Mass

Best Documentary
Winner: Flee
Runner-up: Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best International Film
Winner: A Hero
Runner-up: Drive My Car

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Runners-up (tie): Flee/Luca

Best Screenplay
Winner: Fran Kranz – Mass
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos

Best Cinematography
Winner: Greig Fraser – Dune
Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Score
Winner: Hans Zimmer – Dune
Runner-up: Johnny Greenwood – Spencer

Best Original Song
Winner: “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
Runner-up: “Be Alive”- King Richard

Best Central Florida FIlm
Winner: King Richard

Best Achievement in Diversity
Winner: Eternals