Nevada Film Critics: ‘CODA’ wins Best Film, ‘Nightmare Alley’ tops with four awards
The Nevada Film Critics Society has announced its 2021 award winners where top honors for Best Film went CODA. The film also nabbed Troy Kotsur as Best Supporting Actor award for his role as the lead character’s hearing impaired father.
In other major categories, Benedict Cumberbatch won Best Actor for The Power of the Dog, Kristen Stewart won Best Actress for Spencer and Aunjanue Ellis won Best Supporting Actress for King Richard.
Nightmare Alley was the big winner overall, taking a total of four awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Production Design and tied for Best Cinematography with The Power of the Dog.
Below is the complete list of NFCS’s award winners in each category.
Best Film – CODA
Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress – Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Supporting Actor – Troy Kotsur, CODA
Best Supporting Actress – Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Best Director – Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Best Original Screenplay – Fran Kranz, Mass
Best Adapted Screenplay – Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan, Nightmare Alley
Best Documentary – Flee
Best Animated Movie – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Best Production Design – Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley
Best Cinematography – Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley and Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog (tie)
Best Visual Effects – Dune
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