Iowa Film Critics winners: ‘Belfast,’ Andrew Garfield, Lady Gaga, Caitríona Balfe and more

Belfast has been chosen as the best film of 2021 by the Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA). 

The group chose Jane Campion as best director for The Power of the Dog, where Kenneth Branagh and Denis Villeneuve were runners-up. Lady Gaga was chosen as Best Actress for her work in House of Gucci, and Andrew Garfield won Best Actor for Tick Tick … BOOM! Runners-up included Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog and Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter.

Kodi Smit-McPhee was named Best Supporting Actor for The Power of the Dog while Belfast‘s Caitríona Balfe was named Best Supporting Actress.

The IFCA was formed in 2003 and its membership includes film reviewers for various print and broadcast media in Iowa.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Film: Belfast

Runners–up: Dune and The Power of the Dog

Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Runners–up: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast and Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Actor: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM!

Runners–up: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog and Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress: Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Runners–up: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter and Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Runners–up: Jamie Dornan, Belfast and Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Best Supporting Actress: Caitríona Balfe, Belfast

Runners–up: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story and Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film: Encanto

Runners–up: Flee and Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary: Summer of Soul

Runners–up: Flee and The Rescue

Best Score: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

Runners–up: Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch and Hans Zimmer, Dune

Best Song: “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall

Runners–up: “Down to Joy” from Belfast and “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

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