‘The Power of the Dog’ wins Best Picture from the Online Film and Television Association (OFTA)

The Power of the Dog was named the Best Picture of 2021 by the Online Film & Television Association. The win was one of a total of seven awards for the film, which included Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director.

Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for Spencer while Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story. Breakthrough acting wins went to Mike Faist for West Side Story and Alana Haim for Licorice Pizza.

Dune led overall wins with eight, dominating the technical categories including Best Score, Visual Effects, Sound and Film Editing as well as the group’s specialized sections like Most Cinematic Moment.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog

2. Dune
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4. CODA
5. Drive My Car
6. West Side Story
7. Titane
8. Licorice Pizza
9. Spencer
10. Belfast

Best Animated Picture: The Mitchells vs. the Machines (RU: Flee)

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog (RU: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!)
Best Actress: Kristen Stewart, Spencer (RU: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (RU: Troy Kotsur, CODA)
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (RU: Ruth Negga, Passing)

Best Youth Performance: Emilia Jones, CODA (RU: Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon)

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male: Mike Faist, West Side Story (RU: Troy Kotsur, CODA)
Best Breakthrough Performance – Female: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza (RU: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story)

Best Voice-Over Performance: Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto (RU: Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs. the Machines)

Best Ensemble: Mass (RU: Dune)

Best Casting: The Power of the Dog (RU: Dune)

Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (RU: Denis Villeneuve, Dune)
Best Feature Debut: Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick…BOOM! (RU: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter)

Best Original Screenplay: Mass (RU: Licorice Pizza)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Power of the Dog (RU: Drive My Car)

Best Foreign Language Film: Drive My Car (RU: Titane)
Best Documentary: Flee (RU: Summer of Soul)

Best Original Score: Dune (RU: The Power of the Dog)
Best Original Song: No Time to Die – No Time to Die (RU: We Don’t Talk About Bruno – Encanto)
Best Adapted Song: 30/90 – tick, tick…BOOM! (RU: America – West Side Story)
Best Film Editing: Dune (RU: tick, tick…BOOM!)
Best Cinematography: Dune (RU: The Power of the Dog)
Best Production Design: Dune (RU: Nightmare Alley)
Best Costume Design: Cruella (RU: Dune)
Best Makeup and Hair: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (RU: Cruella)
Best Sound: Dune (RU: West Side Story)
Best Sound Effects: Dune (RU: No Time to Die)
Best Visual Effects: Dune (RU: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Best Stunt Coordination: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (RU: No Time to Die)

Best Titles Sequence: No Time to Die – Opening Credits (RU: The Harder They Fall)
Most Cinematic Moment: Dune – The Sandworm First Appears (RU: CODA – Her Dad Hears Her Singing)

Best Movie Trailer: Last Night in Soho – Trailer #1 (RU: Dune – Final Trailer)
Best Movie Poster: Spencer (RU: Last Night in Soho)

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