Austin Film Critics winners: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Pig,’ ‘Drive My Car’ take top honors

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog has been named Best Film by the Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA), also taking Best Director, Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst) and Original Score (Jonny Greenwood).

Nicolas Cage won Best Actor for Pig, and Original Screenplay for Michael Sarnoski, who also won Best First Film. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe won Adapted Screenplay for Drive My Car, also a winner for International Film and Agathe Rousselle won Best Actress for Titane.

Dune, The Green Knight and No Time to Die won technical awards and a special award was given to director Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern, named the Best Film Made in Austin by a Non-Austin Filmmaker.

Best Film: The Power of the Dog
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress: Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage, Pig
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Ensemble: The French Dispatch
Best Original Screenplay: Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Best Cinematography: Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
Best Editing: Joe Walker, Dune
Best Original Score: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Best International Film: Drive My Car
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Best Animated Film: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance: Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Best Stunts: No Time to Die
Best First Film: Michael Samoski, Pig
The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

SPECIAL AWARD: to director Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern, the Best Film Made in Austin by a Non-Austin Filmmaker

As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association awards titles with local ties — works made by directors who live in Austin. This award is distinct to our group of critics.

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AFCA Top 10 Films of 2021
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Licorice Pizza
Dune
Drive My Car
The Green Knight
Titane
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Parallel Mothers and The Worst Person in the World (tie)