Dune topped the nominations for the 5th Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announced today, with 10 nods including Best Picture and Best Director for Denis Villeneuve and despite no acting or writing mentions. Belfast and CODA and Spencer followed closely with 8 apiece with King Richard and tick, tick…BOOM! rounding out the top noms with seven each.
The group’s honorary award recipients will be Natalie Morales (Filmmaker on the Rise Award), Simu Liu (Game Changer Award), Jude Hill (Newcomer Award), the cast of CODA (Spotlight Award) and Greig Fraser(Artisans Achievement Award).
King Richard star Aunjanue Ellis will receive this year’s Inspire Award. The award, which was previously given to Deon Taylor and Lin-Manuel Miranda, is presented to an individual within the entertainment industry whose work inspires others. Kenneth Branagh, the writer and director of Belfast, will receive this year’s Excellence in Artistry Award. The award highlights and celebrates Branagh’s expansive career as an actor and filmmaker. Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) is being feted with the group’s inaugural International Icon Award, which recognizes extraordinary artists whose outstanding work have transcended all barriers, impacting a worldwide audience with the universal language of excellence.
Presenters at the 5th Annual HCA Film Awards will include Robin de Jesús, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Demi Singleton, Sophia Ali, Cooper Raiff, Jay Pharoah, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Brian d’Arcy James, Ron Perlman, Tia Carrere, Sandra Mae Frank, Alexandra Shipp, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marlee Matlin, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Doug Jones, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kaitlyn Dever, and Ciarán Hinds.
The ceremony will be held on February 28 at the Avalon Hollywood and live streamed on the official HCA YouTube Channel beginning at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET and hosted by Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford. The organization will also stream a red-carpet pre-show hosted by HCA members Kiyra Lynn and Rick Hong at 5:15 p.m. PT/8:15 p.m. ET.
All attendees, presenters, nominees and winners were required to have COVID vaccinations and a negative test within 48 hours of the ceremony.
Here is the full list of nominations for the 5th Hollywood Critics Association.
Best Picture
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
tick, tick…BOOM!
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Sian Heder – CODA
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard
Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Pablo Larraín – Spencer
Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…BOOM!
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Emilia Jones – CODA
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Robin de Jesus – tick, tick…BOOM!
Troy Kostur – CODA
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Ruth Negga – Passing
Best Cast Ensemble
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
Best Animated or VFX Performance
Stephane Beatriz – Encanto
Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
John Leguizamo – Encanto
Sylvester Stallone – The Suicide Squad
Jacob Tremblay – Luca
Best Adapted Screenplay
Siân Heder – CODA
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Steven Levenson – tick, tick…BOOM!
Best Original Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns – Last Night in Soho
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.