Greater Western New York Film Critics Association nominations: ”The Power of the Dog’ leads, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ makes 2021 list

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) announced their nominations today with more than a few surprises.

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog led with seven mentions but curiously, the current critics’ awards frontrunner Kodi Smit-McPhee was missing. One reason for that might be that the group opted to not follow the Oscar eligibility (and most critics) from last season and nominated Judas and the Black Messiah for Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor for Daniel Kaluuya, who won the Oscar back in April.

Spencer earned the next highest nomination total with six, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Kristen Stewart. The trio of Licorice Pizza, The Last Duel and Dune tied with five nominations apiece, including Best Picture and Best Director nods. TLD‘s Jodie Comer also earned a Best Actress nod.

Breakthrough performance nominations included Mike Faist (West Side Story, also a supporting actor nominee), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Emilia Jones (CODA), Agathe Rousselle (Titane) and Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby).

Winners will be announced on December 31. Here is the full list of nominations.

BEST PICTURE:
C’mon C’mon
CODA
Dune
The Green Knight
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Spencer

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)
Titane (France)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Belle
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Flee
No Ordinary Man
Procession
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Pablo Larraín, Spencer
Ridley Scott, The Last Duel
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

LEAD ACTOR:
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick … BOOM!
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

LEAD ACTRESS:
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Jodie Comer, The Last Duel
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Robin de Jesús, tick, tick … BOOM!
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Troy Kotsur, CODA

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana Debose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Will Berson & Shaka King (story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenneth Lucas & Keith Lucas), Judas and the Black Messiah
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Fran Kranz, Mass
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Nicole Holofcener, The Last Duel
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Tony Kushner, West Side Story

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
Greig Fraser, Dune
Claire Mathon, Spencer
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

BEST EDITING:
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog
Sebastián Sepúlveda, Spencer
Claire Simpson, The Last Duel
Joe Walker, Dune
Andrew Weisblum, The French Dispatch

BEST SCORE:
Carter Burwell, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Hans Zimmer, Dune

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby

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