Nevada Film Critics: ‘CODA’ wins Best Film, ‘Nightmare Alley’ tops with four awards

The Nevada Film Critics Society has announced its 2021 award winners where top honors for Best Film went CODA. The film also nabbed Troy Kotsur as Best Supporting Actor award for his role as the lead character’s hearing impaired father.

In other major categories, Benedict Cumberbatch won Best Actor for The Power of the Dog, Kristen Stewart won Best Actress for Spencer and Aunjanue Ellis won Best Supporting Actress for King Richard.

Nightmare Alley was the big winner overall, taking a total of four awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay,  Best Production Design and tied for Best Cinematography with The Power of the Dog.

Below is the complete list of NFCS’s award winners in each category.

Best Film – CODA

Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Best Actress – Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Supporting Actor – Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best Supporting Actress – Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Best Director – Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley

Best Original Screenplay – Fran Kranz, Mass

Best Adapted Screenplay – Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan, Nightmare Alley

Best Documentary – Flee

Best Animated Movie – The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Production Design – Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley

Best Cinematography – Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley and Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog (tie)

Best Visual Effects – Dune