Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Belfast’ lead

Erik Anderson December 18, 2021

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast lead the Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) nominations with seven and five apiece, respectively, including Best Film and Best Director.

CODA, Spencer and The Worst Person in the World round out the Best Film nominees where Kristen Stewart and Renate Reinsve are also Best Actress nominees and join Jessica Chastain, Agathe Rousselle and Tessa Thompson.

The Rosie nominees, an OAFFC-specific award “celebrates the film that best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema,” are I’m Your Man, The Lost Daughter, Passing, Petite Maman and Shiva Baby.

The Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) is an independent organization consisting of female film journalists and critics from across the globe.

Here is the full list of nominations, winners will be announced on December 21, 2021.

Best Film

Belfast
CODA
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Worst Person in the World

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Male Lead

Nicolas Cage, Pig
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM!
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Female Lead

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Tessa Thompson, Passing

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Zola
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Female

Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Riley Keough, Zola

Best Original Screenplay

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Fran Kranz, Mass
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, The Worst Person in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Sian Heder, CODA
Steven Levenson, tick, tick… BOOM!
David Lowery, The Green Knight

Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Mass
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Feature

Belle
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary

Flee
Julia
Summer of Soul
The Rescue
Val

Best Cinematography

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

Breakthrough Filmmaker

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Natalie Morales, Language Lessons
Edson Oda, Nine Days
Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby

Breakthrough Performance

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Saniyya Sidney, King Richard

The Rosie

I’m Your Man
The Lost Daughter
Passing
Petite Maman
Shiva Baby

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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.

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