Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) winners: ‘The Power of the Dog’ makes a clean sweep

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) have revealed their winners for the best in film for 2021 and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog made a clean sweep, winning all nine of its nominations including Best Picture, Director, Best Actor, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.

The 1900s western also picked up Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing and Original Score. Dune and The Lost Daughter were the only other multiple-winning films were Dune (Visual Effects, Costume Design) and The Lost Daughter (Best Actress, Debut Feature). Michael Sarnoski’s Pig was awarded Original Screenplay.

Here is the full list of winners.

BEST PICTURE
1. “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
2. “Drive My Car”
3. “Licorice Pizza”
4. “Dune”
5. “The Green Knight”
6. “Pig”
7. “The Worst Person in the World”
8. “Titane”
9. “West Side Story”
10. “Belfast”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
· “Encanto”
· “Flee”
· “Luca”
· “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” – WINNER
· “Raya and the Last Dragon”

BEST DIRECTOR
· Paul Thomas Anderson – “Licorice Pizza”
· Jane Campion – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· Ryusuke Hamaguchi – “Drive My Car”
· Steven Spielberg – “West Side Story”
· Denis Villeneuve – “Dune”

BEST ACTOR
· Nicolas Cage — “Pig”
· Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· Andrew Garfield – “tick, tick…BOOM!”
· Oscar Isaac – “The Card Counter”
· Hidetoshi Nishijima – “Drive My Car”

BEST ACTRESS
· Olivia Colman – “The Lost Daughter” – WINNER
· Alana Haim –  “Licorice Pizza”
· Renate Reinsve – “The Worst Person in the World”
· Agathe Rousselle – “Titane”
· Kristen Stewart – “Spencer”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
· Mike Faist – “West Side Story”
· Ciaran Hinds – “Belfast”
· Troy Kotsur –  “CODA”
· Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· Jeffrey Wright – “The French Dispatch”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
· Ariana DeBose – “West Side Story”
· Ann Dowd – “Mass”
· Kirsten Dunst – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· Aunjanue Ellis – “King Richard”
· Ruth Negga—“Passing”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
· “Belfast”
· “A Hero”
· “Licorice Pizza”
· “Mass”
· “Pig” – WINNER

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
· “Drive My Car”
· “Dune”
· “The Lost Daughter”
· “Passing”
· “The Power of the Dog”  – WINNER

BEST FILM EDITING
· “Belfast”
· “Dune”
· “Licorice Pizza”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· “West Side Story”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
· “Dune”
· “The Green Knight”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
· “West Side Story”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
· “Dune”
· “Encanto”
· “The French Dispatch”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER
· “Spencer”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
· “Dune”
· “The French Dispatch” – WINNER
· “The Green Knight”
· “Nightmare Alley”
· “West Side Story”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
· “Cruella”
· “Dune” – WINNER
· “The French Dispatch”
· “Spencer”
· “West Side Story”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
· “Dune” – WINNER
· “The Green Knight”
· “The Matrix Resurrections”
· “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
· “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

BEST DEBUT FEATURE
· Maggie Gyllenhaal – “The Lost Daughter” – WINNER
· Rebecca Hall – “Passing”
· Fran Kranz – “Mass”
· Michael Sarnoski – “Pig”
· Emma Seligman – “Shiva Baby”

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
· “Drive My Car” – WINNER
· “Flee”
· “A Hero”
· “Titane”
· “The Worst Person in the World”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
· “Flee”
· “Procession”
· “The Rescue”
· “Summer of Soul” (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
· “The Velvet Underground”

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
· “Dune” for Sound Design
· “In the Heights for Choreography
· “Memoria” for Sound Design
· “No Time to Die”  for Stunt Coordination
· “West Side Story” for Choreography

BEST NON-US RELEASE
· “1970” – Poland
· “Bank Job” – United Kingdom
· “Benediction” – United Kingdom
· “The Girl and the Spider” – Switzerland
· “The Medium” – Thailand
· “Ninjababy” – Norway
· “Petite Maman” – France
· “Pleasure” – Sweden
· “The Tsugua Diaries” – Portugal
· “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” – Indonesia

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
· John Carpenter
· Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
· Sheila Nevins
· Paul Schrader
· John Williams

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
IATSE Workers, for bringing attention to labor issues in the film industry and fighting for better standards.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for providing worldwide access to classic films, including silent movies.
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is an important non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of film.