‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Encanto’ top Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog took top honors from this year’s edition of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA), winning best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and best editing from the group.

Two other films, Dune and Encanto, also won four awards. Dune triumphed in the technical categories like sound, visual effects, production design and cinematography while Encanto scooped up animated, song and score wins.

Andrew Garfield was named Best Actor for tick, tick…Boom!, Penélope Cruz won Best Actress for Parallel Mothers while the supporting awards went to Troy Kotsur for CODA and Ariana DeBose for West Side Story. All four are Oscar-nominated for their roles and Kotsur and DeBose recently won Screen Actors Guild Awards for their performances.

The LEJA membership honored Lin-Manuel Miranda with their Latino Activism Award and John Leguizamo received the 2022 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognized the actor, producer and comedian as a tireless force in the Latino community. The Latino Breakout Award was given to West Side Story star Rachel Zegler.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom! (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur, CODA (Apple Original Films)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (20th Century Studios)

Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance
Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Animated Film
Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Foreign Language Film
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) (Spain)

Best Documentary Film
Flee (Neon)

Best Original Screenplay
C’mon C’mon (A24)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Ensemble Casting
In the Heights (Warner Bros)

Best Production and Set Design
Dune (Warner Bros)

Best Cinematography
Dune (Warner Bros)

Best Costume Design
Cruella (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Editing
The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

Best Hair and Makeup
Cruella (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Sound Design
Dune (Warner Bros)

Best Visual Effects
Dune (Warner Bros)

Best Musical Score
Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Stunt Design
No Time to Die (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Best Song Written for a Film
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures)

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