Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) winners: ‘The Power of the Dog’ leads with four, ‘CODA’ wins two

The Power of the Dog has topped the Utah Film Critics Association’s best of 2021 list with wins for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor and Score.

CODA, which was the runner-up for Best Picture, won Best Actress for Emilia Jones and Best Adapted Screenplay for director Siân Heder. Troy Kotsur was also the supporting actor runner-up.

Flee was a double winner in Best Non-English Language Film and Best Animated Feature as well as the runner-up for Best Documentary Feature.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Picture: THE POWER OF THE DOG. Runner-up: CODA

Achievement in Directing: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, WEST SIDE STORY

Lead Performance, Male: Nicolas Cage, PIG
Runner-up: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick … BOOM!

Lead Performance, Female: Emilia Jones, CODA
Runner-up: Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER

Supporting Performance, Male: Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner-up: Troy Kotsur, CODA

Supporting Performance, Female: Ann Dowd, MASS
Runner-up: Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY

Best Adapted Screenplay: Siân Heder, CODA
Runner-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Rianda & Jeff Rowe, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Runner-up: Fran Kranz, MASS

Best Cinematography: Andrew Droz Palermo, THE GREEN KNIGHT
Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Best Score: Jonny Greenwood, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner-up: Bo Burnham, BO BURNHAM: INSIDE

Best Non-English Language Feature: FLEE
Runner-up: A HERO

Best Animated Feature: FLEE
Runner-up: THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

Best Documentary Feature: THE FIRST WAVE
Runner-up: FLEE

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Fantasy, Horror or Science-Fiction Film: Tony Leung, SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Runner-up: Dev Patel, THE GREEN KNIGHT

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