# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2021

The 34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 15, 2021. The awards honor the best in film for 2021. The nominations were announced on December 13, 2021. West Side Story received the most nominations (11), followed by The Power of the Dog (8) and The Green Knight (7).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| The Power of the Dog Drive My Car The Green Knight Licorice Pizza West Side Story | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car David Lowery – The Green Knight Steven Spielberg – West Side Story |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car as Yūsuke Kafuku Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Davies/Saber | Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza as Jon Peters Colman Domingo – Zola as Abegunde "X" Olawale Mike Faist – West Side Story as Riff Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright | Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Riley Keough – Zola as Stefani |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson The Card Counter – Paul Schrader The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson Pig – Michael Sarnoski Red Rocket – Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch | The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami, and Takamasa Oe The Green Knight – David Lowery The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal West Side Story – Tony Kushner |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Flee Belle Encanto Luca The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Drive My Car A Hero Petite Maman Titane The Worst Person in the World |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Original Score |
| Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee Procession The Sparks Brothers The Velvet Underground | The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood Annette – Ron Mael and Russell Mael Dune – Hans Zimmer The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat Spencer – Jonny Greenwood |
| Best Art Direction/Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| The French Dispatch Dune The Green Knight Nightmare Alley West Side Story | Spencer – Jacqueline Durran Cruella – Jenny Beavan Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska West Side Story – Paul Tazewell |
| Best Editing | Best Cinematography |
| The French Dispatch – Andrew Weisblum Drive My Car – Azusa Yamazaki Dune – Joe Walker The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras West Side Story – Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar | The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner Dune – Greig Fraser The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński |
| Best Use of Visual Effects | Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award |
| Dune Annette The Green Knight Nightmare Alley Titane | Michael Sarnoski – Pig Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Sian Heder – CODA Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby |
| Most Promising Performer | |
| Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Rachel Sennott – Shiva Baby as Danielle Rachel Zegler – West Side Story as María | |

## Awards breakdown

| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | West Side Story |
| 8 | The Power of the Dog |
| 7 | The Green Knight |
| 6 | Drive My Car |
| 6 | Dune |
| 6 | Licorice Pizza |
| 4 | The Lost Daughter |
| 3 | Pig |
| 3 | Spencer |
| 3 | Titane |
| 2 | Annette |
| 2 | CODA |
| 2 | Flee |
| 2 | The French Dispatch |
| 2 | Nightmare Alley |
| 2 | Passing |
| 2 | Red Rocket |
| 2 | Shiva Baby |
| Wins | Film |
| 7 | The Power of the Dog |
| 2 | The French Dispatch |
| 2 | Licorice Pizza |
| 2 | Spencer |