# 5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

The 5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place on February 28, 2022, in Avalon Hollywood. It was originally scheduled to take place on January 8, 2022, but was postponed due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant. The ceremony was hosted by Annaleigh Ashford.
The nominations were announced on December 2, 2021. Dune received the most nominations with ten, followed by Belfast and CODA with nine each; the latter won Best Picture. In regards to the total number of overall nominations for studios, Netflix led with 27, followed by Warner Bros. with 18 and Focus Features with 17.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Best Picture CODA Being the Ricardos Belfast Dune King Richard Last Night in Soho Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog Spencer tick, tick... BOOM! | Best Director Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (TIE) Denis Villeneuve – Dune (TIE) Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick... BOOM! Pablo Larraín – Spencer Rebecca Hall – Passing Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard Sian Heder – CODA Steven Spielberg – West Side Story |
| Best Actor Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Peter Dinklage – Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams | Best Actress Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana Spencer Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball |
| Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Jamie Dornan – Belfast as Pa Jason Isaacs – Mass as Jay Perry Robin de Jesús – tick, tick... BOOM! as Michael | Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Marlee Matlin – CODA as Jackie Rossi Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew |
| Best Cast Ensemble Belfast CODA Don't Look Up The Harder They Fall King Richard | Best Animated or VFX Performance Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto as Mirabel Madrigal Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell Jacob Tremblay – Luca as Luca Paguro John Leguizamo – Encanto as Bruno Madrigal Sylvester Stallone – The Suicide Squad as Nanaue / King Shark |
| Best Original Screenplay Fran Kranz – Mass Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns – Last Night in Soho Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Zach Baylin – King Richard | Best Adapted Screenplay Sian Heder – CODA Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Steven Levenson – tick, tick... BOOM! |
| Best Action Film The Harder They Fall No Time to Die Nobody Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Suicide Squad | Best Animated Film The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Flee Luca Raya and the Last Dragon |
| Best Comedy or Musical tick, tick... BOOM! Cyrano Free Guy In the Heights West Side Story | Best Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee The Rescue The Sparks Brothers Val |
| Best Horror Last Night in Soho Fear Street Trilogy Malignant The Night House A Quiet Place Part II | Best Indie Film Pig CODA Mass Shiva Baby Spencer |
| Best International Film Drive My Car Flee A Hero Titane The Worst Person in the World | Best First Feature Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick... BOOM! Fran Kranz – Mass Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Michael Sarnoski – Pig Rebecca Hall – Passing |
| Best Short Film Us Again Blush Far from the Tree Nona Robin Robin | Best Score Hans Zimmer – Dune Alexandre Desplat – The French Dispatch Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Steven Price – Last Night in Soho |
| Best Original Song "Be Alive", sung by Beyoncé – King Richard "Beyond the Shore", sung by Emilia Jones – CODA "Down to Joy", sung by Van Morrison – Belfast "Every Letter", sung by Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Cyrano "No Time to Die", sung by Billie Eilish – No Time to Die | Best Cinematography Greig Fraser – Dune Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Claire Mathon – Spencer Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story |
| Best Production Design Tamara Deverell – Nightmare Alley Adam Stockhausen – The French Dispatch Guy Hendrix Dyas – Spencer Marcus Rowland – Last Night in Soho Patrice Vermette – Dune | Best Film Editing Paul Machliss – Last Night in Soho Andrew Weisblum and Myron I. Kerstein – tick, tick... BOOM! Joe Walker – Dune Pamela Martin – King Richard Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast |
| Best Stunts Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Black Widow Dune No Time to Die Nobody | Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan – Cruella Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West – Dune Jacqueline Durran – Spencer Janty Yates – House of Gucci Odile Dicks-Mireaux – Last Night in Soho |
| Best Hair & Makeup Justin Raleigh, Linda Dowds, and Stephanie Ingram – The Eyes of Tammy Faye Ana Lozano, David Craig Forrest, Kim Santantonio, Kyra Panchenko, Michael Ornelaz, Teressa Hill, and Yvonne DePatis Kupka – Being the Ricardos Carolyn Cousins and Nadia Stacey – Cruella Donald Mowat, Eva von Bahr, and Love Larson – Dune Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano, Göran Lundström, and Sarah Nicole Tanno – House of Gucci | Best Visual Effects Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Tristan Myles – Dune Daniele Bigi, Matt Aitken, Neil Corbould, and Stephane Ceretti – Eternals Bryan Grill, Dan Sudick, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Swen Gillberg – Free Guy Christopher Townsend, Dan Oliver, Joe Farrell, and Sean Noel Walker – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Dan Sudick, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Kelvin McIlwain – The Suicide Squad |

## Honorary awards

* Newcomer Award – Jude Hill
* Inspire Award – Aunjanue Ellis
* Game Changer Award – Simu Liu
* Spotlight Award – The Cast of CODA
* Star on the Rise Award – Saniyya Sidney
* International Icon Award – Javier Bardem
* Artisan on the Rise Award – Alice Brooks
* Acting Achievement Award – Nicolas Cage
* Artisans Achievement Award – Greig Fraser
* Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Natalie Morales
* Excellence in Artistry Award – Kenneth Branagh
* Filmmaking Achievement Award – Guillermo del Toro

## Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards:
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Dune |
| 3 | CODA |
| 3 | tick, tick... BOOM! |
| 2 | Last Night in Soho |

## Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Dune |
| 9 | Belfast |
| 9 | CODA |
| 8 | King Richard |
| 8 | Spencer |
| 8 | tick, tick... BOOM! |
| 7 | Last Night in Soho |
| 6 | The Power of the Dog |
| 4 | Being the Ricardos |
| 4 | Mass |
| 4 | Passing |
| 4 | West Side Story |
| 3 | Cyrano |
| 3 | Encanto |
| 3 | Flee |
| 3 | House of Gucci |
| 3 | No Time to Die |
| 3 | Pig |
| 3 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings |
| 3 | The Suicide Squad |
| 2 | Cruella |
| 2 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| 2 | Free Guy |
| 2 | The French Dispatch |
| 2 | The Harder They Fall |
| 2 | The Lost Daughter |
| 2 | Luca |
| 2 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines |
| 2 | Nightmare Alley |
| 2 | Nobody |