# Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2021

The 20th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 6, 2021. The nominations were announced on December 4, 2021. Belfast and The Power of the Dog led the nominations with 11 each, with the former winning Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Belfast The Green Knight The Power of the Dog tick, tick... BOOM! West Side Story | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Kenneth Branagh – Belfast David Lowery – The Green Knight Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Denis Villeneuve – Dune |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin Feld Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth | Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball Tessa Thompson – Passing as Irene Redfield |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Jamie Dornan – Belfast as Pa Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog as George Burbank | Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Belfast – Kenneth Branagh C'mon C'mon – Mike Mills King Richard – Zach Baylin Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson Mass – Fran Kranz | The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion CODA – Sian Heder Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve tick, tick... BOOM! – Steven Levenson West Side Story – Tony Kushner |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Flee Luca Raya and the Last Dragon | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) The First Wave Flee The Rescue Val |
| Best International/Foreign Language Film | Best Cinematography |
| Drive My Car A Hero Lamb Titane The Worst Person in the World | Dune – Greig Fraser Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel |
| Best Editing | Best Original Score |
| tick, tick... BOOM! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle Dune – Joe Walker The French Dispatch – Andrew Weisblum The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras | Dune – Hans Zimmer Cyrano – Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood Spencer – Jonny Greenwood |
| Best Production Design | Best Acting Ensemble |
| Dune – Patrice Vermette (production designer); Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set decorators) Belfast – Jim Clay (production designer); Claire Nia Richards (set decorator) The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator) Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell (production designer); Shane Vieau (set decorator) West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator) | Mass Belfast The French Dispatch The Harder They Fall The Power of the Dog |
| Best Youth Performance | Best Voice Performance |
| Woody Norman – C'mon C'mon as Jesse Jude Hill – Belfast as Buddy Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Saniyya Sidney – King Richard as Venus Williams Rachel Zegler – West Side Story as María Vasquez | Awkwafina – Raya and the Last Dragon as Sisu Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto as Mirabel Madrigal Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell Kelly Marie Tran – Raya and the Last Dragon as Raya Jacob Tremblay – Luca as Luca Parugo |

## Multiple nominations and wins

| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Belfast |
| 11 | The Power of the Dog |
| 6 | Dune |
| 6 | West Side Story |
| 4 | The French Dispatch |
| 4 | King Richard |
| 4 | tick, tick... BOOM! |
| 3 | CODA |
| 3 | The Green Knight |
| 3 | Mass |
| 3 | Raya and the Last Dragon |
| 2 | C'mon C'mon |
| 2 | Encanto |
| 2 | Flee |
| 2 | Luca |
| 2 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines |
| 2 | Spencer |
| 2 | The Tragedy of Macbeth |
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Dune |
| 3 | The Power of the Dog |
| 2 | Belfast |
| 2 | tick, tick... BOOM! |