# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2021

The 17th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2021, were announced on January 11, 2022. The nominations were announced on January 4, 2022.
The Power of the Dog led the nominations with nine and also received the most awards with five wins, including Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| The Power of the Dog Dune The Green Knight Licorice Pizza Pig | Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car David Lowery – The Green Knight Denis Villeneuve – Dune |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Saber Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth | Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers as Janis Martinez Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 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 Vincent Lindon – Titane as Vincent Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright | Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Kathryn Hunter – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Witches / Old Man Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski – Pig Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch Fran Kranz – Mass Mike Mills – C'mon C'mon | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Sian Heder – CODA David Lowery – The Green Knight Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve – Dune |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines Belle Encanto Flee Luca | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee The Rescue The Sparks Brothers The Velvet Underground |
| Best International Film | Best First Film |
| Drive My Car Lamb Parallel Mothers Titane The Worst Person in the World | Michael Sarnoski – Pig Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Fran Kranz – Mass Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth Greig Fraser – Dune Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog | Joe Walker – Dune Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar – West Side Story Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog Claire Simpson – The Last Duel |
| Best Score | Best Ensemble |
| Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Daniel Hart – The Green Knight Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – Candyman Hans Zimmer – Dune | The French Dispatch Dune The Harder they Fall Licorice Pizza Mass |
| Best Stunts | Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance |
| No Time to Die Dune Raging Fire Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home | Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto as Mirabel Madrigal John Leguizamo – Encanto as Bruno Madrigal Danny McBride – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Rick Mitchell Kaho Nakamura – Belle as Suzu Naito / Belle |
| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Best Austin Film 2021 |
| Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Emilia Jones – CODA Agathe Rousselle – Titane Rachel Sennott – Shiva Baby | Without Getting Killed or Caught (dirs. Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield) The Carnivores (dir. Caleb Michael Johnson) The Get Together (dir. Will Bakke) Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (co-dir. Robert Rodriguez) Queens of Pain (co-dir. Cassie Hay) |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| To director Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern, the Best Film Made in Austin by a Non-Austin Filmmaker ||

## Top 10 Films

* Pig
* The Power of the Dog
* Licorice Pizza
* Dune
* Drive My Car
* The Green Knight
* Titane
* The Tragedy of Macbeth
* Parallel Mothers / The Worst Person in the World (TIE)