Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2021

20th WAFCA Awards
20th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 6, 2021
Highlights
Best Film	Belfast
Best Director	Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Best Actor	Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM!
Best Actress	Kristen Stewart – Spencer
	← 2020; WAFCA Awards; 2022 →;

The 20th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 6, 2021.^[1] The nominations were announced on December 4, 2021.^[2] Belfast and The Power of the Dog led the nominations with 11 each, with the former winning Best Film.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Kenneth Branagh, Best Original Screenplay winner

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

The following films received multiple nominations:

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

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
3	Dune
3	The Power of the Dog
2	Belfast
2	tick, tick... BOOM!

References

^ "The 2021 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 4, 2021). "Washington DC Critics: 'Belfast,' 'The Power of the Dog' lead nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 6, 2021). "Washington DC Critics name 'Belfast' Best Film; 'Power of the Dog' wins three awards". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

External links

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

[1] "The 2021 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

[2] Anderson, Erik (December 4, 2021). "Washington DC Critics: 'Belfast,' 'The Power of the Dog' lead nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

[3] Anderson, Erik (December 6, 2021). "Washington DC Critics name 'Belfast' Best Film; 'Power of the Dog' wins three awards". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

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