The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their top honorees for 2021 with Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” winning Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. The semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama from filmmaker centers on a nine-year-old boy and his family during the troubles in 1969 Northern Ireland.
Jane Campion won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Power of the Dog,” based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, and Kodi Smit-McPhee was also awarded Best Supporting Actor for the film.
WAFCA awarded Best Actress to Kristen Stewart for her portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales in Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer” and Andrew Garfield won Best Actor for Lin Manuel-Miranda’s musical-drama “tick, tick…BOOM!”
Best Documentary went to “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and Best International/Foreign Language Film was awarded to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese drama “Drive My Car.”
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association comprises over 65 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet.
2021 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Award Winners
Best Film:
Belfast
Best Director:
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Best Actor:
Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!)
Best Actress:
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Supporting Actor:
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Best Supporting Actress:
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Best Acting Ensemble:
Mass
Best Youth Performance:
Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)
Best Voice Performance:
Awkwafina (Raya and the Last Dragon)
Best Original Screenplay:
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Best Animated Feature:
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Best Documentary:
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Best International/Foreign Language Film:
Drive My Car
Best Production Design:
Patrice Vermette, Production Designer; Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos, Set Decorators (Dune)
Best Cinematography:
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS (Dune)
Best Editing:
Myron Kerstein, ACE; Andrew Weisblum, ACE (tick, tick…BOOM!)
Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (Dune)