The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) named The Power of the Dog, the Best Picture of 2021, along with awarding Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay to Jane Campion.
Other top awards went to Summer of Soul for Best Documentary and Parallel Mothers for Best Foreign Language Film.
Winners of San Diego Film Critics Society 2021 Awards
Best Picture
Winner: THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner–up: BELFAST
Best Director
Winner: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner–up: Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST
Best Actor
Winner: Nicolas Cage, PIG
Runner–up: Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Best Actress (tie)
Winners: Caitríona Balfe, BELFAST and Penélope Cruz, PARALLEL MOTHERS
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Jason Isaacs, MASS
Runner–up: Ben Affleck, THE TENDER BAR
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ruth Negga, PASSING
Runner–up: Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY
Best Comedic Performance
Winner: Bradley Cooper, LICORICE PIZZA
Runner–up: David Harbour, BLACK WIDOW
Best Youth Performance (Performers under the age of 16)
Winner: Jude Hill, BELFAST
Runners–up: Mckenna Grace, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE; Saniyya
Sidney, KING RICHARD
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Fran Kranz, MASS
Runners–up: Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST; Adam McKay, DON’T LOOK UP
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner–up: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Best Documentary
Winner: SUMMER OF SOUL
Runner–up: FLEE
Best Animated Film
Winner: LUCA
Runner–up: FLEE
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: PARALLEL MOTHERS
Runner–up: I’M YOUR MAN
Best Editing
Winner: Myron Kerstein, IN THE HEIGHTS
Runner–up: Úna Ní Dhonghalle, BELFAST
Best Cinematography
Winner: Greig Fraser, DUNE
Runner–up: Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Best Production Design
Winner: Tamara Deverell, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Runner–up: Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Best Visual Effects
Winner: DUNE
Best Costumes
Winner: Jenny Beavan, CRUELLA
Runner–up: Antionette Messam, THE HARDER THEY FALL
Best Sound Design
Winner: Theo Green, Dave Whitehead, DUNE
Runners–up: Simon Chase, James Mather, BELFAST; Malte Bieler, Brandon Jones, A
QUIET PLACE PART II; Dave Whitehead, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Use of Music
Winner: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Runners–up: BELFAST, IN THE HEIGHTS, WEST SIDE STORY
CRUELLA
Breakthrough Artist
Winner: Emilia Jones, CODA
Runner–up: Jude Hill, BELFAST
Best Ensemble
Winner: DON’T LOOK UP
Body of Work
Jonny Greenwood, Composer (LICORICE PIZZA, THE POWER OF THE DOG, SPENCER)