The Power of the Dog won the top prize of Best Picture at the 2nd Minnesota Film Critics Alliance awards along with Best Director and Best Screenplay for Jane Campion.
Top acting honors including Best Actor went to Nicolas Cage for Pig and Best Actress to Kristen Stewart for Spencer; along with Best Supporting Actor to Troy Kotsur for CODA and Best Supporting Actress to Ariana DeBose for West Side Story.
The MNFCA is a 21 person group with members working in print, digital, broadcast and podcast media. Members are from across the state, with some in the Twin Cities metro region and others located in Greater Minnesota communities such as Brainerd, Duluth, Fargo-Moorhead, Rochester, and Wahpeton-Breckenridge.
Winners and runners-up of 2nd Minnesota Film Critics Alliance awards
BEST PICTURE
WINNER: “The Power of the Dog”
RUNNERS UP: “Dune” and “West Side Story”
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog
RUNNER UP: Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Nicolas Cage, “Pig”
RUNNER UP: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
RUNNER UP: Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
RUNNER UP: Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
RUNNER UP: Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ENSEMBLE
WINNER: “West Side Story”
RUNNER UP: “Belfast”
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: “The Power of the Dog” by Jane Campion
RUNNER UP: “Dune,” by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
BEST EDITING
WINNER: “Dune”
RUNNER UP: “The Last Duel”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: “Dune”
RUNNER UP: “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
BEST MUSIC
WINNER: “Spencer”
RUNNERS UP: “Dune” and “Encanto”
BEST COSTUME/MAKE-UP
WINNER: “Dune”
RUNNER UP: “Cruella”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: “Nightmare Alley”
RUNNER UP: “Dune”
BEST SOUND WORK
WINNER: “Dune”
RUNNER UP: “West Side Story”
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
WINNER: “Dune”
RUNNER UP: “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WINNER: “Encanto”
RUNNER UP: “Mitchells Vs. the Machines”
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