The critics have spoken — again! The votes have been counted, and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is excited to announce the winners for its 25th annual film awards.
THE POWER OF THE DOG directed by Jane Campion, and currently streaming on Netflix, came up the big winner, snagging a slew of awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. The OFCS is comprised of nearly 300 film critics from around the world.
THE POWER OF THE DOG shut out DUNE — which tied with nine nods, respectively, followed by eight nominations for WEST SIDE STORY. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s DRIVE MY CAR took the prize for Best Film Not in the English Language, while THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES scored Best Animated Feature. Questlove’s SUMMER OF SOUL was the Best Documentary feature.
“As an international member of the organization, I am immensely proud to see such incredible enthusiasm for the nominations from our members and the broader online film community,” said Richard Gray, a member of the OFCS Governing Committee and editor of The Reel Bits*. “The selection of winners this year shows that even during a difficult period around the world, film lovers continue to look for good stories, be it in the cinema or at home. We hope that people see themselves reflected in this list – or even discover something new in the process.”
(Full disclosure again: that’s me!)
And so, without further ado, here’s the list of winners from OFCS:
BEST PICTURE
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Drive My Car
3. Licorice Pizza
4. Dune
5. The Green Knight
6. Pig
7. The Worst Person in the World
8. Titane
9. West Side Story
10. Belfast
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – WINNER!
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter
Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter – WINNER!
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
A Hero
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig – WINNER!
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
Passing
The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
BEST FILM EDITING
Belfast
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune
Encanto
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog – WINNER!
Spencer
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
The French Dispatch – WINNER!
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune – WINNER!
The French Dispatch
Spencer
West Side Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune – WINNER!
The Green Knight
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter – WINNER!
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Kranz – Mass
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Drive My Car – WINNER!
Flee
A Hero
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Flee
Procession
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER!
The Velvet Underground
BEST NON-US RELEASE:
1970 – Poland
Bank Job – United Kingdom
Benediction – United Kingdom
The Girl and the Spider – Switzerland
The Medium – Thailand
Ninjababy – Norway
Petite Maman – France
Pleasure – Sweden
The Tsugua Diaries – Portugal
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash – Indonesia
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
· John Carpenter
· Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
· Sheila Nevins
· Paul Schrader
· John Williams
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
IATSE Workers, for bringing attention to labor issues in the film industry and fighting for better standards
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for providing worldwide access to classic films, including silent movies.
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is an important non-profit organization devoted
