By Matt Neglia
The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (MFCA) Awards have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2021. The winners will be announced on March 6th.
​Click below to see the nominations.
BEST PICTURE
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST ACTOR
Nicholas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Kathryn Hunter – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ruth Negga – Passing
BEST ENSEMBLE
Belfast
Dune
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST SCREENPLAY
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
Parallel Mothers – Pedro Almodovar
Pig – Michael Sarnoski
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
BEST EDITING
Dune
The Last Duel
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick…Boom!
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST MUSIC
Dune
Encanto
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
BEST COSTUME/MAKE-UP
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST SOUND WORK
Dune
Last Night in Soho
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
West Side Story
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Dune
Godzilla Vs. Kong
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
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