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