2021 Indiana Film Journalists Association award nominations announced
Updated: Dec 15, 2021
You want an open field? Go to Indiana! The Indiana Film Journalists Association has announced the nominations for its 2021 awards... all 200+ nominations. With all that scope, a few unexpected frontrunners emerge here: the movie with the most nods is Fran Kranz's directorial debut Mass with 10, while Julia Ducournau's Palme d'Or winner Titane and Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah are right behind it with 9, and next behind are CODA and The Harder They Fall with 8. Kudos to the IFJA for not forgetting that their calendar year awards can and should include films from early in the year, even if they won Oscars in April, hence Judas' strong showing. I'd appeal to other critics' groups to do the same, but they aren't listening, and they don't seem inclined to care anyway. There's a healthy crop of clangers in amongst the finer fare here, but I'll take that any day if it's the price to be paid for remembering that 2021 didn't start in July. Winners will be announced on the 20th of December.
Best Film
ANNETTE
BELFAST
THE CARD COUNTER
C'MON C'MON
CODA
CYRANO
DISFLUENCY
DRIVE MY CAR
DUNE
FLEE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
HALLOWEEN KILLS
THE HARDER THEY FALL
THE HUMANS
IN THE HEIGHTS
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
THE LAST DUEL
LICORICE PIZZA
LUCA
MASS
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NINJABABY
PETITE MAMAN
PIG
THE POWER OF THE DOG
RED ROCKET
RIDERS OF JUSTICE
SPENCER
TITANE
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
WEST SIDE STORY
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)
Sean Baker (RED ROCKET)
Anna Baumgarten (DISFLUENCY)
Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Leos Carax (ANNETTE)
Jon M. Chu (IN THE HEIGHTS)
Joel Coen (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Julia Ducournau (TITANE)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Rebecca Hall (PASSING)
Hamaguchi Ryusuke (DRIVE MY CAR)
Sian Heder (CODA)
Anders Thomas Jensen (RIDERS OF JUSTICE)
Stephen Karam (THE HUMANS)
Shaka King (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Fran Kranz (MASS)
Pablo Larrain (SPENCER)
David Lowery (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Mike Mills (C'MON C'MON)
Jeymes Samuel (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Paul Schrader (THE CARD COUNTER)
Celine Sciamma (PETITE MAMAN)
Ridley Scott (WEST SIDE STORY)
Yngvild Sve Flikke (NINJABABY)
Denis Villeneuve (DUNE)
James Wan (MALIGNANT)
Joe Wright (CYRANO)
Best Actress
Libe Barer (DISFLUENCY)
Jessica Chastain (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE)
Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Jodie Comer (THE LAST DUEL)
Rebecca Ferguson (DUNE)
Alana Haim (LICORICE PIZZA)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Vicky Krieps (BERGMAN ISLAND)
Lady Gaga (HOUSE OF GUCCI)
Frances McDormand (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Noomi Rapace (LAMB)
Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)
Millicent Simmonds (A QUIET PLACE PART II)
Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)
Tessa Thompson (PASSING)
Kristine Kujath Thorp (NINJABABY)
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage (PIG)
Bradley Cooper (NIGHTMARE ALLEY)
Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Peter Dinklage (CYRANO)
Adam Driver (ANNETTE)
Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)
Oscar Isaac (THE CARD COUNTER)
Jonathan Majors (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Mads Mikkelsen (RIDERS OF JUSTICE)
Nishijima Hidetoshi (DRIVE MY CAR)
Bob Odenkirk (NOBODY)
Dev Patel (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Joaquin Phoenix (C'MON C'MON)
Anthony Ramos (IN THE HEIGHTS)
Simon Rex (RED ROCKET)
Will Smith (KING RICHARD)
Lakeith Stanfield (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Denzel Washington (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Best Supporting Actress
Chelsea Alden (DISFLUENCY)
Caitriona Balfe (BELFAST)
Cate Blanchett (NIGHTMARE ALLEY)
Jessie Buckley (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Ariana DeBose (WEST SIDE STORY)
Ann Dowd (MASS)
Aunjanue Ellis (KING RICHARD)
Dominique Fishback (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Gaby Hoffmann (C'MON C'MON)
Regina King (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Marlee Matlin (CODA)
Rita Moreno (WEST SIDE STORY)
Miura Toko (DRIVE MY CAR)
Ruth Negga (PASSING)
Martha Plimpton (MASS)
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck (THE LAST DUEL)
Reed Birney (MASS)
Bradley Cooper (LICORICE PIZZA)
Robin de Jesus (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)
Colman Domingo (ZOLA)
Jamie Dornan (BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR)
Mike Faist (WEST SIDE STORY)
Simon Helberg (ANNETTE)
Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)
Jason Isaacs (MASS)
Richard Jenkins (THE HUMANS)
Daniel Kaluuya (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jared Leto (HOUSE OF GUCCI)
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (RIDERS OF JUSTICE)
Vincent Lindon (TITANE)
Woody Norman (C'MON C'MON)
Okada Masaki (DRIVE MY CAR)
Al Pacino (HOUSE OF GUCCI)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Jeffrey Wright (THE FRENCH DISPATCH)
Best Original Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness and Jason Schwartzman (THE FRENCH DISPATCH)
Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Julia Ducournau (TITANE)
Mia Hansen-Love (BERGMAN ISLAND)
Anders Thomas Jensen (RIDERS OF JUSTICE)
Steven Knight (SPENCER)
Fran Kranz (MASS)
Mike Mills (C'MON C'MON)
Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block (PIG)
Paul Schrader (THE CARD COUNTER)
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo (BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Oe Takamasa (DRIVE MY CAR)
Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (THE LAST DUEL)
Quiara Alegria Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda (IN THE HEIGHTS)
Stephen Karam (THE HUMANS)
Tony Kushner (WEST SIDE STORY)
David Lowery (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (DUNE)
Best Musical Score
Robert Levon Been and Giancarlo Vulcano (THE CARD COUNTER)
Carter Burwell (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies (HALLOWEEN KILLS)
Jonny Greenwood (LICORICE PIZZA)
Jonny Greenwood (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Jonny Greenwood (SPENCER)
Harry Gregson-Williams (THE LAST DUEL)
Craig Harris and Mark Isham (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Daniel Hart (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Nathan Johnson (NIGHTMARE ALLEY)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (CANDYMAN)
Ron Mael and Russell Mael (ANNETTE)
Dan Romer (LUCA)
Jeymes Samuel (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Jim Williams (TITANE)
Hans Zimmer (DUNE)
Best Ensemble Acting
BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
BELFAST
CODA
DUNE
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
THE GREEN KNIGHT
THE HARDER THEY FALL
THE HUMANS
IN THE HEIGHTS
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
THE LAST DUEL
THE LOST DAUGHTER
MASS
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NO SUDDEN MOVE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
RIDERS OF JUSTICE
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Best Animated Feature
ENCANTO
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
RON'S GONE WRONG
Best Documentary
FLEE
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME
MAYOR PETE
PROCESSION
THE RESCUE
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
STORM LAKE
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Best Foreign Language Film
DRIVE MY CAR
FLEE
A HERO
LAMB
NINJABABY
PETITE MAMAN
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
RIDERS OF JUSTICE
TITANE
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Original Vision Award
ANNETTE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
MASS
PIG
TITANE
Breakout of the Year
Anna Baumgarten (DISFLUENCY)
Leslie Grace (IN THE HEIGHTS)
Alana Haim (LICORICE PIZZA)
Jude Hill (BELFAST)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Stephen Karam (THE HUMANS)
Shaka King (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
Fran Kranz (MASS)
Woody Norman (C'MON C'MON)
Michael Rianda (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)
Jeymes Samuel (THE HARDER THEY FALL)
Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Rachel Zegler (WEST SIDE STORY)
Best Vocal / Motion-Capture Performance
Stephanie Beatriz (ENCANTO)
Olivia Colman (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
Olivia Colman (RON'S GONE WRONG)
Zach Galifianakis (RON'S GONE WRONG)
Jack Dylan Grazer (LUCA)
Tom Hardy (VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE)
Ralph Ineson (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Abbi Jacobson (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
Caleb Landry Jones (FINCH)
Danny McBride (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
Herman Tommeraas (NINJABABY)
Jacob Tremblay (LUCA)
Steven Vlahos (PSYCHO GOREMAN)