Austin Film Critics Association awards: The Power of the Dog wins Best Film
The power stays with The Power of the Dog in today's Austin Film Critics Association awards! Jane Campion's first film in 12 years earns five prizes from nine nominations, winning Best Film, and Director for Campion herself. It loses a few significant ones - Actor to Nicolas Cage for Pig, Adapted Screenplay to Drive My Car, Cinematography to The Green Knight - but proves its mettle as a serious Oscar frontrunner by dominating here nonetheless. Perhaps the biggest surprise here is the AFCA's pick for Best Actress: Agathe Rousselle for Titane may be an unexpected choice, but it's by no means an unworthy one. All the details of today's announcement below.
Best Film
1 THE POWER OF THE DOG
2 PIG*
3 LICORICE PIZZA
4 DUNE
5 DRIVE MY CAR
6 THE GREEN KNIGHT
7 TITANE
8 THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
9 PARALLEL MOTHERS
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best Director
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Actress
Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage (PIG)
Best Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Original Screenplay
Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Takamasa Oe (DRIVE MY CAR)
Best Cinematography
Andrew Droz Palermo (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Best Editing
Joe Walker (DUNE)
Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Ensemble
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Best Stunts
NO TIME TO DIE
Best Animated Film
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Documentary
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Best International Film
DRIVE MY CAR
Best First Film
Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Austin Film Award
WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OR CAUGHT (Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield)
Best Voice Acting / Animated / Digital Performance
Abbi Jacobson (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
Alana Haim (LICORICE PIZZA)
Special Award for Best Film Made in Austin by a Non-Austin Filmmaker
Shatara Michelle Ford (TEST PATTERN)
*oddly, this appears as #1 on the AFCA's Top 10 Films of 2021 list, above The Power of the Dog at #2, but I've shifted Pig down one to reflect how their awards officially went