Never worth dwelling on, the Hawaii Film Critics Society's awards nominations for 2021 have been announced. Highlights(?) include Destin Daniel Cretton in Best Drector, The Matrix Resurrections in Worst Film (but rly, why are we still doing categories like this?), separate categories for Best New Filmmaker and Best First Film... with different nominees, and nine nods for Last Night in Soho. Winners will be announced on the 14th of January. I truly do dread to think...
Best Picture
BELFAST
CODA
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MASS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Destin Daniel Cretton (SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS)
Guillermo del Toro (NIGHTMARE ALLEY)
Sian Heder (CODA)
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Nicole Kidman (BEING THE RICARDOS)
Thomasin McKenzie (LAST NIGHT IN SOHO)
Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage (PIG)
Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Peter Dinklage (CYRANO)
Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)
Will Smith (KING RICHARD)
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe (BELFAST)
Ariana DeBose (WEST SIDE STORY)
Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Aunjanue Ellis (KING RICHARD)
Marlee Matlin (CODA)
Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Dornan (BELFAST)
Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jared Leto (HOUSE OF GUCCI)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Original Screenplay
BELFAST
DON'T LOOK UP
KING RICHARD
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
PIG
Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA
DUNE
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Best Cinematography
BELFAST
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Editing
BELFAST
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
THE POWER OF THE DOG
WEST SIDE STORY
Best Art Direction
BELFAST
DUNE
THE GREEN KNIGHT
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Costume Design
DUNE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
WEST SIDE STORY
Best Sound
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Best Visual Effects
DUNE
FREE GUY
NO TIME TO DIE
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Best Make-Up
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
Best Original Score
DON'T LOOK UP
DUNE
ENCANTO
THE HARDER THEY FALL
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Song
"Be Alive" (KING RICHARD)
"Beyond the Shore" (CODA)
"Down to Joy" (BELFAST)
"Just Look Up" (DON'T LOOK UP)
"No Time to Die" (NO TIME TO DIE)
Best Stunt Work
BLACK WIDOW
NOBODY
NO TIME TO DIE
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Best Animated Film
ENCANTO
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
SING 2
Best Documentary
9/11: INSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S WAR ROOM
BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD'S A LITTLE BLURRY
THE FIRST WAVE
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
VAL
Best Foreign Language Film
BENEDETTA (France)
DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)
THE HAND OF GOD (Italy)
LAMB (Iceland)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Norway)
Best Comic Book Movie
BLACK WIDOW
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE
Best Hawaiian Film
FINDING OHANA (Oahu)
I WAS A SIMPLE MAN (Christopher Makoto Yogi) (Oahu)
KA HO'I THE RETURN (Mitchel Viernes) (Oahu)
OUR MAKAWAO (Robert Stone and Matt Yamashita) (Maui)
WATERMAN (Isaac Halisima) (Oahu)
Best Horror Film
ANTLERS
CANDYMAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
A QUIET PLACE PART II
Best Sci-Fi Film
DUNE
FREE GUY
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
A QUIET PLACE PART II
REMINISCENCE
Best First Film
MASS
THE NOVICE
PASSING
PIG
TICK, TICK...BOOM!
Best New Filmmaker
Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Rebecca Hall (PASSING)
Fran Kranz (MASS)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)
Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Best Overlooked Film
THE CARD COUNTER
CODA
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
THE NIGHT HOUSE
Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance
Thomas Haden Church (SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME)
Olivia Colman (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
John Leguizamo (ENCANTO)
Danny McBride (THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES)
Kelly Marie Tran (RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON)
Worst Film
COMING 2 AMERICA
DON'T BREATHE 2
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE