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Iowa Film Critics Association announces 2021 award winners


Belfast, Caitriona Balfe, Kenneth Branagh, Iowa Film Critics Association
Caitriona Balfe in Belfast

Oscar frontrunners Belfast and The Power of the Dog are the top award winners for the year from the Iowa Film Critics Association. Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical drama wins two prizes including Best Film, while Jane Campion's Western wins three including Best Director for Campion herself. Leading acting awards go to a couple of fellow Oscar hopefuls in House of Gucci's Lady Gaga and tick, tick...BOOM!'s Andrew Garfield. All the results below.


Best Film

BELFAST

Runners-up: DUNE / THE POWER OF THE DOG


Best Director

Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runners-up: Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST) / Denis Villeneuve (DUNE)


Best Actress

Lady Gaga (HOUSE OF GUCCI)

Runners-up: Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER) / Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)


Best Actor

Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)

Runners-up: Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG) / Will Smith (KING RICHARD)


Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe (BELFAST)

Runners-up: Ariana DeBose (WEST SIDE STORY) / Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)


Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runners-up: Jamie Dornan (BELFAST) / Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)


Best Score

Jonny Greenwood (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runners-up: Alexandre Desplat (THE FRENCH DISPATCH) / Hans Zimmer (DUNE)


Best Song

"Guns Go Bang" (THE HARDER THEY FALL)

Runners-up: "Down to Joy" (BELFAST) / "No Time to Die" (NO TIME TO DIE)


Best Animated Film

ENCANTO

Runners-up: FLEE / RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON


Best Documentary

SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Runners-up: FLEE / THE RESCUE

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