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The Power of the Dog wins five Dallas-Fort Worth critics' awards


Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association has declared the results of its awards voting for 2021, and they've come to some very popular conclusions this season. Jane Campion's critical behemoth The Power of the Dog wins in 5 of the group's 13 categories and places second in a further three, comprehensively confirming it as the Dallas / Fort Worth critics' pick of the year. The only other movie to win multiple prizes here is Dune, which collects a couple of tech awards. Read all about it below.


Best Picture

1 THE POWER OF THE DOG

2 BELFAST

3 KING RICHARD

4 WEST SIDE STORY

5 LICORICE PIZZA

6 DUNE

7 NIGHTMARE ALLEY

8 THE FRENCH DISPATCH

9 THE LOST DAUGHTER

10 CODA


Best Director

1 Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

2 Steven Spielberg (WEST SIDE STORY)

3 Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)

4 Denis Villeneuve (DUNE)

5 Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)


Best Actress

1 Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)

2 Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER)

3 Jessica Chastain (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE)

4 Lady Gaga (HOUSE OF GUCCI)

5 Nicole Kidman (BEING THE RICARDOS)


Best Actor

1 Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

2 Will Smith (KING RICHARD)

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

4 Peter Dinklage (CYRANO)

5 Denzel Washington (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)


Best Supporting Actress

1 Ariana DeBose (WEST SIDE STORY)

2 Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

3 Aunjanue Ellis (KING RICHARD)

4 Caitriona Balfe (BELFAST)

5 Ruth Negga (PASSING)


Best Supporting Actor

1 Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

2 Troy Kotsur (CODA)

3 Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)

4 Ben Affleck (THE TENDER BAR)

5 Jesse Plemons (THE POWER OF THE DOG)


Best Screenplay

1 Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

2 Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)

Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)


Best Cinematography

1 Greig Fraser (DUNE)

2 Ari Wegner (THE POWER OF THE DOG)


Best Musical Score

1 Hans Zimmer (DUNE)

2 Jonny Greenwood (THE POWER OF THE DOG)


Best Animated Film

1 ENCANTO

2 THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES


Best Documentary

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

2 FLEE

3 THE RESCUE

4 PROCESSION

5 VAL


Best Foreign Language Film

1 DRIVE MY CAR

2 A HERO

3 THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

4 THE HAND OF GOD

5 FLEE


Russell Smith Award for the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film

FLEE

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