Precursor: 15th Women Journalists Nominations (2021)

Winners to be announced in early January. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have announced a list that while heavily female-centric, still represents a lot of what we’re seeing elsewhere so far this season.

Nominations Tallies

(12) The Power of the Dog
(9) Passing
(8) Belfast, The Lost Daughter
(5) CODA, Licorice Pizza
(3) Flee, King Richard, Raya and the Last Dragon, Titane, West Side Story

The Nominations

Best Film

Belfast
Licorice Pizza
The Lost Daughter
Passing
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Original Screenplay

Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Mass

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Dune
The Lost Daughter
Passing
The Power of the Dog

Best Editing

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
Passing
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Non-English-Language Film

Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
I’m Your Man
Titane

Best Documentary

Ascension
Flee
Julia
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Val

Best Animated Female

Giulia – Luca
Katie – The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Mirabel – Encanto
Raya – Raya and the Last Dragon
Sisu – Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Woman Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Sian Heder – CODA

Best Ensemble Cast

Belfast
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
The Power of the Dog

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

Most Daring Performance

Sanda Bullock – The Unforgivable
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Ruth Negga – Passing
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane

Grand Dame Award for Defying Ageism

Judi Dench
Rita Moreno
Diana Rigg

Best Woman Screenwriter

CODA
I’m Your Man
The Lost Daughter
Passing
The Power of the Dog

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

Victoria Alonzo for her Achievements at Marvel Studios
Maya Cade for Establishing the Black Film Archive
Anna Serner for 20 Years of Female-forward Work at the Swedish Film Institute

She Deserves a New Agent Award

Amy Adams – The Woman in the Window & Dear Evan Hansen
Melissa McCarthy – The Starling
Chloe Grace Moretz – Tom and Jerry

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award

Ray Liotta & Michela Derossi – The Many Saints of Newark
Simon Rez & Suzanna Son – Red Rocket
Salma Hayek & Samuel L. Jackson – The Hitman’s Bodyguard’s Wife
David Strathairn & Toni Collette – Nightmare Alley
Alana Haim & Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award

The Boss Baby: Family Reunion
Cruella
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Tom and Jerry

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

Gina Carano, Nicki Minaj and Letitia Wright for using celeb status for anti-vax propaganda
Producers, crew and cast of “Rust” for not following proper safety protocol and causing the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Warner Bros for contributing to Mel Gibson’s resurgence by hiring him to direct “Lethal Weapon 5”