The three big contenders for top nominations at the Oscars this year came out on top in a tie for Hawaii’s nominations. We’ll see what film comes out on top, but the surprise showing for Last Night in Soho isn’t going to be it.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Belfast, Dune, The Power of the Dog
(9) Last Night in Soho
(8) CODA
(5) Nightmare Alley, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home
(4) King Richard
(3) Don’t Look Up, Encanto, House of Gucci, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, A Quiet Place Part II, No Time to Die, Pig, tick, tick…BOOM!, West Side Story

The Nominations

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Last Night in Soho
Mass
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film

Encanto
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sing 2

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 Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Emilia Jones – CODA
Thomasin McKenzie – Last Night in Soho
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

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 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 Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Last Night in Soho
Pig
King Richard

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

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 Editing

Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog

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 Makeup

Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

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 Foreign Language Film

Benedetta
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
Lamb
The Worst Person in the World

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 Overlooked Film

The Card Counter
CODA
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House

Best New Filmmaker

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Kranz – Mass
Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…BOOM!
Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Best First Film

Mass
The Novice
Passing
The Pig
tick, tick…BOOM!

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

Best Stunt Work

Black Widow
No Time to Die
Nobody
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Hawaiian Film

Finding Ohana
I Was a Simple Man
Ka Ho’i the Return
Our Makawao
Waterman

Worst Film of 2021

Coming 2 America
Don’t Breathe 2
The Matrix Resurrections
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Best Horror Film

Antlers
Candyman
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
A Quiet Place Part II

Best Comic Book Film

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 Sci-Fi Film

Dune
Free Guy
The Matrix Resurrections
A Quiet Place Part II
Reminiscence

Hawaii Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2016 (6)