Precursor: 17th Austin Critics Awards (2021)

Another victory for The Power of the Dog with a strange discrepancy with their official top ten, which put Pig on top, which would explain its 3 awards.

Awards Tallies

(5) The Power of the Dog
(3) Pig
(2) Drive My Car, The Mitchells vs. the Machines

The Awards

Best Film

The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Best Actress

Agathe Rousselle – Titane

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay

Pig

Best Adapted Screenplay

Drive My Car

Best Original Score

The Power of the Dog

Best Editing

Dune

Best Cinematography

The Green Knight

Best International Film

Drive My Car

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best First Film

Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Best Ensemble

The French Dispatch

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance

Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Breakthrough Artist

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Best Stunts

No Time to Die

Best Austin Film

Without Getting Killed or Caught

Top 10 Films of 2021

1. Pig
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Licorice Pizza
4. Dune
5. Drive My Car
6. The Green Knight
7. Titane
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. Parallel Mothers
*. The Worst Person in the World