Precursor: 5th Online Female Critics Nominations (2021)

Although The Power of the Dog easily led the nominations count, Benedict Cumberbatch was curiously missing from the list. Beyond that, Titane came out of this list with more nominations than The Worst Person in the World while the latter film is the one that made the Best Picture slate. A lot of out of the norm selections here, which is both interesting and forgettable when it comes to Oscar prognostication.

Nominations Tallies

(7) The Power of the Dog
(5) Belfast
(4) CODA, Mass, Passing, Titane
(3) The Lost Daughter, Spencer, The Worst Person in the World

The Nominations

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Worst Person in the World

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Male Lead

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
Will Smith – King Richard

Best Female Lead

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo – Zola
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Female

Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Riley Keough – Zola

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Mass
Pig
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
The Green Knight
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…BOOM!

Cinematography

Dune
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Documentary

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

Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
Mass
The Power of the Dog

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Natalie Morales – Language Lessons
Edson Oda – Nine Days
Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby

Best Breakthrough Performance

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

The Rosie

(The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”)
I’m Your Man
The Lost Daughter
Passing
Petite Maman
Shiva Baby