Having such a small group, minority opinion can reign supreme and that’s especially true with the Hawaii critics, which is the smallest group currently giving awards, thus CODA and Last Night in Soho were the top pics while films like The Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, and others were ignored.

Awards Tallies

(4) CODA, Last Night in Soho
(3) Dune
(2) Pig, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The Awards

Best Picture

Last Night in Soho

Best Animated Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig

Best Actress

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best Supporting Actress

Marlee Matlin – CODA

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA

Best Original Score

The Harder They Fall

Best Song

No Time to Die – No Time to Die

Best Editing

Last Night in Soho

Best Cinematography

Dune

Best Art Direction

Dune

Best Costume Design

House of Gucci

Best Makeup

Cruella

Best Sound

Last Night in Soho

Best Visual Effects

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Foreign Language Film

The Hand of God

Best Documentary

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

Best Overlooked Film

CODA

Best New Filmmaker

Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Best First Film

tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Kelly Marie Tran – Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Stunt Work

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Hawaiian Film

Our Makawao

Worst Film of 2021

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Best Horror Film

Last Night in Soho

Best Comic Book Film

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Sci-Fi Film

Dune

Hawaii Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2016 (6)