Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Explained

Number:	34
Award:	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date:	December 15, 2021
Site:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Best Picture:	The Power of the Dog
Most Wins:	The Power of the Dog (7)
Most Nominations:	West Side Story (11)
Last:	33rd
Next:	35th

The 34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 15, 2021.^{[1] [2] [3]} The awards honor the best in film for 2021. The nominations were announced on December 13, 2021.^{[4] [5] [6]} West Side Story received the most nominations (11), followed by The Power of the Dog (8) and The Green Knight (7).

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 34th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Awards

Best Film	Best Director
The Power of the Dog Drive My Car The Green Knight Licorice Pizza West Side Story	Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car David Lowery – The Green Knight Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor	Best Actress
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car as Yūsuke Kafuku Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Davies/Saber	Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza as Jon Peters Colman Domingo – Zola as Abegunde "X" Olawale Mike Faist – West Side Story as Riff Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright	Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Riley Keough – Zola as Stefani
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson The Card Counter – Paul Schrader The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson Pig – Michael Sarnoski Red Rocket – Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch	The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami, and Takamasa Oe The Green Knight – David Lowery The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal West Side Story – Tony Kushner
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Flee Belle Encanto Luca The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Drive My Car A Hero Petite Maman Titane The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary Film	Best Original Score
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee Procession The Sparks Brothers The Velvet Underground	The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood Annette – Ron Mael and Russell Mael Dune – Hans Zimmer The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
Best Art Direction/Production Design	Best Costume Design
The French Dispatch Dune The Green Knight Nightmare Alley West Side Story	Spencer – Jacqueline Durran Cruella – Jenny Beavan Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
Best Editing	Best Cinematography
The French Dispatch – Andrew Weisblum Drive My Car – Azusa Yamazaki Dune – Joe Walker The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras West Side Story – Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar	The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner Dune – Greig Fraser The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński
Best Use of Visual Effects	Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
Dune Annette The Green Knight Nightmare Alley Titane	Michael Sarnoski – Pig Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Sian Heder – CODA Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby
Most Promising Performer
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Rachel Sennott – Shiva Baby as Danielle Rachel Zegler – West Side Story as María

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
11	West Side Story
8	The Power of the Dog
7	The Green Knight
6	Drive My Car
	Dune
	Licorice Pizza
4	The Lost Daughter
3	Pig
	Spencer
	Titane
2	Annette
	CODA
	Flee
	The French Dispatch
	Nightmare Alley
	Passing
	Red Rocket
	Shiva Baby

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
7	The Power of the Dog
2	The French Dispatch
	Licorice Pizza
	Spencer

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Power of the Dog Leads Chicago Film Critics Association 2021 Awards, Wins Seven Honors . . December 15, 2021 . December 15, 2021.
2. Web site: Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog Leads Chicago Critics Awards with Seven . Brian . Tallerico . . December 15, 2021 . December 15, 2021.
3. Web site: Chicago film critics choose 'The Power of the Dog' for top award . Darel . Jevens . . December 15, 2021 . December 15, 2021.
4. Web site: Steven Spielberg's West Side Story Leads Chicago Film Critics Association 2021 Awards Nominations . . December 13, 2021 . December 13, 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 Chicago Film Critics nominations: 'West Side Story' leads with 11 . Erik . Anderson . AwardsWatch . December 13, 2021 . December 13, 2021.
6. Web site: West Side Story Leads the 2021 Chicago Critics Nominees . Brian . Tallerico . . December 13, 2021 . December 13, 2021.