LOS ANGELES, January 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The critics have spoken! The votes have been tallied and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is delighted to announce the winners of its 25th annual film awards. “The Power of the Dog”, directed by Jeanne Campion, and currently streaming on Netflix, was the big winner, taking home a host of awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. . The OFCS is made up of nearly 300 film critics from around the world.
‘The Power of the Dog’ ruled out ‘Dune’ – which tied with nine nods, respectively, followed by eight nominations for ‘West Side Story’.
“As an international member of the organization, I am extremely proud to see such incredible enthusiasm for the nominations from our members and the wider online film community,” said Richard Graymember of the steering committee of the OFCS and editor-in-chief of Coil Pieces. “This year’s selection of winners shows that even during difficult times around the world, moviegoers continue to seek out great stories, whether in theaters or at home. We hope people find themselves in this list – or even discover something new in the process.”
Here is a list of the top ten OFCS films in 2021:
1. “The Power of the Dog”
2. “Drive My Car”
3. “Licorice Pizza”
4. “Dunes”
5. “The Green Knight”
6. “Pig”
7. “The worst person in the world”
8. “Titanium”
9. West Side History
10. Belfort
And so, without further ado, here is the list of OFCS winners:
BEST PICTURE:
・Belfort
· “Driving my car”
・Dunes
“The Green Knight”
· “Licorice Pizza”
“Pork”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
“Titanium”
· “West Side Story”
“The worst person in the world”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
· “Encanta”
· “To flee”
・Lucas
· “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” – WINNER!
· “Raya and the Last Dragon”
BEST DIRECTOR:
· Paul Thomas Anderson – “Licorice Pizza”
· Jeanne Campion – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
· Ryusuke Hamaguchi – “Driving my car”
· Steven Spielberg – “West Side Story”
· Denis Villeneuve – “Dunes”
BEST ACTOR:
· Nicholas Cage — “Pig”
· Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
· Andrew Garfield – “tick, tick…BOOM!”
· Oscar Isaac – “The Card Counter”
· Hidetoshi Nishijima – “Driving my car”
BEST ACTRESS:
· Olivia Colman – “The Lost Girl” – WINNER!
· Alana Haim – “Licorice Pizza”
· Renate Reinsve – “The worst person in the world”
· Agatha Roussel – “Titanium”
· Kristen Stewart – “Spencer”
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
· Mike Faist – “West Side Story”
· Ciaran Hinds – “Belfast”
· Troy Kotsur – “CODA”
· Kodi Smit McPhee – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNEE!
· Jeffrey Wright – “The French Dispatch”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
· Ariana DeBose – “West Side Story”
· Anne Dowd – “Mass”
· Kirsten Dunst – “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
Aunjanue Ellis – “King Richard“
Ruth Negga—”Skip”
BEST ORIGINAL SCENARIO:
・Belfort
· “A hero”
· “Licorice Pizza”
· “Mass”
· “Pig” – WINNER!
BEST SUITABLE SCENARIO:
· “Driving my car”
・Dunes
“The Lost Girl”
· “Who passed”
· “The Power of the Dog” — WINNER!
BEST FILM EDITING
・Belfort
・Dunes
· “Licorice Pizza”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
· “West Side Story”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
・Dunes
“The Green Knight”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
· “West Side Story”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
・Dunes
· “Encanta”
· “The French Dispatch”
· “The Power of the Dog” – WINNER!
“Spencer”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
・Dunes
· “The French Dispatch” – WINNER!
“The Green Knight”
· “Alley of Nightmares”
· “West Side Story”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
“Cruel”
· “Dune” – WINNER!
· “The French Dispatch”
“Spencer”
· “West Side Story”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
· “Dune” – WINNER!
“The Green Knight”
“The Matrix Resurrections”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
· “Spider-Man: No Coming Home”
BEST FIRST FILM:
· Maggie Gyllenhaal – “The Lost Girl” – WINNER!
· Rebecca room – “Who passed”
· Francois Kranz – “Mass”
· Michel Sarnoski – “Pig”
· Emma Seligman – “Baby Shiva”
BEST FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
· “Drive My Car” – WINNER!
· “To flee”
· “A hero”
“Titanium”
“The worst person in the world”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:
· “To flee”
· “Cortege”
· “The rescue”
· “Summer of Soul” (…Or, When the Revolution Couldn’t Be Televised) – WINNER!
“The Velvet Underground”
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
“Dune” for sound design
· “In the Heights for Choreography
· “Memoria” for sound design
“No time to die” for stunt coordination
· “West Side Story” for the choreography
BEST NON-US RELEASE:
“1970” – Poland
“Banking work” – UK
· “Blessing” – UK
“The Girl and the Spider” – Switzerland
· “The way” – Thailand
“Ninjababy” – Norway
· “Little mom” – France
· “Pleasure” – Sweden
“The Tsugua Diaries” – Portugal
“Vengeance Is Mine:, Everyone else pays cash” – Indonesia
LIFETIME EXCELLENCE AWARDS:
· John Charpentier
· Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
· Sheila Nevins
· Paul Schrader
· John Williams
SPECIAL REWARDS:
IATSE workers, for bringing attention to labor issues in the film industry and fighting for better standards
· Turner Classic Movies (TCM) to provide worldwide access to classic movies, including silent movies.
· The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is a major non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation. http://www.AMIAnet.org
ABOUT THE ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
Founded in 1997 by a film critic Harvey Karten, OFCS is a professional association that includes online film critics, film journalists, historians and scholars from around the world. Members are dedicated to their mission of fostering the growth of an informed film audience by using the Internet as a valuable source of information and commentary. The OFCS provides a forum for its members to communicate and discuss ideas about journalism and film and encourage high-level journalism on online media platforms.
In 2001, OFCS began a 10-year partnership with film and TV review website, Rotten Tomatoes, until it was purchased by Flixster, now owned by Fandango. Despite the changes in the relationship, many OFCS critics still contribute to Rotten Tomatoes.
With a global and diverse group of nearly 300 film and television critics, the organization is a volunteer, member-driven group. Each year, the organization awards prizes for the best feature films. For more information on OFCS, visit OFCS.org
ON A SOCIAL NOTE:
Find OFCS: OFCS.org
Follow OFCS: @OFCS on Twitter
Be a friend on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOFCS
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