The Utah Film Critics Association is the latest group of critics to name The Power of the Dog as the best film of 2021. Power of the Dog has definitely emerged as the critical favorite for best picture. Next month, when the Guilds start to announce their picks, we’ll see if the Academy feels the same way.
Here are the winners from Utah:
Best Picture
Winner: The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: CODA
Best Director
Winner: Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor
Winner: Nicolas Cage – Pig
Runner Up: Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom!
Best Actress
Winner: Emilia Jones – CODA
Runner Up: Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ann Dowd – Mass
Runner Up: Ariana DeBose -West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Troy Kotsur – CODA
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Runner Up: Mass
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: CODA
Runner Up: The Lost Daughter
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Green Knight
Runner Up: The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Best Original Score
Winner: The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Bo Burnham’s Inside
Best Film Editing
Winner: West Side Story
Runners Up: Tick, Tick…Boom! & The Tragedy Of Macbeth (TIE)
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: The First Wave
Runner Up: Flee
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Flee
Runner Up: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Non-English Language Feature
Winner: Flee
Runner Up: A Hero
Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Fantasy, Horror or Science-Fiction Film
Winner: Tony Leung – Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Runner Up: Dev Patel – The Green Knight