HFCS Best of 2021 Nominees
BEST PICTURE:
***Last Night in Soho ***
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:
Kenneth Branagh, ***Belfast ***
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Sian Heder, CODA (based on the motion picture "La Famille Belier")
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Patrice Vermette, ***Dune ***
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Janty Yates, House of Gucci
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Greig Fraser,*** Dune***
BEST EDITING:
Paul Machliss, Last Night in Soho
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
***The Mitchells vs The Machines****, dir. Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe*
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
***Summer of Soul****, dir. Questlove*
BEST MAKE-UP:
***Cruella ***
BEST SOUND:
***Last Night in Soho ***
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Jeymes Samuel, ***The Harder They Fall ***
BEST SONG:
"No Time to Die," No Time to Die
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST STUNT WORK:
***Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ***
BEST NEW FILMMAKER:
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
BEST FIRST FILM:
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick...Boom!
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM:
***CODA****, dir. Sian Heder*
BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE:
Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST HORROR FILM:
***Last Night in Soho****, dir. Edgar Wright*
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE:
***Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings****, dir. Destin Daniel Cretton*
BEST SCI-FI FILM:
***Dune****, dir. Denis Villeneuve*
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
***The Hand of God****, dir. Paolo Sorrentino** (Italy) *
BEST HAWAIIAN FILM:
Our Makawao, dir. Robert Stone, Matt Yamashita (Maui)
WORST FILM OF 2020:
***Space Jam: A New Legacy*****BEST PICTURE**:
Belfast
Last Night in Soho
CODA
Mass
The Power of the Dog
BEST DIRECTOR:
Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder, CODA
BEST ACTOR:
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick, Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
BEST ACTRESS:
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Emilia Jones, CODA
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Kodhi Smit- McPhee, The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Marlee Matlin, CODA
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Belfast
Pig
Last Night in Soho
King Richard
Don't Look Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Power of the Dog
Dune
Nightmare Alley
CODA
The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
The Green Knight
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Dune
Nightmare Alley
Last Night in Soho
House of Gucci
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
Nightmare Alley
Last Night in Soho
BEST EDITING:
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
*The Mitchells vs The Machines *
*Raya and the Last Dragon *
*Luca *
*Encanto *
*Sing 2 *
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
*Summer of Soul *
*Val *
*9/11: Inside the President's War Room *
*The First Wave *
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
BEST MAKE-UP:
*Cruella *
*The Eyes of Tammy Faye *
*Dune *
*House of Gucci *
*Cyrano *
BEST SOUND:
Last Night in Soho
Dune
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Harder They Fall
Encanto
Don't Look Up
BEST SONG:
"No Time to Die," No Time to Die
"Beyond the Shore," CODA
"Down to Joy," Belfast
"Be Alive," King Richard
"Just Look Up," Don't Look Up
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
*Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings *
*Spider-Man: No Way Home *
*Dune *
*Free Guy *
*No Time to Die *
BEST STUNT WORK:
*Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings *
*No Time to Die *
*Spider-Man: No Way Home *
*Nobody *
*Black Widow *
BEST NEW FILMMAKER:
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Lin Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
BEST FIRST FILM:
Pig
Mass
Passing
Tick, Tick...Boom!
The Novice
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM:
*Last Night in Soho *
*The Card Counter *
*Malignant *
*CODA *
*The Night House *
BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE:
Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon
John Leguizamo, Encanto
Olivia Colman, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Danny McBride, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Thomas Hayden Church, Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST HORROR FILM:
*Candyman *
*Malignant *
*Last Night in SOHO *
*A Quiet Place Part II *
Antlers
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE:
*Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings *
*Spider-Man: No Way Home *
*Zac Snyder's Justice League *
*The Suicide Squad *
*Black Widow *
BEST SCI-FI FILM:
*Dune *
*Free Guy *
*A Quiet Place Part II *
*The Matrix Resurrections *
*Reminiscence *
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
*The Hand of God (Italy) *
*Drive My Car (Japan) *
*Benedetta (France) *
*The Worst Person in the World (Norway) *
*Lamb (Iceland) *
BEST HAWAIIAN FILM:
I Was a Simple Man (dir. Christopher Makoto Yogi) (Oahu)
Waterman (dir. Isaac Halisima) (Oahu)
Ka Ho'i The Return (dir. Mitchel Viernes) (Oahu)
Our Makawao (dir. Robert Stone, Matt Yamashita) (Maui)
Finding Ohana (Oahu)
WORST FILM OF 2021:
Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Matrix Resurrections
Coming 2 America
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Don't Breathe 2