Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Movie About Women
Passing
            Runner Up: The Lost Daughter
            Additional nominees: Being the Ricardos and CODA

Best Movie by a Woman
Jane Campion – ‘The Power of the Dog’
            Runner Up: Sian Heder – ‘CODA’
            Additional nominees: Nora Fingscheidt – ‘The Unforgivable’ and Rebecca Hall – ‘Passing’

Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)
Jane Champion – ‘The Power of the Dog’
            Runner Up: Rebecca Hall – ‘Passing’
            Additional nominees: Charlene Favier, Antoine Lacomblez and Marie Talon – ‘Slalom’ and                          Sian Heder – ‘CODA’

Best Actress
Kristen Stewart – ‘Spencer’
            Runner Up: Nicole Kidman – ‘Being the Ricardos’
            Additional nominees: Sandra Bullock – The Unforgivable’ and Virginie Efira – ‘Benedetta’

Best Actor
Will Smith – ‘King Richard’
            Runner Up: Benedict Cumberbatch – ‘The Power of the Dog’
            Additional nominees: Andrew Garfield – ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ and Nicolas Cage – Pig

Best Foreign Film By or About Women
Titane
            Runner Up: Drive My Car
            Additional nominees: ‘Benedetta’ and ‘I’m Your Man’

Best Documentary by or About Women
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
            Runner Up: ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’
            Additional nominees: ‘Gunda’ and ‘Lady Buds’

Best Equality of the Sexes
King Richard
            Runner Up: (TIE): ‘Being the Ricardos’ and ‘The Harder They Fall’
            Additional nominee: ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’

Best Animated Female
Mirabel – ‘Encanto’
            Runner Up: Raya – ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
            Additional nominees: ‘Abuela Alma – Encanto’ and Gabi – ‘Vivo’

Best Screen Couple
Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson – ‘Passing’
            Runner Up: (TIE) Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur – ‘CODA’ and Nicole Kidman and Javier                         Bardem – ‘Being the Ricardos’
            Additional nominee: Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera – ‘In The Heights’

Adrienne Shelly Award – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
Last Night in Soho
            Runner Up: ‘Adrienne’

Josephine Baker Award – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Passing
            Runner Up: ‘Respect’
            Additional nominees: ‘Bruised’ and ‘Test Pattern’

Karen Morley Award – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
Passing
            Runner up: ‘Being the Ricardos’
            Additional nominees: ‘Benedetta’ and ‘Spencer’

Acting and Activism Award
Dolly Parton

Lifetime Achievement Award
Betty White

Best Female Action Hero
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Unforgivable,’ and Sandra Oh, ‘The Chair’

Courage in Filmmaking
Julia Ducournau, ‘Titane,’ and Sian Heder, ‘CODA’

Courage in Acing -Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen
Halle Berry, ‘Bruised,’ and Sandra Bullock, ‘The Unforgivable’

Women’s Work – Best Ensemble Cast
Kathryn Hunter as The Three Witches, ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ and ‘King Richard’

The Invisible Woman Award – Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored
Danielle Deadwyler as Cathay Williams, ‘The Harder They Fall,’ and Rae Dawn Chong, ‘The Sleeping Negro’

Women Saving Themselves Award
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ and ‘Holler’

Best Kept Secret – Overlooked Challenging Gems
‘Mama Weed,’ Director Jean-Paul Salomé, and ‘Small Time,’ Directress Niav Conty

Outstanding Series [Television or Streaming]
‘Lovecraft Country’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Mommie Dearest – Worst Screen Mom of the Year
Olivia Colman, ‘The Lost Daughter’

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