By Matt Neglia
The Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2021. The winners will be announced on March 6th, 2022.
Click below to see the nominees.
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
tick, tick…Boom!
Titane
West Side Story
BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: MALE
David Alvarez – West Side Story
Robin de Jesus – tick, tick…Boom!
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Anthony Ramos – In the Heights
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: FEMALE
Jodie Comer – The Last Duel
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto
Jack Dylan Grazer – Luca
Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs the Machines
Kelly Marie Tran – Raya and the Last Dragon
Jacob Tremblay – Luca
BEST ENSEMBLE
Belfast
Dune
The Harder They Fall
Mass
The Power of the Dog
BEST CASTING
CODA
Dune
Mass
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
BEST DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducouranu – Titane
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST FEATURE DEBUT
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Kranz – Mass
Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…Boom!
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
Passing
The Power of the Dog
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Drive My Car
Flee
Parallel Mothers
Titane
The Worst Person in the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Flee
Procession
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Val
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Beyond the Shore – CODA
Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
No Time to Die – No Time to Die
So May We Start – Annette
We Don’t Talk About Bruno – Encanto
BEST ADAPTED SONG
30/90 – tick, tick…Boom!
96,000 – In the Heights
America – West Side Story
Both Sides Now – CODA
Downtown – Last Night in Soho
BEST FILM EDITING
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
The French Dispatch
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Spencer
West Side Story
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
The Suicide Squad
BEST SOUND
Dune
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home
West Side Story
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Eternals
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST TITLES SEQUENCE
Black Widow
Don’t Look Up – Closing Credits
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
No Time to Die – Opening Credits
MOST CINEMATIC MOMENT
Annette – The Prison Farewell
CODA – Her Dad Hears Her Singing
Dune – Arrival on Arrakis
Dune – The Sandworm First Appears
In the Heights – 96,000
BEST MOVIE TRAILER
Dune – Trailer #1
Dune – Final Trailer
Last Night in Soho – Trailer #1
Licorice Pizza – Trailer #1
The Matrix Resurrections – Trailer #1
BEST MOVIE POSTER
Dune
The French Dispatch
Last Night in Soho
Parallel Mothers
Spencer
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