2021 Hawaii Film Critics Society Noms

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
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Kodi 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
Caitríona 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 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 Bunny


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 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 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 Make-Up

Cruella
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Dune
House of Gucci
Cyrano


Best Original Score

Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Harder They Fall
Encanto
Don't Look Up


Best Song

"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die
"Beyond the Shore" from CODA
"Down to Joy" from Belfast
"Be Alive" from King Richard
"Just Look Up" from Don't Look Up


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 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 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 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 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 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