2021 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

<div style="float: right; font-size: smaller; background-color:#E6E6FA; padding: 12px; margin-left: 5em; margin-bottom: 2em; width: 180px" align="center"> <big>18th StLFCA Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 2px"> December 19, 2021 </div>

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Best Film:<br><big>Licorice Pizza</big> </div>

The nominees for the 18th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2021. The winners were announced on December 19, 2021.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Licorice Pizza
• Belfast
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

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 Supporting Actor

• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
• Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
• Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
• Jared Leto – House of Gucci

Best Original Screenplay

• Mass – Fran Kranz
• Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
• Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
• Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Pig – Michael Sarnoski (screenplay); Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski (story)

Best Animated Film

• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• Vivo

Best International Film

• Drive My Car • Japan
• Flee • Denmark
• The Hand of God • Italy
• A Hero • Iran
• Titane • France

Best Cinematography

• The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
• Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos
• Dune – Greig Fraser
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
• West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński

Best Costume Design

• Cruella – Jenny Beavan
• Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West
• House of Gucci – Janty Yates
• Last Night in Soho – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
• Spencer – Jacqueline Durran

Best Score

• Dune – Hans Zimmer
• Don't Look Up – Nicholas Britell
• The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
• Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell

Best Visual Effects

• Dune – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer
• Black Widow – Geoffrey Baumann, Paul Corbould, Craig Hammack, and Dave Hodgins
• Finch – Burt Dalton and Scott Stokdyk
• Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Michael Huber and Alex Lemke

Best Comedy Film

• Licorice Pizza
• Don't Look Up
• Free Guy
• The French Dispatch
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Scene

• Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse
• Belfast – Buddy freezes as the rioters approach
• Last Night in Soho – Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack
• tick, tick... BOOM! – Sunday brunch at the diner
• West Side Story – "America"

Best Director

• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actress

• Kristen Stewart – Spencer
• Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
• Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
• Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actress

• Ann Dowd – Mass
• Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – King Richard
• Rita Moreno – West Side Story
• Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
• CODA – Sian Heder; based on the film La Famille Bélier (scenario by Victoria Bedos and Stanislas Carré de Malberg, screenplay by Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain)
• Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
• Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
• West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents

Best Documentary Film

• Flee
• The Rescue
• Summer of Soul
• Tina
• The Velvet Underground

Best Ensemble

• Mass
• Being the Ricardos
• Belfast
• The French Dispatch
• Licorice Pizza

Best Editing

• Last Night in Soho – Paul Machliss
• Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
• Dune – Joe Walker
• Licorice Pizza – Andy Jurgensen
• West Side Story – Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn

Best Production Design

• The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen
• Dune – Patrice Vermette
• Last Night in Soho – Marcus Rowland
• Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell
• West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen

Best Soundtrack

• Cruella
• Last Night in Soho
• Licorice Pizza
• The Tender Bar
• West Side Story

Best Action Film

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Black Widow
• Free Guy
• Nobody
• No Time to Die

Best Horror Film

• A Quiet Place Part II
• Candyman
• Lamb
• Last Night in Soho
• Titane

References

External links

• Official website