MNFCA Awards 2021

The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the winners of their 2022 annual Film Awards. This year, Dune and The Power of the Dog tied for the most nominations. The former took home the most awards, while the latter claimed the top honor of Best Picture.

Best Picture

• WINNER: The Power of the Dog
• RUNNER-UP: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: West Side Story
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley

Best Director

• WINNER: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• RUNNER-UP: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Screenplay

• WINNER: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
• RUNNER-UP: Dune – Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth & Jon Spaihts
• Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Parallel Mothers – Pedro Almodóvar
• Pig – Michael Sarnoski & Vanessa Block

Best Ensemble

• WINNER: West Side Story
• RUNNER-UP: Belfast
• Dune
• The Harder They Fall
• The Power of the Dog

Best Lead Actor

• WINNER: Nicolas Cage – Pig
• RUNNER-UP: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
• Andrew Garfield – Tick, tick… BOOM!
• Will Smith – King Richard
• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Lead Actress

• WINNER: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
• RUNNER-UP: Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
• Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
• Emilia Jones – CODA

Best Supporting Actor

• WINNER: Troy Kotsur – CODA
• RUNNER-UP: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
• Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
• Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
• RUNNER-UP: Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – King Richard
• Kathryn Hunter – The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Cinematography

• WINNER: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• West Side Story

Best Film Editing

• WINNER: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: The Last Duel
• The Power of the Dog
• Tick, tick… BOOM!
• West Side Story

Best Music

• WINNER: Spencer
• RUNNER-UP: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: Encanto
• The Green Knight
• The Power of the Dog

Best Sound

• WINNER: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: West Side Story
• Last Night in Soho
• No Time to Die
• A Quiet Place Part II

Best Production Design

• WINNER: Nightmare Alley
• RUNNER-UP: Dune
• Last Night in Soho
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

Best Costumes/Make-Up

• WINNER: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: Cruella
• Nightmare Alley
• Spencer
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Special Effects

• WINNER: Dune
• RUNNER-UP: Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Godzilla vs. Kong
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Animated Feature

• WINNER: Encanto
• RUNNER-UP: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Flee
• Luca
• Raya and the Last Dragon

Films with Multiple Nominations

Nominations	Film
11	Dune
	The Power of the Dog
8	West Side Story
5	Licorice Pizza
4	Nightmare Alley
	The Tragedy of Macbeth
3	Spencer
2	Belfast
	CODA
	Encanto
	King Richard
	Last Night in Soho
	No Time to Die
	Parallel Mothers
	Pig
	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
	Tick, tick… BOOM!

Films with Multiple Wins

Wins	Film
5	Dune
3	The Power of the Dog
2	Spencer
	West Side Story