2021 Reel Awards Winners

About seven months ago, I released my Eligible Film List for this year’s Reel Awards. In those months, dozens of critics groups and associations have announced their annual award winners. So, after many delays, here are the winners of the 2021 Reel Awards®.

Best Overall Film

Belfast

CODA

Dune: Part One

Eternals

Flee

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

The Harder They Fall

The Humans

In The Heights

King Richard

Mass

The Mitchells vs the Machines

Nine Days

No Time to Die

Pig

The Power of the Dog

Spencer

The Worst Person in the World

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Siân Heder, CODA

Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part One

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Flee

Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch

David Lowery, The Green Knight

Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall

Fran Kranz, Mass

Edson Oda, Nine Days

Michael Sarnoski, Pig

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Pablo Larraín, Spencer

Janicza Bravo, Zola

Best Lead

Adam Driver, Annette

Emilia Jones, CODA

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Dev Patel, The Green Knight

Will Smith, King Richard

Jason Isaacs, Mass

Martha Plimpton, Mass

Winston Duke, Nine Days

Tessa Thompson, Passing

Nicholas Cage, Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World

Taylour Paige, Zola

Best Supporting

Jamie Dornan, Belfast

Marlee Matlin, CODA

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Ann Dowd, Mass

Reed Birney, Mass

Ruth Negga, Passing

Timothy Spall, Spencer

Robin De Jesús, tick, tick…BOOM!

Anderson Danielsen Lie, The Worst Person in the World

Colman Domingo, Zola

Best Debut Performance 

Jude Hill, Belfast

Olive Tennant, Belfast

Max Harwood, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Leslie Grace, In The Heights

Joséphine Sanz, Petite Maman

Meng'er Zheng, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best International Film

Captains of Za’atari

Flee

I Carry You With Me

I’m Your Man

Petite Maman

Roaring 20s

The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

Captains of Za’atari

Citizen Ashe

Flee

Homeroom

In the Same Breath

Not Going Quietly

Pray Away

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The Sparks Brothers

Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Val

Best Debut Film

The Humans

Mass

Nine Days

Passing

Pig

Tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Screenplay

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Siân Heder, CODA

Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth, Dune: Part One

Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, and Hugo Guinness, The French Dispatch

David Lowery, The Green Knight

Steven Knight, Spencer

Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, The Worst Person in the World

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, David Kushner, and A'Ziah King, Zola

Best Debut Screenplay

Zach Baylin, King Richard

Fran Kranz, Mass

Michael Rianda & Jeff Rowe, The Mitchells vs the Machines

Edson Oda, Nine Days

Rebecca Hall, Passing

Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski, Pig

Prathi Srinivasan & Joshua Levy, Plan B

Best Cinematography

Haris Zambarloukos, Belfast

Greig Fraser, Dune: Part One

Ben Davis, Eternals

Robert D. Yeoman, The French Dispatch

Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight

Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Harder They Fall

Lol Crawley, The Humans

Alice Brooks, In The Heights

Patrick Scola, Pig

Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

Claire Mathon, Spencer

Ari Wegner, Zola

Best Editing

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Belfast

Joe Walker, Dune: Part One

Janus Billeskov Jansen, Flee

Tom Eagles, The Harder They Fall

Myron Kerstein, In The Heights

Yang Hua Hu, Mass

Kirk Morri, Malignant

Claire Simpson, The Last Duel

David Marks, The Night House

Sebastián Sepúlveda, Spencer

Joi McMillon, Zola

Best Production Design

Fiona Crombie & Alice Fetton, Cruella

Patrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos, Dune: Part One

Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngelo, The French Dispatch

Jade Healy & Jenny Oman, The Green Knight

Martin Whist, Cynthia LaJeunesse & Jay Hart, The Harder They Fall

David Gropman & Imogen Lee, The Humans

Arthur Max & Jude Farr, The Last Duel

Dan Hermansen, Nine Days

Toshihiro Isomi, Prisoners of the Ghostland

Guy Hendrix Dyas & Yeşim Zolan, Spencer

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan & Clare Spragge, Cruella

Sammy Sheldon, Eternals

Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan, Stacy Horn & Lilla Vasvari, Dune: Part One

Małgosia Turzańska & Ciara McArdle, The Green Knight

Antoinette Messam, The Harder They Fall

Janty Yates, The Last Duel

Marci Rodgers, Passing

Jacqueline Durran, Spencer

Best Stunts

Madeline Akey, Katy Bullock, Lucy Cork, Mickey Facchinello, C.C. Ice, Sarah Lezito, Sarah Lochlan, John Macdonald, Rob Mars, Michaela McAllister, Adrian McGaw, Casey Michaels, Heidi Moneymaker, Lucy Jayne Murray, Katie O’Donovan, Nicole Reddinger, Dena Sodano and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, Black Widow

Jenei Attila, Morgan Benoit, Girvan Bramble, Yessenia Cossio, Jenei Csaba, Mihaly Gabor Dylski, Tarick Hadouch, József Kovalik Jr., József Kovalik, Géza Kovács, Norbert Kovács, Tibor Milos Krisko, László Kiss, István Draco Markolt, Richard Nagy, Béla Orsányi, Iván Orsányi, Abdellah Oukseh, Gábor Perei, Gábor Piroch, Róbert Rajkay, István Rubóczki, Tomas Rydval, Andras Seregi, Marek Svitek, Gyula Tóthand, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, Dune: Part One

Dacio Caballero, Ellette Craddock, Talila Craig, Joe Kennard, Katie McDonnell, Zoe Purdy, Anton Simpson-Tidy, Tygorah Smith, Jon Xue Zhang, Vaia Zaganas,and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, Eternals

Aviel Ayouhng, Carrie Bernans, Richard Bucher, Ora Brown, Sadiqua Bynum, Justin Clarke, Jonathan M Evans, Jermaine Holt, Glenn Jackson, Zee James, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, The Harder They Fall

Tiffany Abney, Loyd Bateman, Heather Bonomo, Solomon Brende, BryanCartago, Darrell Davis, Britannia Fader, Milutte Nalin, Blakely Olson, Lauren Shaw, Mallory Thompson, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, Malignant

Raffel Armbruster, Can Aydin, Billy Buff, Duke Conrad, Mark de Alessandro, Jade-Elena Dregorius, Claudia Heinz, Crystal Hooks, Alexandre Lopka, Renae Moneymaker, Calli Nelle, Tim O’Hara, Felix Quinton, Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe, Janine Theisen, Ernie Vigil, Necla Özbek, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, The Matrix Resurrections

Serge Crozon-Cazin, Chan Griffin, Garreth Hadfield, Zia Kelly, Tara Macken, Anthony Rinna, Ben Siemer, Thaison Tran, PJ Van Gyen, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, drivers, and stunt doubles, Mortal Kombat

Daniel Adams, Ben Collins, Elizabeth Donker Curtius, Safi El Masri, James Embree, David R. Grant, Peter Guiney, Jessica Hooker, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, No Time to Die

Brad Allen, Andy Cheng, Lee Chesley, Zolijargal Dorjsuren, Xiau-Ping Fan, Xiau-Shuang Fan, Malay Kim, Nipon Kittikhoun, Brandon Lee, Shao-Yan Li, Millie Lohmann, Tony Lynch, Brad McCabe, Carly Rees, Anthony Rinna, Quanjun Su, Jesse Turner, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, drivers, and stunt doubles, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Rocky Abou Sakher, Chris Balualua, Chris Bradley, Chris Campos, Fernando E. Campos, Donny Rogers Carrington II, Dan Carter, Chris W Clark, David Cutler Jr., Cory Mikhail Dunson, Reece Michael Fleetwood, Bruce W. Greene, Ingrid Kleinig, Russell Ingram, and all the other stunt performers, riggers, stunt assistants, stunt coordinators, and stunt doubles, The Suicide Squad

Best Makeup

Nadia Stacey & Carolyn Cousins, Cruella

Frances Hannon and Karen Cohen, Eternals

Audrey Doyle & Barrie Gower, The Green Knight

Jana Carboni, Göran Lundström & Sarah Nicole Tanno, House of Gucci

Alexis Continente & Daniel Lawson Johnston, The Last Duel

Barbara Roman Barreto & Margie Durand, Passing

Amber Arpin & Pamela Warden, Pig

Stephanie “Stevie” Martin, Respect

Wakana Yoshihara, Sian Wilson, Stacey Panepinto & Nicola Isles, Spencer

Best Hairstyling

Nadia Stacey & Carolyn Cousins, Cruella

Frances Hannon and Karen Cohen, Eternals

Eileen Buggy, The Green Knight

Frederic Aspiras & Guiliano Mariano, House of Gucci

Alexis Continente & Daniel Lawson Johnston, The Last Duel

Barbara Roman Barreto & Margie Durand, Passing

Lawrence Davis, Respect

Wakana Yoshihara, Sian Wilson & Nicola Isles, Spencer

Best Song

“So We May We Start”, performed by Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Written by Leos Carax, Ron & Russell Mael, Annette

“Down to Joy”, performed & written by Van Morrison, Belfast

“Beyond the Shore”, performed by Emilia Jones, Written by Nick Baxter, Sian Heder, Marius De Vries and Matt Dahan, CODA

“The Anonymous Ones”, performed by Amandla Stenberg, Written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Amandla Stenberg, Dear Evan Hansen

“A Little Closer”, performed by Colton Ryan, Written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen

“Surface Pressure”, performed by Jessica Darrow, Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto

“This Was Me”, performed by Holly Johnson & Richard E. Grant, Written by Tom MacRae & Dan Gillespie Sells, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

“96,000”, performed by Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco, Gregory Diaz IV, Melissa Barrera, Noah Catala & Stephanie Beatriz, Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights

“No Time to Die”, performed by Billie Eilish, written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, No Time to Die

“Come To Your Senses”, performed by Alexandra Shipp & Vanessa Hudgens, Written by Jonathan Larson, tick, tick…BOOM!

Until next time!

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Austin Belzer

My name is Austin Belzer. I’m a cynic, a perfectionist, high-strung (I’m told), and an overly anxious human being. I love to write. Whether it’s on GameSkinny, The BladedTech Show, Proven Gamer, The Vertical Slice, Movie Health Community, or SiftPop, I have always felt the need to write or create

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