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
Eternals
Flee
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
The Humans
In The Heights
King Richard
Mass
The Mitchells vs the Machines
No Time to Die
Pig
The Power of the Dog
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
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!
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