SPECIAL: Winners for the sixth annual Chicago Indie Critics Awards
JANE CAMPION AND THE POWER OF THE DOG WIN THREE TOP HONORS FROM THE CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS AT THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL CIC AWARDS
Eager to break the winter cold with an eye towards their mission of diversity in film criticism, the Chicago Indie Critics, of which I am a co-director, voted on the winners of their sixth annual film awards in 24 categories this past week. Winners were announced on Saturday, January 8, 2022. A video presentation featuring CIC members appears on their YouTube channel.
After leading the field with nine nominations, The Power of the Dog emerged as the top winner with three CIC awards. The Netflix western drama won for Best Studio film and earned three trophies for Jane Campion, one as a producer of the film and the other two for her direction and adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel. In the other top tier, the heartwarming AppleTV+ film CODA won for Best Independent Film.
The collected voting results for the 2021 CIC Awards were filled with impressive variety. Only two other films, Passing and The French Dispatch, won multiple awards. 18 total films were selected across the 24 fields of craft and performance.
The Chicago Indie Critics annually present two awards of special recognition. Honoring the work of an artist who truly pushed the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content, the Trailblazer Award this year went to Lin-Manuel Miranda. The filmmaker enjoyed a busy 2021 with his directorial debut of tick, tick… BOOM! and producer and musical contributions across In the Heights, Encanto, Vivo, and the documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It. The Impact Award recognizing a person whose work during the past year or beyond made a positive influence on society or the Chicagoland film community was given to Music Box Theater general manager Ryan Oestreich.
The complete list of winners for the 2021 CIC Awards:
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $20 million)
CODA
Producers: Philippe Rousselot, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger, and Jérôme Seydoux
BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $20 million)
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Producers: Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
PARALLEL MOTHERS
Producers: Pedro Almodovar, Agustin Almodovar, and Esther Garcia
BEST DOCUMENTARY
SUMMER OF SOUL
Producers: Ahmir “QuestLove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, and Joseph Patel
BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Producers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Kurt Albrecht
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion
THE POWER OF THE DOG
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
PIG
Michael Sarnoski
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion
BEST ACTOR
Andrew Garfield
TICK, TICK… BOOM!
BEST ACTRESS
Tessa Thompson
PASSING
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeffrey Wright
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ruth Negga
PASSING
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Casting directors: Douglas Aibel and Antoinette Boulat
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE GREEN KNIGHT
Andrew Droz Palermo
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CRUELLA
Jenny Beavan
BEST MAKEUP
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh
BEST EDITING
WEST SIDE STORY
Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
DUNE
Hans Zimmer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“No Time to Die,” NO TIME TO DIE
Songwriters: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick
BEST STUNTS
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Andy Cheng
SPECIAL AWARDS
TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Honors the work of an artist who truly pushes the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content
Lin-Manuel Miranda, filmmaker
IMPACT AWARD
Given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on society or the Chicagoland film community
Ryan Oestreich, General Manager - Music Box Theater
CIC AWARD NOMINATIONS BY THE NUMBERS
WINS:
3: The Power of the Dog
2: The French Dispatch, Passing
1: CODA, Cruella, Dune, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Green Knight, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Nightmare Alley, No Time to Die, Parallel Mothers, Pig, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Summer of Soul, tick, tick…BOOM!, West Side Story