With awards season fully underway, the Woman Film Critics Circle (WFCC) has unveiled the winners in their 2021 awards, with Rebecca Hall’s Passing, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard scooping the most awards.
Founded in 2004 in the United States, the WFCC came together in recognition that women’s perspectives and voices within film criticism needed to be amplified and recognised fully. The organisation now has around 75 members internationally.
Here’s the list of winners for the main 2021 WFCC awards:
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: Passing
RUNNER-UP: The Lost Daughter
Being the Ricardos
CODA
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
WINNER: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
RUNNER-UP: Sian Heder – CODA
Nora Fingscheidt – The Unforgivable
Rebecca Hall – Passing
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
WINNER: Jane Champion – The Power of the Dog
RUNNER-UP: Rebecca Hall – Passing
Charlene Favier, Antoine Lacomblez and Marie Talon – Slalom
Sian Heder – CODA
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
RUNNER-UP: Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Sandra Bullock – The Unforgivable
Virginie Efira – Benedetta
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Will Smith – King Richard
RUNNER-UP: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Nicolas Cage – Pig
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: Titane
RUNNER-UP: Drive My Car
Benedetta
I’m Your Man
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
RUNNER-UP: Introducing, Selma Blair
Gunda
Lady Buds
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
WINNER: King Richard
RUNNER-UP (TIE): Being the Ricardos
RUNNER-UP (TIE): The Harder They Fall
Gunpowder Milkshake
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
WINNER: Mirabel – Encanto
RUNNER-UP: Raya – Raya and the Last Dragon
Abuela Alma – Encanto
Gabi – Vivo
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
WINNER: Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson – Passing
RUNNER-UP (TIE): Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur – CODA
RUNNER-UP (TIE): Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera – In The Heights
*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
WINNER: Last Night in Soho
RUNNER-UP: Adrienne
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of colour experience in America
WINNER: Passing
RUNNER-UP: Respect
Bruised
Test Pattern
KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
WINNER: Passing
RUNNER-UP: Being the Ricardos
Benedetta
Spencer
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Dolly Parton
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Betty White