5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

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The 5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place on February 28, 2022, in Avalon Hollywood.^[1] It was originally scheduled to take place on January 8, 2022, but was postponed due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by Annaleigh Ashford.^[3]

The nominations were announced on December 2, 2021.^[4] Dune received the most nominations with ten, followed by Belfast and CODA with nine each; the latter won Best Picture. In regards to the total number of overall nominations for studios, Netflix led with 27, followed by Warner Bros. with 18 and Focus Features with 17.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture CODA Being the Ricardos Belfast Dune King Richard Last Night in Soho Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog Spencer tick, tick... BOOM!	Best Director *Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog* (TIE) Denis Villeneuve – Dune (TIE)** Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick... BOOM! Pablo Larraín – Spencer Rebecca Hall – Passing Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard Sian Heder – CODA Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor *Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM!* as Jonathan Larson** Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Nicolas Cage – Pig as Robin "Rob" Feld Peter Dinklage – Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams	Best Actress *Kristen Stewart – Spencer* as Diana Spencer** Emilia Jones – CODA as Ruby Rossi Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
Best Supporting Actor *Troy Kotsur – CODA* as Frank Rossi** Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop Jamie Dornan – Belfast as Pa Jason Isaacs – Mass as Jay Perry Robin de Jesús – tick, tick... BOOM! as Michael	Best Supporting Actress *Ariana DeBose – West Side Story* as Anita** Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma Marlee Matlin – CODA as Jackie Rossi Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew
Best Cast Ensemble Belfast CODA Don't Look Up The Harder They Fall King Richard	Best Animated or VFX Performance *Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto* as Mirabel Madrigal** Abbi Jacobson – The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Katie Mitchell Jacob Tremblay – Luca as Luca Paguro John Leguizamo – Encanto as Bruno Madrigal Sylvester Stallone – The Suicide Squad as Nanaue / King Shark
Best Original Screenplay Fran Kranz – Mass Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns – Last Night in Soho Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Zach Baylin – King Richard	Best Adapted Screenplay Sian Heder – CODA Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Rebecca Hall – Passing Steven Levenson – tick, tick... BOOM!
Best Action Film The Harder They Fall No Time to Die Nobody Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Suicide Squad	Best Animated Film The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto Flee Luca Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Comedy or Musical tick, tick... BOOM! Cyrano Free Guy In the Heights West Side Story	Best Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Flee The Rescue The Sparks Brothers Val
Best Horror Last Night in Soho Fear Street Trilogy Malignant The Night House A Quiet Place Part II	Best Indie Film Pig CODA Mass Shiva Baby Spencer
Best International Film Drive My Car Flee A Hero Titane The Worst Person in the World	Best First Feature Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick... BOOM! Fran Kranz – Mass Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Michael Sarnoski – Pig Rebecca Hall – Passing
Best Short Film Us Again Blush Far from the Tree Nana Robin Robin	Best Score Hans Zimmer – Dune Alexandre Desplat – The French Dispatch Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood – Spencer Steven Price – Last Night in Soho
Best Original Song "Be Alive", sung by Beyoncé – King Richard "Beyond the Shore", sung by Emilia Jones – CODA "Down to Joy", sung by Van Morrison – Belfast "Every Letter", sung by Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Cyrano "No Time to Die", sung by Billie Eilish – No Time to Die	Best Cinematography Greig Fraser – Dune Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog Claire Mathon – Spencer Janusz Kamiński – West Side Story
Best Production Design Tamara Deverell – Nightmare Alley Adam Stockhausen – The French Dispatch Guy Hendrix Dyas – Spencer Marcus Rowland – Last Night in Soho Patrice Vermette – Dune	Best Film Editing Paul Machliss – Last Night in Soho Andrew Weisblum and Myron I. Kerstein – tick, tick... BOOM! Joe Walker – Dune Pamela Martin – King Richard Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast
Best Stunts Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Black Widow Dune No Time to Die Nobody	Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan – Cruella Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West – Dune Jacqueline Durran – Spencer Janty Yates – House of Gucci Odile Dicks-Mireaux – Last Night in Soho
Best Hair & Makeup Justin Raleigh, Linda Dowds, and Stephanie Ingram – The Eyes of Tammy Faye Ana Lozano, David Craig Forrest, Kim Santantonio, Kyra Panchenko, Michael Ornelaz, Teressa Hill, and Yvonne DePatis Kupka – Being the Ricardos Carolyn Cousins and Nadia Stacey – Cruella Donald Mowat, Eva von Bahr, and Love Larson – Dune Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano, Göran Lundström, and Sarah Nicole Tanno – House of Gucci	Best Visual Effects Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Tristan Myles – Dune Daniele Bigi, Matt Aitken, Neil Corbould, and Stephane Ceretti – Eternals Bryan Grill, Dan Sudick, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Swen Gillberg – Free Guy Christopher Townsend, Dan Oliver, Joe Farrell, and Sean Noel Walker – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Dan Sudick, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Kelvin McIlwain – The Suicide Squad

Honorary awards

Newcomer Award – Jude Hill^[6]
Inspire Award – Aunjanue Ellis^[3]
Game Changer Award – Simu Liu^[6]
Spotlight Award – The Cast of CODA^[6]
Star on the Rise Award – Saniyya Sidney^[7]
International Icon Award – Javier Bardem^[8]
Artisan on the Rise Award – Alice Brooks^[7]
Acting Achievement Award – Nicolas Cage^[7]
Artisans Achievement Award – Greig Fraser^[6]
Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Natalie Morales^[6]
Excellence in Artistry Award – Kenneth Branagh^[3]
Filmmaking Achievement Award – Guillermo del Toro^[7]

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
4	Dune
3	CODA
3	tick, tick... BOOM!
2	Last Night in Soho

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:


Nominations	Film
10	Dune
9	Belfast
9	CODA
8	King Richard
	Spencer
	tick, tick... BOOM!
7	Last Night in Soho
6	The Power of the Dog
4	Being the Ricardos
	Mass
	Passing
	West Side Story
3	Cyrano
	Encanto
	Flee
	House of Gucci
	No Time to Die
	Pig
	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
	The Suicide Squad
2	Cruella
	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
	Free Guy
	The French Dispatch
	The Harder They Fall
	The Lost Daughter
	Luca
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines
	Nightmare Alley
	Nobody

References

^ Urban, Sasha (February 28, 2022). "Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2022: 'CODA' Wins Best Picture, Jane Campion and Denis Villeneuve Tie for Director". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ Meltzer, Lee (December 21, 2021). "The 5th Annual HCA Film Awards Ceremony Moves to Monday, February 28, 2022, Due to Rising COVID Concerns" (Press release). Hollywood Critics Association. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Verhoeven, Beatrice (February 22, 2022). "Kenneth Branagh, Aunjanue Ellis to Receive HCA Honorary Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 2, 2021). "'Dune', 'Belfast', 'CODA', 'Spencer' top 5th Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Awards nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "'Dune', 'Coda', and 'Belfast' Lead the 5th Annual HCA Film Awards Nominations" (Press release). Hollywood Critics Association. December 2, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Shafer, Ellise (November 11, 2021). "Simu Liu, Jude Hill, Greig Fraser Among Honorees at Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Meltzer, Lee (December 16, 2021). "Nicolas Cage, Guillermo del Toro, Alice Brooks, and Saniyya Sidney to be honored at the 5th Annual HCA Film Awards" (Press release). Hollywood Critics Association. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (February 28, 2022). "Javier Bardem to Receive International Icon Award from Hollywood Critics Association (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2022.