‘The Power of the Dog’ Leads the 3rd NDFS Awards Nominees

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

The 3rd North Dakota Film Society Awards celebrate the best achievements in cinema of 2021. For eligibility, members of NDFS considered all films released in the calendar year in at least one cinema in North Dakota or on a largely accessible streaming service, in addition to those made available for consideration to members of the society between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.

Among the nominees, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” received 11 nominations, the most of any film. It will compete for Best Picture alongside “Flee,” “The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” and “Nightmare Alley.” Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” earned the second most nominations with 8 nominations.

“Flee” is the first animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture prize in North Dakota Film Society Awards history. The film also earned nominations for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. For three years in a row, NDFS has nominated the same film for Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature (“Honeyland” in 2019 and “Collective” in 2020).

The winners of the 3rd North Dakota Film Society Awards will be announced Monday, January 17, 2022.

Best Picture

A total of 32 films received nominations from members of the society.

FLEE
Produced by Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Produced by Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales

LICORICE PIZZA
Produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro, Bradley Cooper

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian

Best Director

A total of 28 directors received nominations from members of the society.

Paul Thomas Anderson
LICORICE PIZZA

Wes Anderson
THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Jane Campion
THE POWER OF THE DOG

Guillermo del Toro
NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Lin-Manel Miranda
TICK, TICK…BOOM

Best Actress

A total of 26 actresses received nominations by members of the society.

Jessica Chastain
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Alana Haim
LICORICE PIZZA

Renate Reinsve
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Agathe Rousselle
TITANE

Kristen Stewart
SPENCER

Best Actor

A total of 27 actors received nominations by members of the society.

Nicolas Cage
PIG

Bradley Cooper
NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Benedict Cumberbatch
THE POWER OF THE DOG

Andrew Garfield
TICK, TICK…BOOM

Denzel Washington
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Best Supporting Actress

A total of 28 actresses received nominations by members of the society.

Caitríona Balfe
BELFAST

Jessie Buckley
THE LOST DAUGHTER

Ariana DeBose
WEST SIDE STORY

Kirsten Dunst
THE POWER OF THE DOG

Ruth Negga
PASSING

Best Supporting Actor

A total of 32 actors received nominations by members of the society.

Bradley Cooper
LICORICE PIZZA

Robin de Jesús
TICK, TICK…BOOM

Mike Faist
WEST SIDE STORY

Ciarán Hinds
BELFAST

Kodi Smit-McPhee
THE POWER OF THE DOG

Best Screenplay

A total of 32 screenplays were nominated by members of the society.

C’MON C’MON
Charlie Kaufman

DRIVE MY CAR
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola

LICORICE PIZZA
Paul Thomas Anderson

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion

Best Production Design

A total of 25 productions were nominated by members of the society.

DUNE
Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, Zsuzsanna Sipos

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Grant Major, Amber Richards

WEST SIDE STORY
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

Best Cinematography

A total of 26 directors of photography were nominated by members of the society.

DUNE
Greig Fraser

THE GREEN KNIGHT
Andrew Droz Palermo

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Dan Laustsen

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Ari Wegner

WEST SIDE STORY
Janusz Kaminski

Best Film Editing

A total of 31 film editors were nominated by members of the society.

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Andrew Weisblum

LICORICE PIZZA
Andy Jurgensen

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Peter Sciberras

TICK, TICK…BOOM
Myron Kerstein, Andrew Weisblum

WEST SIDE STORY
Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn

Best Visual Effects

A total of 22 visual effects teams were nominated by members of the society.

DUNE
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer

THE GREEN KNIGHT
Kev Cahill

NO TIME TO DIE
Charlie Noble, Chris Corbould

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Walker, Dan Oliver

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, Dan Sudick

Best Sound

A total of 21 sound teams were nominated by members of the society.

DUNE
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Julian Slater, Dan Morgan, Colin Nicolson, Tim Cavagin

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Robert Mackenzie, Richard Flynn, Leah Katz, Tara Webb, Dave Whitehead

TICK, TICK…BOOM
Paul Hsu, Todd A. Maitland

WEST SIDE STORY
Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson, Tod Maitland, Shawn Murphy

Best Costume Design

A total of 20 costume designers were nominated by members of the society.

CRUELLA
Jenny Beavan

DUNE
Jacqueline West

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Milena Canonero

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Odile Dicks-Mireaux

WEST SIDE STORY
Paul Tazewell

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A total of 20 makeup and hairstyling teams were nominated by members of the society.

CRUELLA
Nadia Stacey, Carolyn Cousins

DUNE
Donald Mowat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh

THE GREEN KNIGHT
Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle, Barrie Gower

WEST SIDE STORY
Judy Chin, Kay Georgiou

Best Original Score

A total of 17 film scores were nominated by members of the society.

DUNE
Hans Zimmer

ENCANTO
Germaine Franco

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Alexandre Desplat

THE HARDER THEY FALL
Jeymes Samuel

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jonny Greenwood

Best Original Song

A total of 19 songs were nominated by members of the society.

ANNETTE
”So May We Start”
Written by Ron Mael and Russell Mael

DON’T LOOK UP
”Just Look Up”
Written by Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi and Taura Stinson

ENCANTO
”Dos Oruguitas”
Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

KING RICHARD
”Be Alive”
Written by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Dixson

NO TIME TO DIE
”No Time to Die”
Written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Best International Feature

A total of 15 films were nominated by members of the society.

DRIVE MY CAR
Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
(Japan)

FLEE
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
(Denmark)

THE HAND OF GOD
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
(Italy)

TITANE
Directed by Julia Ducournau
(France)

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Directed by Joachim Trier
(Norway)

Best Documentary Feature

A total of 22 films were nominated by members of the society.

THE FIRST WAVE
Directed by Matthew Heineman

FLEE
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

PROCESSION
Directed by Robert Greene

SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Directed by Questlove

VAL
Directed by Ting Poo and Leo Scott

Best Animated Feature

A total of 11 films were nominated by members of the society.

FLEE
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

ENCANTO
Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith

LUCA
Directed by Enrico Casarona

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Directed by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe

THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS
Directed by Patrick Imbert