**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

**JANE CAMPION AND THE POWER OF THE DOG WIN THREE TOP HONORS FROM THE CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS AT THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL CIC AWARDS**

The complete list of winners for the 2021 CIC Awards:

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $20 million)