Earlier this month, the 27th edition of the Critic’s Choice Awards released their nominations for television (of which Disney-related programs did quite well), and they have now released nominations for film.
20th Century Studios’ “West Side Story” leads this year’s nominees, winning 11 nominations, including one for Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her original 1962 “West Side Story.”
Searchlight Pictures’ “Nightmare Alley” (a 20th Century Studios label) also received eight nominations, while “Encanto”, “Cruella” and “The French Dispatch” (another Searchlight Pictures release) received two nominations. each, and there are other titles that have received one each.
The 27th edition of the Critics Choice Awards will be held at Century City’s Fairmont Century Plaza and will air on Sunday, January 9, 2022 on The CW Network and TBS.
Here are all the movie nominations Disney received:
BEST PHOTO
- Nightmare Street
- West Side Story
BEST SECONDARY ACTRESS
- Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
- Rita Moreno – West Side Story
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
- Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
BEST PERFORMANCE SET
BEST DIRECTOR
- Guillermo del Toro – Alley of the nightmare
- Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Tony Kushner – West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story
- Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley
- Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch
- Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story
BEST EDITION
- Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story
BEST DRESS DESIGN
- Jenny Beavan – Cruella
- Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley
- Paul Tazewell – West Side Story
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
BETTER VISUAL EFFECTS
- Nightmare Street
- Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings
BEST COMEDY
- We Free
- The French office
BEST ANIMATION
- Charming
- Luca
- Stripe and the last dragon
BEST SONG
- Two Caterpillars – Charm
BEST SCORE
- Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley
