The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the winners of their 2024 annual Film Awards. This year, The Brutalist claimed the top honor of Best Picture and received a total of five awards, the most of any nominated film.
Best Picture
- WINNER: The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- The Substance
Best Director
- WINNER: Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor
- WINNER: Adrien Brody as László Tóth – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan – A Complete Unknown
- Daniel Craig as William Lee – Queer
- Colman Domingo as John “Divine G” Whitfield – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence – Conclave
Best Actress
- WINNER: Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle – The Substance
- Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp – Wicked
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy – Hard Truths
- Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva – Anora
- Zendaya as Tashi Duncan – Challengers
Best Supporting Actor
- WINNER: Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren – The Brutalist
- Yura Borisov as Igor – Anora
- Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan – A Real Pain
- Clarence Maclin as Himself – Sing Sing
- Edward Norton as Pete Seeger – A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
- WINNER: Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro – Emilia Pérez
- Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland – Wicked
- Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth – The Brutalist
- Margaret Qualley as Sue – The Substance
- Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes – Conclave
Best Ensemble
- WINNER: Conclave
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- Saturday Night
- Sing Sing
Best Adapted Screenplay
- WINNER: Conclave – Peter Straughan
- Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
- Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
- Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
- Wicked – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
Best Original Screenplay
- WINNER: Challengers – Justin Kurtizkes
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Film Editing
- WINNER: Challengers
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Cinematography
- WINNER: The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
Best Music
- WINNER: Challengers
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Wicked
Best Costume Design
- WINNER: Wicked
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Nosferatu
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- WINNER: The Substance
- A Different Man
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Production Design
- WINNER: Dune: Part Two
- The Brutalist
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Sound
- WINNER: Dune: Part Two
- Challengers
- A Complete Unknown
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- The Substance
Best Special Effects
- WINNER: Dune: Part Two
- Alien: Romulus
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The Substance
Best Stunt Choreography
- WINNER: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- The Fall Guy
- Gladiator II
Best International Feature
- WINNER: Flow – Belgium, France, Latvia
- The Beast – France, Canada
- Emilia Pérez – France
- Evil Does Not Exist – Japan
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Iran, Germany, France
Best Animated Feature
- WINNER: The Wild Robot
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Transformers One
Films with Multiple Nominations
| Nominations | Film |
| 12 | Dune: Part Two |
| 10 | The Brutalist |
| 9 | Challengers |
| Conclave | |
| 8 | The Substance |
| 7 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga |
| Wicked | |
| 4 | Anora |
| Nosferatu | |
| Sing Sing | |
| 3 | A Complete Unknown |
| 2 | Emilia Pérez |
| Flow |
Films with Multiple Wins
| Wins | Film |
| 5 | The Brutalist |
| 3 | Challengers |
| Dune: Part Two | |
| 2 | Conclave |
| The Substance |
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