Tag: 2024

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