2024 Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Award Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘The Substance’ Lead

The winners of the 2024 Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA awards have been announced and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist has been named Best Film.

Coralie Fargeat was a big winner, with Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for The Substance in the general categories, as well as picking up both of those (in a tie with Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light) in the group’s women-only categories.

The EDAs are named in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and television actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. A dedicated foot soldier in the industry, Eda was one of the founders of AFTRA and a long-standing Member of AMPAS.

EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism, qualities shared by Eda Reiss Merin, AWFJ members and those honored with EDA Awards.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Film – The Brutalist

Best Director – Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Original Screenplay – Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay – Peter Straughan, Robert Harris, Conclave

Best Documentary – Dahomey

Best Animated Film (tie) – Flow and The Wild Robot

Best Actress – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Best Supporting Actress – Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best Actor – Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actor – Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director – Conclave

Best Cinematography – Nosferatu

Best Editing (tie) – Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist

Best International Film – The Seed of the Sacred Fig

EDA Female Focus Awards (These awards honor women only)

Best Woman Director (tie) – Coralie Fargeat, The Substance and Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light”

Best Female Screenwriter (tie) – Coralie Fargeat, The Substance” and Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light”

Best Animated/Voice Performance – Lupita Nyongo’o, The Wild Robot

Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance – Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Best Stunt Performance – June Squibb, “Thelma”

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