Critics Awards (Film)

2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA Nominations

Erik Anderson December 27, 2024

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) have announced their nominees for the best in film for 2024 and The Brutalist leads the pack with nominations in 10 categories, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and a host of acting categories.

Other films racking up multiple nominations include Anora (nominations in 7 categories), Dune: Part Two (nominations in 8 categories),and The Substance (nominations in 7 categories).

In the Best First Film category, nominations were Vera Drew (The People’s Joker), Zoe Kravitz (Blink Twice), Josh Margolin (Thelma), Arkasha Stevenson (The First Omen), and Sean Wang (Didi).

As part of the organization’s annual voting, the Austin Film Critics Association acknowledges standout titles with local ties — works made by directors who live in Austin. This award is distinct to this group of critics, recognizing the talent of Austin filmmakers as they celebrate the best films of the year, with this year’s nominees for the Best Austin Film award.

Here are the full list of nominees.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Conclave
Love Lies Bleeding
Nosferatu
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Hugh Grant, Heretic

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Guy Pierce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Ensemble

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers

Best Adapted Screenplay

Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman, Wicked
Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley, Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Greig Frasier, Dune: Part Two
Benjamin Kracun, The Substance

Best Editing

Sean Baker, Anora
Coralie Fargeat Jérôme Eltabet, & Valentin Féron, The Substance
Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist
Joe Walker, Dune: Part 2
Hansjörg Weißbrich, September 5

Best Original Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Robin Carolan, Nosferatu
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part 2

Best International Film

Emilia Perez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Dahomey
No Other Land
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance

Kevin Durand, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot
Amy Poehler, Inside Out 2
Sarah Snook, Memoir of a Snail
Robbie Williams/Jonno Davies, Better Man

Best Stunt Work

Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa
Kill
Monkey Man

Best First Film

Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Zoe Kravitz, Blink Twice
Josh Margolin, Thelma
Arkasha Stevenson, The First Omen
Sean Wang, Didi

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award

In a change to this category, all 5 top nominees will be honored with the award, and will be announced on January 6th.

In alphabetical order, the five nominees for Best Austin Film 2024 are:

The Bikeriders (dir. Jeff Nichols)
Fugitive Dreams (dir. Jason Neulander)
Hit Man (dir. Richard Linklater)
Sasquatch Sunset (dir. Nathan and David Zellner)
Sing Sing (dir. Greg Kwedar)

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.