2024 Chicago Film Critics (CFC) Nominations

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2024; winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Wednesday, December 11.

Leading with nine total nominations is Brady Corbet’s original epic The Brutalist; Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance earned seven nominations, while Anora (Sean Baker), Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross) and Wicked (Jon M. Chu) each notch six.

A complete list of nominees is below.

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Léa Seydoux, The Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Adam Pearson, A Different Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora by Sean Baker
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Challengers by Justin Kurtizkes
A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, & Benjamin Charbit
Conclave by Peter Straughan
Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Nosferatu by Robert Eggers
Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Challengers, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys, Jomo Fray
Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune: Part Two, Jacqueline West
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Jenny Beavan
Maria, Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Wicked, Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Dávid Jancsó
Challengers, Marco Costa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel
Nickel Boys, Nicolas Monsour

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Challengers, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Dune: Part Two, Hans Zimmer
Nosferatu, Robin Carolan
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hundreds of Beavers
The Substance
Wicked

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Mike Cheslik, Hundreds of Beavers
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Lily Collias, Good One
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Adam Pearson, A Different Man