2024 Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Winners: ‘Anora,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Challengers’ Take Top Honors
The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) has revealed its winners and runners-up for the best in film for 2024 where Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked shared the most wins.
Anora was awarded Best Picture, Best Actress (Mikey Madison) and Best Screenplay, Dune: Part Two picked up Best Director, Cinematography, Sound Design and Visual Effects while Wicked won Best Cast, Costume Design and Production Design. Challengers was a double winner for Score and Editing.
Colman Domingo was named Best Actor for his work in Sing Sing, Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain and Zoe Saldaña won Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez.
In addition to the traditional line up of awards, the CACF has several special honors. Returning this year are: Best Central Florida Film, a category designed to recognize outstanding achievement by a film with a significant connection to the Central Florida area where the winner was Starring Jerry as Himself. Best Achievement in Diversity, a category designed to recognize outstanding achievement by a film that showcases inclusion and diversity, both on the screen and behind the scenes, went to Wicked. Outstanding Youth Performance, to celebrate the achievements of performers under the age of eighteen, went to Izaac Wang for Dìdi (弟弟). Added this year, the Social Impact Award, designed to recognize a film addresses relevant social issues in an impactful way, was awarded to Sing Sing.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up where applicable.
Best Picture
Winner: Anora
Runner-up: Wicked
Best Director
Winner: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Jon M. Chu, Wicked
Best Actor
Winner: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Runner-up: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Runner-up: Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Runner-up: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Runner-up: Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked
Best Cast
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Sing Sing
Best Documentary
Winner: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Runner-up: Will & Harper
Best International Film
Winner: Flow
Runners-up (TIE): Kneecap / Emilia Pérez
Best Animated Film
Winner: The Wild Robot
Runner-up: Flow
Best Screenplay
Winner: Anora
Runner-up: A Real Pain
Best Cinematography
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Nosferatu
Best Score
Winner: Challengers
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two
Best Original Song
Winner: “Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot
Runner-up: “Compress/Repress,” Challengers
Best Sound Design
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Wicked
Best Editing
Winner: Challengers
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: The Substance
Runner-up: Wicked
Best Production Design
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Costume Design
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two
Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: The Fall Guy
Runner-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Hybrid Performance
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot
Runner-Up: Jonno Davies and Robbie Williams, Better Man
Best First Feature
Winner: Dev Patel, Monkey Man
Runner-Up: Julio Torres, Problemista
Best Central Florida FIlm
Winner: Starring Jerry as Himself
Best Achievement in Diversity
Winner: Wicked
Outstanding Youth Performance
Winner: Izaac Wang, Dìdi (弟弟)
Social Impact Award
Winner: Sing Sing
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