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