2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Kneecap’

Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning The Zone of Interest was named Best Film of 2024 by the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) with Jonathan Glazer also winning the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards.

The winners, based on Dublin release dates this year, also included Ralph Fiennes as Best Actor for Conclave, Mikey Madison as Best Actress for Anora and Kneecap for Best Irish Film.

Here are the ranked winners of the 2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle awards.

Best Film

1. The Zone of Interest
2. Anora
3. The Substance
4. Perfect Days
5. The Wild Robot
6. Emilia Pérez
7. Touch
8. Conclave
9. All We Imagine as Light
10. Robot Dreams

Best Director

1. Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
2. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
3. Edward Berger, Conclave
4. Sean Baker, Anora
5. Wim Wenders, Perfect Days

Best Actor

1. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
2. Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These
3. Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
4. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
5. Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Best Actress

1. Mikey Madison, Anora
2. Demi Moore, The Substance
3. Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
4. June Squibb, Thelma
5. Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

Best Screenplay

1. Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
2. Peter Straughan, Conclave
3. Sean Baker, Anora
4. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
5. Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Best Documentary

1. Will & Harper
2. Dahomey
3. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
4. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
5. Grand Theft Hamlet

Best Irish Film

1. Kneecap
2. Small Things Like These
3. That They May Face the Rising Sun
4. Oddity
5. One Night in Millstreet

Best Cinematography

1. Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave
2. Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
3. Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest
4. Eric K. Yue, I Saw the TV Glow
5. Hélène Louvart, La chimera

Best Breakthrough: Nykiya Adams, Bird