2024 Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations

The Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2024. The Brutalist leads with 12, followed by Nosferatu with 10 then Conclave and The Substance with nine apiece.

Lady Gaga is nominated for Best Actress for Joker: Folie à Deux, the first mention for the actress this season. Sony’s Madame Web is nominated for both Best Comic Book Movie and Worst Film of 2024.

Winners will be announced on January 13. Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST PICTURE
The Brutalist
Civil War
Conclave
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Coleman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pierce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Civil War
A Real Pain
The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

BEST EDITING
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu

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

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Beach Boys
Brats
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will and Harper

BEST MAKE-UP
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez

BEST SONG
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl
“Beyond” – Moana 2
“We’re Back” – Moana 2
“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Gladiator II
Twisters
Wicked

BEST STUNT WORK
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II

BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
Zoe Kravitz – Blink Twice
Rachel Morrison – The Fire Inside
Dev Patel – Monkey Man

BEST FIRST FILM
Blink Twice
The Fire Inside
The First Omen
Monkey Man
Woman of the Hour

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Hit Man
Juror #2
Knox Goes Away
Megalopolis
Rebel Ridge

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Auli’i Cravalho – Moana 2
Jacki Weaver – Memoir of a Snail

BEST HORROR FILM
The First Omen
Heretic
Nosferatu
Oddity
The Substance

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
Deadpool & Wolverine
Joker: Folie a Deux
Madame Web
The People’s Joker
Venom: The Last Dance

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Three Musketeers: Milady

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
At Her Feet, dir. Nadya Wynd (Big Island)
Chaperone, dir. Zoe Eisenberg (Big Island)
Decade of the Dead, dir. Adam Deyoe, Fairai Branscombe Richmond (Oahu)
One Million Dolla, dir. Stefan C. Schaefer (Maui)
The Queen’s Flowers, dir. Ciara Lacy (Oahu)

WORST FILM OF 2024
Argylle
Borderlands
Here
Madame Web
Night Swim