2024 Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Winners: ‘The Substance’ Rules with Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Supporting Actress

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) voted on 16 categories to decide the winners of the 59th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards where the biggest winner was The Substance, managing to secure victory in 6 out of the 7 categories in which it was nominated including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Demi Moore) and Best Supporting Actress (Margaret Qualley).

Animated feature Flow won Best Foreign Language Film although lost Animated Feature to The Wild Robot. David Dastmalchian, who grew up in the Kansas City metropolitan area, picked up the award for Best Actor, for his work in Late Night with the Devil. Mikey Madison was also a Best Actress winner, tying with Moore, for Anora.

While Dune: Part II received the most nominations, it found itself runner-up in multiple categories, though it didn’t win any awards. This year also saw the introduction of the Buster Keaton Award for Best Stunt Ensemble Film, with the honors going to The Fall Guy.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Film: The Substance (runner-up: Dune: Part Two)

Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora)

Best Actor: David Dastmalchian, Late Night with the Devil (runner-up: Ralph Fiennes, Conclave)
Best Actress (tie): Mikey Madison, Anora and Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (runner-up: Yura Borisov, Anora)
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Qualley, The Substance (runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson)

Best Original Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave (runner-up: RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys)

Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot (runner-up: Flow)
Best Documentary: Will & Harper (runner-up: Seeking Mavis Beacon)
Best Foreign Language Film: Flow (runner-up: Emilia Pérez)

Best Cinematography: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist (runner-up: Rob Hardy, Civil War)
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers (runner-up: Volker Bertelmann, Conclave)

Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Film: The Substance (runner-up: Dune: Part Two)
Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film: I Saw the TV Glow (runner-up: Emilia Pérez)
Buster Keaton Award for Best Stunt Ensemble Film: The Fall Guy (runner-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)