2024 Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Winners: ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Challengers,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ Lead
The 2024 Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) winners have been announced. Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist was a five-time Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce) and Best Cinematography.
Challengers was a triple winner with Original Screenplay, Editing and Score while Dune: Part Two also won three awards, for Production Design, Sound and Special Effects.
The Substance found itself with two wins: Best Actress for Demi Moore and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) was the Supporting Actress winner and Conclave earned two, for Adapted Screenplay and Ensemble.
Here is the full list of winners.
Best Picture
The Brutalist – WINNER
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
Best Director
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist – WINNER
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor
Adrien Brody as László Tóth – The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig as William Lee – Queer
Colman Domingo as John “Divine G” Whitfield – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence – Conclave
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva – Anora
Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle – The Substance – WINNER
Zendaya as Tashi Duncan – Challengers
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov as Igor – Anora
Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin as Himself – Sing Sing
Edward Norton as Pete Seeger – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren – The Brutalist – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland – Wicked
Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley as Sue – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro – Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Best Ensemble
Challengers
Conclave – WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave – Peter Straughan – WINNER
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bently, Greg Kwedar
Wicked – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
Best Original Screenplay
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Challengers – Justin Kurtizkes – WINNER
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Film Editing
The Brutalist
Challengers – WINNER
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist – WINNER
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Best Music
The Brutalist
Challengers – WINNER
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Wicked
Best Costume Design
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked – WINNER
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
The Substance – WINNER
Wicked
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Sound
Challengers
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Substance
Best Special Effects
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Best Stunt Choreography
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – WINNER
Gladiator II
Best International Feature
The Beast – France, Canada
Emilia Pérez – France
Evil Does Not Exist – Japan
Flow – Belgium, France, Latvia – WINNER
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Iran, Germany, France
Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot – WINNER
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