2024 Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ Dominates with Six

The Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) has announced its 2024 award winners for achievement in film. Taking top honors for Best Film is The Brutalist, a historical drama about a Hungarian born visionary architect who comes to America to to rebuild his life after escaping from the Holocaust. The film also nabbed 5 additional awards including Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce), Best Director (Brady Corbet), Best Original Screenplay (Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold), Best Production Design (Judy Becker) and Best Cinematography (Lol Crawley). 

In other major categories, Cynthia Erivo won Best Actress for Wicked and Zoe Saldaña won Best Supporting actress for Emilia Pérez.

Below is the complete list of NFCS’s award winners in each category.

Best Film –  The Brutalist

Best Actor –  Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Actress – Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

Best Supporting Actor – Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

Best Supporting Actress – Zoe Saldana (Emelia Perez)

Best Director – Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

Best Original Screenplay – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)

Best Adapted Screenplay –  Conclave (Peter Straughan)

Best Documentary – Sugarcane

Best Animated Movie – Flow

Best Production Design – The Brutalist (Judy Becker)

Best Cinematography – The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)

Best Visual Effects – Wicked (Pablo Helman)

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