2024 North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Nominations

The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) has announced nominations for its 12th annual awards, recognizing exceptional achievements in the art of filmmaking in 2024.

Dune: Part Two leads with 10 nominations followed by Challengers, Conclave and Nosferatu with nine each. All are nominated for Best Narrative Film alongside Anora (6), The Brutalist (8) Civil War (3), I Saw the TV Glow (1), Nickel Boys (6) and The Substance (8).

Other top nomination-getters included Wicked (7), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (5) and The Wild Robot (5).

The NCFCA consists of over 60 film critics living and/or working in North Carolina —representing critics, scholars, reporters, and journalists across print, broadcast, and digital media.

Winners are scheduled to be announced on January 3, 2025. Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

Anora

The Brutalist

Challengers

Civil War

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

I Saw the TV Glow

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Luca Guadagnino, Challengers

RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTOR

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig, Queer

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Zendaya, Challengers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Yura Borisov, Anora

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys

Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA

Kevin Durand, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot

Maya Hawke, Inside Out 2

Pedro Pascal, The Wild Robot

Sarah Snook, Memoir of a Snail

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Saturday Night

Sing Sing

Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

A Different Man

Anora

The Brutalist

Challengers

The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

Sing Sing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Challengers

Dune: Part 2

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

The Brutalist

BEST EDITING

Anora

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Nosferatu

Wicked

HAIR AND MAKEUP

A Different Man

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Nosferatu

Wicked

BEST SCORE

The Brutalist

Challengers

Conclave

Nosferatu

The Wild Robot

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Compress/Repress,” Challengers

“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez

“Harper and Will Go West,” Will & Harper

“Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot

“Like a Bird,” Sing Sing

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Challengers

Civil War

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Nosferatu

The Substance

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Dune: Part Two

The Fall Guy

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Gladiator II

Monkey Man

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Vera Drew, The People’s Joker

Francis Galluppi, The Last Stop in Yuma County

Zoë Kravitz, Blink Twice

Josh Margolin, Thelma

Sean Wang, Dìdi (弟弟)

Malcolm Washington, The Piano Lesson

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Carlos Diehz, Conclave

Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

Mikey Madison, Anora

Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding

Adam Pearson, A Different Man

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Dahomey

No Other Land

Sugarcane

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Will & Harper

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Transformers One

The Wild Robot

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

All We Imagine As Light

Emilia Pérez

Evil Does Not Exist

I’m Still Here

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Christopher Doyle

Greig Fraser

Emmanuel Lubezki

Hoyte van Hoytema

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD

Stephen McKinley Henderson, Civil War

Jeff Nichols, Director, The Bikeriders

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Hunter Schafer, Cuckoo

Drew Starkey, Queer