2024 North Dakota Film Society (NDFS) Winners
The critics of the North Dakota Film Society (NDFS) have chosen Sean Baker’s Anora as the Best Picture of 2024, also awarding the film Best Director, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov) and Best Ensemble.
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) and Margaret Qualley (The Substance) took the Best Actor and Supporting Actress awards, respectively, and Conclave was named Best Screenplay.
Challengers was a triple winner, for Best Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “Compress/Repress.” The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two and Wicked were also multiple award winners.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best Picture: Anora
Best Director: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Actress: Mikey Madison, Anora
Best Supporting Actor: Yura Borisov, Anora
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Best Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave
Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature: No Other Land
Best International Feature: Emilia Pérez
Best Ensemble: Anora
Best Cinematography: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Best Editing: Marco Costa, Challengers
Best Production Design: Judy Becker, The Brutalist
Best Costume Design: Paul Tazewell, Wicked
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Nosferatu
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Best Original Song: “Compress/Repress” from Challengers
Best Sound: Dune: Part Two
Best Visual Effects: Dune: Part Two
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