2024 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Winners: ‘Anora’ is Best Picture, Coralie Fargeat Named Best Director for ‘The Substance’

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) announces winners of their top film honors of 2024, as well as technical awards, Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement honors for industry leaders and icons, and the organization’s top 10 non-US released films of the year. 

Anora, directed by Sean Baker wins Best Picture, Best Actress for star Mikey Madison and Best Screenplay; Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance takes home awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley and a Technical Achievement Award for Makeup &/or Hairstyling; Conclave and Dune: Part Two also receive multiple awards and Dahomey wins Best Documentary.

In addition to the 2024 top film honors, the Online Film Critics Society recognizes the work and contributions of several professionals and organizations with their annual Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement Awards. OFCS members are invited to nominate recipients of both awards, for achievements they deem worthy of these recognitions. Receiving this year’s Special Achievement Award is Ava DuVernay, for her work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers; Barbara Crampton, supporter of indie first time filmmakers; and Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.

Earning Lifetime Achievement Award recognition are industry titans Rick Baker, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Elaine May and Christine Vachon. The OFCS also recognizes a slate of ten international films as the best releases outside the U.S. in 2024.

The Online Film Critics Society awards honor a broad list of films and creators from around the globe, including box office blockbusters and independent gems alike, for a total of more than 30 films nominated across eighteen categories. 

Here is the complete list of 2024 Online Film Critics Association awards winners.

Best Picture:
Anora

Best Animated Feature:
Flow

Best Director:
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Actor:
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Best Actress:
Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Supporting Actor:
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress:
Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Best Original Screenplay:
Anora

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Conclave

Best Editing:
Challengers

Best Cinematography:
Dune: Part Two

Best Original Score:
Challengers

Best Production Design:
Dune: Part Two

Best Costume Design:
Dune: Part Two

Best Visual Effects:
Dune: Part Two

Best Debut Feature:
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker

Best Film Not in the English Language:
All We Imagine as Light

Best Documentary Feature:
Dahomey

Top Ten (Ranked):
1. Anora
2. The Substance
3. The Brutalist
4. Challengers
5. Nickel Boys
6. Conclave
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Nosferatu
9. I Saw the TV Glow
10. Wicked

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Technical Achievement Awards:
Choreography – Wicked
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – A Different Man
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – The Substance
Sound – Dune: Part Two
Stunts – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Rick Baker
David Cronenberg
Clint Eastwood
Elaine May
Christine Vachon

Special Achievement Awards:
Ava DuVernay, for brilliant work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers.
Barbara Crampton, super supporter of indie first time filmmakers.
Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.

Best Non-U.S. Release:
Acting (Sophie Fiennes, United Kingdom)
The Adamant Girl (PS Vinothraj, India)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
Direct Action (Guillaume Cailleau & Ben Russell, France)
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story (Luck Razanajaona, Madagascar)
Dying (Matthias Glasner, Germany)
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Klára Tasovská, Czech Republic)
The Moon is Upside Down (Loren Taylor, New Zealand)
The Other Way Around (Jonas Trueba, Spain)
Subject: Filmmaking (Jörg Adolph & Edgar Reitz, Germany)