2024 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) Winners: ‘Anora’ Named Best Film Among its Six Awards

Anora was the big winner from the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC), earning six awards including Best Film, Best Director and Script for Sean Baker and Best Actress and Breakthrough Performance for Mikey Madison.
The Brutalist was a winner in Best Actor for Adrien Brody and Best Soundtrack/Score. In the supporting acting categories the winners were Margaret Qualley for The Substance (with Aubrey Plaza getting a runner-up mention as Wow Platinum in Megalopolis) and Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
Best Film: ANORA (runner-up: THE BRUTALIST)
Best Director: Sean Baker for ANORA (runner-up: RaMell Ross for NICKEL BOYS)
Best Actress: Mikey Madison for ANORA (runner-up: Demi Moore for THE SUBSTANCE)
Best Actor: Adrien Brody for THE BRUTALIST (runner-up: Hugh Grant for HERETIC)
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Qualley for THE SUBSTANCE (runner-up: Aubrey Plaza for MEGALOPOLIS)
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin for A REAL PAIN (runner-up: Guy Pearce for THE BRUTALIST)
Best Script: ANORA (runner-up: NICKEL BOYS)
Best Soundtrack/Score: THE BRUTALIST (runner-up: DUNE PART TWO)
Best Directorial Debut: Vera Drew for THE PEOPLE’S JOKER (runner-up: India Donaldson for GOOD ONE)
Best Breakthrough Performance: Mikey Madison for ANORA (runner-up: Yura Borisov for ANORA)
Best Ensemble: ANORA (runner-up: CONCLAVE)
Best Cinematography: NOSFERATU (runner-up: THE BRUTALIST)
Best Animated Film: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (runner-up: FLOW)
Best Foreign Language Film: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT. (runner-up: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG)
Best Documentary Film: SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (runner-up: WILL & HARPER)
The Elaine May Award, (for a deserving person or film that brings awareness to a story from a woman’s perspective): THE SUBSTANCE
The Cheesesteak Award (sponsored by Philips Steaks): THE FALL GUY (runner-up : THE BEEKEEPER)
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