2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Nominations

The Portland Critics Association (PCA) nominations for the best in film for 2024 have been announced and The Brutalist leads with 13, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Lead Performance (Male), Best Supporting Performance (Male) and Best Supporting Performance (Female), followed by Dune: Part Two with 12 and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga with 10.

Anora, Conclave, I Saw the TV Glow join The Brutalist and Dune: Part Two as Best Picture nominees. Sebastian Stan is double-nominated in the Best Actor category for both The Apprentice and A Different Man.

Winners will be announced January 14. Here is the full list of nominations.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
The Substance

Best Director

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

Best Lead Performance (Male)

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best Lead Performance (Female)

Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
June Squibb, Thelma
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Supporting Performance (Male)

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

Best Supporting Performance (Female)

Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoë Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
Ultraman: Rising
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Documentary Feature

Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Will & Harper

Best Film Not in the English Language

About Dry Grasses
All We Imagine as Light
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Ensemble Cast

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Yoshio Kitagawa, Evil Does Not Exist
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

Best Film Editing

Sean Baker, Anora
Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist
Nick Emerson, Conclave
Joe Walker, Dune: Part Two
Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, & Valentin Féron, The Substance

Best Production Design

Judy Becker, The Brutalist
Patrice Vermette, Dune: Part Two
Colin Gibson, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Craig Lathrop, Nosferatu
Stanislas Reydellet, The Substance
Nathan Crowley, Wicked

Best Costume Design

Kate Forbes, The Brutalist
Jacqueline West, Dune: Part Two
Jenny Beavan, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Linda Muir, Nosferatu
Emmanuelle Youchnovski, The Substance
Paul Tazewell, Wicked

Best Original Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez
Alex Somers and Scott Alario, Nickel Boys

Best Sound Design

Alien: Romulus
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Stunts or Action Choreography

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

Best Comedy Feature

Deadpool & Wolverine
A Different Man
Hit Man
A Real Pain
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Horror Feature

Heretic
I Saw the TV Glow
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Oddity
The Substance

Best Science Fiction Feature

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Megalopolis
A Quiet Place: Day One