2024 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners: ‘Sing Sing’ Named Best Picture

The winners of the 2024 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) have been revealed and Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing has been named Best Picture. Star Colman Domingo was named Best Actor and Kwedar was the winner for Adapted Screenplay (with Clint Bentley) and the runner-up for Best Director.

Denis Villeneuve was named Best Director for Dune: Part Two, Marianne Jean-Baptiste won Best Actress for Hard Truths, and in the supporting categories the winners were Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain and Ariana Grande-Butera for Wicked.

Here is the full list of winners and runners-up.

Best Picture
Winner – SING SING
Runner Up – ANORA
Runner Up – CONCLAVE

Best Director
Winner – Denis Villeneuve, DUNE: PART TWO
Runner Up – Greg Kwedar, SING SING

Best Actor
Winner – Colman Domingo, SING SING
Runner Up – Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST
Runner Up – Daniel Craig, QUEER

Best Actress
Winner – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS
Runner Up – Amy Adams, NIGHTBITCH

Best Supporting Actor
Winner – Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN
Runner Up – Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

Best Supporting Actress
Winner – Ariana Grande-Butera, WICKED
Runner Up – Joan Chen, DÌDI

Best Comedic Performance
Winner – June Squibb, THELMA
Runner Up – Michael Keaton, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)
Winner – Izaac Wang, DÌDI
Runner Up – Alix West Lefler, SPEAK NO EVIL

Best Original Screenplay
Winner – Sean Baker, ANORA
Runner Up – Justin Kuritzkes, CHALLENGERS

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, SING SING
Runner Up – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, DUNE: PART TWO

Best First Feature (Director)
Winner – Zoë Kravitz, BLINK TWICE
Runner Up – Sean Wang, DÌDI

Best Documentary
Winner – SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
Runner Up – DAUGHTERS

Best Animated Film
Winner – FLOW
Runner Up – THE WILD ROBOT

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner – ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
3 Runners Up

Best Editing
Winner – Hansjörg Weißbrich, SEPTEMBER 5
Runner Up – Marco Costa, CHALLENGERS

Best Cinematography
Winner – Jarin Blaschke, NOSFERATU
Runner Up – Stéphane Fontaine, CONCLAVE

Best Production Design
Winner – Nathan Crowley, WICKED
Runner Up – Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova, NOSFERATU
Runner Up – Patrice Vermette, DUNE: PART TWO

Best Visual Effects
Winner – THE SUBSTANCE
Runner Up – DUNE: PART TWO
Runner Up – KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Best Costume Design
Winner – Paul Tazewell, WICKED
Runner Up – Jacqueline Getty, Rainy Jacobs, THE LAST SHOWGIRL

Best Sound Design
Winner – DUNE: PART TWO
Runner Up – CIVIL WAR

Best Use of Music
Winner – A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Runner Up – CHALLENGERS

Best Stunt Choreography
Winner – THE FALL GUY
Runner Up – MONKEY MAN

Best Ensemble
Winner – SEPTEMBER 5
Runner Up – CONCLAVE

Breakthrough Performance
Winner – Mikey Madison, ANORA
Runner Up – Nell Tiger Free, THE FIRST OMEN

Special Award for Body of Work
Nicholas Hoult, JUROR #2, NOSFERATU, THE ORDER, THE GARFIELD MOVIE