2024 Southeastern Film Critics Association (SFCA) Winners: ‘Anora’ and ‘The Brutalist’
Best Film: Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. Conclave
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Challengers
6. Nickel Boys
7. Sing Sing
8. Wicked
9. The Substance
10. A Complete Unknown
11. I Saw the TV Glow
Best Director: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora)
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (runner-up: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing)
Best Actress: Mikey Madison, Anora (runner-up: Demi Moore, The Substance)
Best Supporting Actor: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (runner-up: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain)
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked (runner-up: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez)
Best Original Screenplay: Sean Baker, Anora (runner-up: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave (runner-up: RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys)
Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot (runner-up: Flow)
Best Documentary: Sugarcane (runner-up: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story)
Best Foreign-Language Film: Emilia Pérez (runner-up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig)
Best Ensemble: Conclave (runner-up: Sing Sing)
Best Cinematography: Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two (runner-up: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu)
Best Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers (runner-up: Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist)
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