2024 Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Nominations

The Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) has announced its nominees for excellence in filmmaking for 2024.

The Brutalist took the lead with nine nominations including Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing for Brady Corbet, Best Lead Performance Male for Adrian Brody, Best Supporting Performance Male for Guy Pearce, Best Supporting Performance Female for Felicity Jones, Best Cinematography for Lol Crawley, Best Original Score for Daniel Blumberg, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing.

Conclave and Dune: Part Two each received six nominations and will face off in Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Cinematography.

The Substance and Nosferatu tied for third place with five nominations apiece. The fantasy drama Tuesday earned three nominations – Best Picture, Best Lead Performance, Female for Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Best Screenplay.

Winners will be announced on January 11, 2025. Here is the complete list of nominations.

Best Picture
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
Tuesday
The Wild Robot

Best Achievement in Direction
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Edward Berger, Conclave
Sean Baker, Anora
Tim Fehlbaum, September 5

Best Lead Performance, Male
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Best Lead Performance, Female
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Demi Moore, The Substance
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tuesday
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Stanley Tucci, Conclave

Best Supporting Performance, Female
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Perez

Best Ensemble Cast
Conclave
His Three Daughters
September 5
Sing Sing
Wicked

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bill Skarsgård, Nosferatu
David Jonsson, Alien: Romulus
Demi Moore, The Substance
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu

Best Screenplay
The Brutalist
His Three Daughters
A Real Pain
September 5
Tuesday

Best Cinematography
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave

Best Original Score
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Robin Carolan, Nosferatu
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers

Best Film Editing
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
The Substance

Best Visual Effects
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance

Best Documentary Feature
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Non-English Feature
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Red Rooms