2024 Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Winners: ‘The Wild Robot’ Named Best Picture
The Utah Film Critics Association have revealed the winners for the best in filmmaking for 2024. There were no clean sweeps this year as The Wild Robot, The Substance, Sing Sing, and September 5 all earned two awards each.
The Wild Robot took home the big win with Best Picture as well as Best Animated Feature. Demi Moore’s work in The Substance was recognized for Best Lead Performance, Female, and the film also picked up Best Visual Effects. For Sing Sing, Colman Domingo received Best Lead Performance, Male, and Clarence Maclin Best Supporting Performance, Male. September 5 also grabbed an acting win with Best Ensemble Cast as well as Best Film Editing.
Danielle Deadwyler earned the win for Best Supporting Performance, Female for her work in The Piano Lesson and Brady Corbet won the Best Director award for The Brutalist.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
Best Picture
- Winner: The Wild Robot
- Runner-up: The Substance
Best Achievement in Directing
- Winner: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- Runner-up: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Best Lead Performance, Male
- Winner: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Runner-up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Lead Performance, Female
- Winner: Demi Moore, The Substance
- Runners-up: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Best Supporting Performance, Male
- Winner: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
- Runner-up: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Performance, Female
- Winner: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
- Runner-up: Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked
Best Ensemble Cast
- Winner: September 5
- Runner-up: His Three Daughters
Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
- Winner: David Jonsson, Alien: Romulus
- Runner-up: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Screenplay
- Winner: His Three Daughters
- Runner-up: A Real Pain
Best Cinematography
- Winner: Nickel Boys
- Runner-up: Nosferatu
Best Original Score
- Winner: Challengers
- Runner-up: Nosferatu
Best Film Editing
- Winner: September 5
- Runners-up: Nickel Boys and The Substance (Tie)
Best Visual Effects
- Winner: The Substance
- Runners-up: Better Man
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Tie)
Best Animated Feature
- Winner: The Wild Robot
- Runner-up: Flow
Best Non-English Language Feature
- Winner: Red Rooms
- Runner-up: Flow
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