Who’s Won What? – The 2024/2025 Film Awards Precursor Guide
This is the collective critics, guilds, industry wins and more for the films and performances of 2024, including the AFI Top 10, top festival prizes at Berlin, Cannes, and Venice, and updated as leads widen or get closer by the day. See below for the legend of acronyms with links.
Ineligible titles are listed for context (like Dune: Part Two for original score or All We Imagine as Light for international feature) but cannot be Oscar-nominated.
BEST PICTURE
- Anora (9) – AFCC, AFI, BIFA, BSFC, Cannes, IFCA, LAFCA, MMCG, SFBAFCC
- The Brutalist (6) – AFI, BOFCA, CFCA, NYFCC, PCC, PFCS
- Dune: Part Two (3) – AFI, LVFCS, StLFCA
- Nickel Boys (3) – AAFCA, AFI, TFCA
- The Substance (3) – IFJA, NYFCO, SFCS
- Wicked (3) – AFI, NBR, WAFCA
- Emilia Pérez (2) – AFI, EFA
- Sing Sing (2) – AFI, SDFCS
- A Complete Unknown – AFI
- Conclave – AFI
- Dahomey – Berlin
- A Different Man – Gotham
- Kneecap – BIFA
- A Real Pain – AFI
- The Room Next Door – Venice
BEST DIRECTOR
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (7) – AFCC, BOFCA, MMCG, PCC, SFBAFCC, Venice, WAFCA
- Sean Baker, Anora – (3) BSFC, IFCA, SFCS
- Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two (3) – LVFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA
- RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (5) – AAFCA, CFCA, Gotham, NYFCC, TFCA
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (2) – IFJA, NYFCO
- Edward Berger, Conclave – PFCS
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez – EFA
- Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour – Cannes
- Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl – BIFA
- Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Pepe – Berlin
- Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig – LAFCA
- Jon M. Chu, Wicked – NBR
BEST ACTRESS
- Mikey Madison, Anora (12) – AFCC, BSFC, IFCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, PCC, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, TFCA
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (10) – AAFCA, BIFA, BOFCA, CFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA
- Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (2) – Cannes, EFA
- Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (2) – NBR, Venice
BEST ACTOR
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (9) – AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, IFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (7) – AAFCA, GOTHAM, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown – BSFC
- Daniel Craig, Queer – NBR
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave – PFCS
- Vincent Lindon, The Quiet Son – Venice
- Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness – Cannes
- Abou Sangare, Souleymane’s Story – EFA
- Sebastian Stan, A Different Man – Berlin
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked (5) – AFCC, IFCA, MMCG, SDFCS, PFCS
- Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (3) – AAFCA, BSFC, WAFCA
- Margaret Qualley, The Substance (3) – BOFCA, PCC, SFCS
- Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (2) – CFCA, NYFCO
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (2) – Cannes, LVFCS
- Joan Chen, Dìdi – SFBAFCC
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys – StLFCA
- Elle Fanning, A Complete Unknown – NBR
- Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez – Cannes
- Carol Kane, Between the Temples – NYFCC
- Adriana Paz, Emilia Pérez – Cannes
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave – IFCA
- Emily Watson, Small Things Like These – Berlin
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (12) – AFCC, CFCA, IFCA, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, PCC, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, TFCA
- Yura Borisov, Anora (3) – LAFCA, SFBAFCC, TFCA
- Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (3) – AAFCA, Gotham, SFCS
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (3) – BOFCA, MMCG, NYFCO
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown – BSFC
- Franz Rogowski, Bird – BIFA
- Denzel Washington, Gladiator II – LVFCS
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Nickel Boys (5) – AFCC, BSFC, CFCA, IFJA, TFCA
- Sing Sing (4) – AAFCA, NBR, SDFCS, SFBAFCC
- Conclave (3) – LVFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Emilia Pérez – EFA
- I’m Still Here – Venice
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Anora (8) – AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, MMCG, NYFCC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS
- A Real Pain (4) – CFCA, LAFCA, PCC, WAFCA
- The Brutalist – (3) IFJA, LVFCS, NYFCO
- All We Imagine as Light – TFCA
- Dying – Berlin
- Hard Truths – NBR
- His Three Daughters – Gotham
- Santosh – BIFA
- Saturday Night – StLFCA
- The Substance – Cannes
FILM EDITING
- Dune: Part Two (4) – BOFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, WAFCA
- Challengers (2) – BSFC, CFCA
- Anora (2) – SFBAFCC, WAFCA
- Nickel Boys (2) – LAFCA, StLFCA
- September 5 (2) – LAFCA, SDFCS
- Emilia Pérez – EFA
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – SFCS
- Kneecap – BIFA
- The Substance – IFJA
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Nosferatu (7) – IFJA, NBR, PCC, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Nickel Boys (5) – AFCC, CFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, SFCS
- The Brutalist (4)– BOFCA, BSFC, NYFCO, SFBAFCC
- Dune: Part Two – LVFCS
- Love Lies Bleeding – BIFA
- The Substance – EFA
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- The Brutalist (3) – LAFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS
- Nosferatu (3) – CFCA, LVFCS, StLFCA
- The Assessment – BIFA
- Dune: Part Two – PFCS
- The Girl With The Needle – EFA
- Wicked – SDFCS
COSTUME DESIGN
- Wicked (4) – LVFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS
- The Devil’s Bath – EFA
- Firebrand – BIFA
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – CFCA
ORIGINAL SCORE (Oscar-eligible only)
- The Brutalist (7) – BSFC, IFJA, NYFCO, PCC, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Challengers (5) – AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, LAFCA, WAFCA
- The Wild Robot (2) – AACA, HMMA (animated)
Dune: Part Two (2) – HMMA (sci-fi), LVFCS- Conclave – PFCS
- Emilia Pérez – HMMA (main)
- The Girl With The Needle – EFA
- The Goat Life – HMMA
- Kneecap – BIFA
- Nosferatu – HMMA (horror)
- The Room Next Door – HMMA (independent)
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – HMMA (documentary)
ORIGINAL SONG
- The Wild Robot “Kiss the Sky” (2) – HMMA (animated), IFCA
- Elton John: Never Too Late, “Never Too Late” – HMMA (documentary)
- Emilia Pérez, “El Mal” – PFCS
- Exhibiting Forgiveness – AAFCA
- The Last Showgirl, “Beautiful That Way” (2) – HMMA (independent), LVFCS
- The Six Triple Eight, “The Journey” – HMMA (main)
SOUND
- Dune: Part Two – SDFCS
- Civil War – BIFA
- Souleymane’s Story – EFA
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
- Unicorns – BIFA
- When The Light Breaks – EFA
VISUAL EFFECTS (Oscar-eligible only)
- Dune: Part Two (4) – LVFCS, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
- The Substance (3) – CFCA, EFA, SDFCS
- Civil War – BIFA
ANIMATED FEATURE (Oscar-eligible only)
- Flow (11) – BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, EFA, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA
- The Wild Robot (10) – AAFCA, AFCC, IFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, PCC, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Mars Express – IFJA
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (Oscar-eligible only)
- No Other Land (11) – BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, EFA, GOTHAM, IDA, LAFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, SFCS, StLFCA
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (5) – CCA, MMCG, PCC, SDFCS, WAFCA
- Sugarcane (3) – AFCC, NBR, SFBAFCC
- Will & Harper (3) – CCA, LVFCS, PFCS
- Daughters – (2) AAFCA, IFJA
- Dahomey – (2) AAFCA, TFCA
- Witches – BIFA
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (Oscar-eligible only)
All We Imagine As Light (8) – CFCA, Gotham, LAFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC, SDFCS, TFCAThe Beast – BOFCA- Emilia Pérez (4) – AAFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, WAFCA
Evil Does Not Exist – SFCS- Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World – BSFC
- Kneecap – AFCC
Mars Express – IFJA- The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (4) – IFCA, NBR, SFBAFCC, StLFCA
Legend
AAFCA – African American Film Critics Association
AFCC – Atlanta Film Critics Circle
AFI – AFI Top 10 Films of the Year
Berlin – Berlin Film Festival
BIFA – British Independent Film Awards
BOFCA – Boston Online Film Critics Society
BSFC – Boston Society of Film Critics
Cannes – Cannes Film Festival
CFCA – Chicago Film Critics Association
EFA – European Film Academy
Gotham – Gotham Awards
HMMA – Hollywood Music in Media Awards
IFCA – Iowa Film Critics Association
IFJA – Indiana Film Journalists Association
IDA – International Documentary Association
LAFCA – Los Angeles Film Critics Association
LVFCS – Las Vegas Film Critics Society
MMCG – Michigan Movie Critics Guild
NBR – National Board of Review
NYFCC – New York Film Critics Circle
NYFCO – New York Film Critics Online
PCC – Phoenix Critics Circle
PFCS – Phoenix Film Critics Circle
SDFCS – San Diego Film Critics Society
SFBAFCC – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Association
SFCS – Seattle Film Critics Society
StLFCA – St. Louis Film Critics Association
TFCA – Toronto Film Critics Association
WAFCA – Washington Area Film Critics Association
Venice – Venice International Film Festival
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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