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 (17) – AFCA, AFCC, AFI, BIFA, BSFC, CACF, Cannes, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFCA, LAFCA, MMCG, NDFS, NTFCA, OAFFC, PFCC, SFBAFCC, SFCA
- The Brutalist (10) – AFI, AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, HFCS-1, MNFCA, NFCS, NYFCC, PCC, PFCS
- The Substance (5) – COFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, NYFCO, SFCS
- Nickel Boys (5) – AAFCA, AFI, MCFCA, NSFC, TFCA
- Dune: Part Two (4) – AFI, LVFCS, StLFCA, UKFCA
- Conclave (3) – AFI, NCFCA, OFCC
- Wicked (3) – AFI, NBR, WAFCA
- Emilia Pérez (2) – AFI, EFA
- Sing Sing (2) – AFI, SDFCS
- The Beast – FFCC
- Challengers – GWNYFCA
- A Complete Unknown – AFI
- Dahomey – Berlin
- A Different Man – Gotham
- Kneecap – BIFA
- A Real Pain – AFI
- The Room Next Door – Venice
- The Substance (2) – COFCA, OAFFC
The Zone of Interest– DFCC
BEST DIRECTOR
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist (10) – AFCC, BOFCA, MMCG, MNFCA, NFCS, PCC, SFBAFCC, SFCA, Venice, WAFCA
- Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two (9) – CACF, GAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NTFCA, SDFCS, StLFCA, UKFCA
- Sean Baker, Anora (7) – AFCA, BSFC, DFWFCA, IFCA, NDFS, PFCC, SFCS
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (6) – AWFJ, COFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC
- RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (5) – AAFCA, CFCA, Gotham, NYFCC, TFCA
- Edward Berger, Conclave (2) – OFCC, PFCS
- Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light – NSFC
- Bertrand Bonello, The Beast – FFCC
- Luca Guadagnino, Challengers – GWNYFCA
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez – EFA
- Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour – Cannes
- Robert Eggers, Nosferatu HFCS-1
- 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
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest– DFCC
BEST ACTRESS
- Mikey Madison, Anora (24) – AFCA, AFCC, CACF, BSFC, DFCC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFCA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, NCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, OFCC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, TFCA
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (13) – AAFCA, AWFJ, BIFA, BOFCA, CFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA
- Demi Moore, The Substance (7) – COFCA, HFCS-1, KCFCC, MCFCA, MNFCA, OAFFC, UKFCA
- Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez (2) – Cannes, EFA
- Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (2) – NBR, Venice
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked – NFCS
- Léa Seydoux, The Beast – FFCC
BEST ACTOR
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (16) – AAFCA, AFCA, AWFJ, CACF, GAFCA, Gotham, GWNYFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, OAFFC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (14) – AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, HFCS-1, IFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, MNFCA, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, SFCA
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown (4) – BSFC, MCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave (4) – DFCC, DFWFCA, OFCC, PFCS
- Daniel Craig, Queer – NBR
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – FFCC
- David Dastmalchian, Late Night with the Devil – KCFCC
- 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
- Margaret Qualley, The Substance (10) – AFCA, BOFCA, KCFCC, MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SFCS
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez (8) – CACF, Cannes, DFWFCA, FFCC, LVFCS, MNFCA, NFCD, NTFCA
- Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked (7) – AFCC, IFCA, MMCG, OFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCA
- Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (4) – AAFCA, BSFC, GAFCA, WAFCA
- Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (3) – CFCA, GWNYFCA, NYFCO
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave (3) – AWFJ, IFCA, UKFCA
- Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown – HFCS-1
- 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
- Michele Austin, Hard Truths – NSFC
- Emily Watson, Small Things Like These – Berlin
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (24) – AFCC, AWFJ, CACF, CFCA, COFCA, GAFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, IFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, TFCA
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (7) – BOFCA, DFWFCA, MMCG, MNFCA, NFCS, NYFCO, SFCA
- Yura Borisov, Anora (5) – AFCA, LAFCA, NDFS, SFBAFCC, SFCA, TFCA
- Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (4) – AAFCA, Gotham, OFCC, SFCS
- Denzel Washington, Gladiator II (2) – LVFCS, UKFCA
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown – BSFC
- Franz Rogowski, Bird – BIFA
- Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice – FFCC
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Conclave (13) – AWFJ, HFCS-1, KCFCC, LVFCS, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, OAFFC, OFCC, SFCA, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Nickel Boys (7) – AFCC, BSFC, CFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, OAFFC, TFCA
- Sing Sing (6) – AAFCA, AFCA, GWNYFCA, NBR, SDFCS, SFBAFCC
- Emilia Pérez – EFA
- I’m Still Here – Venice
- Queer – FFCC
- The Wild Robot – COFCA
The Zone of Interest– DFCC
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Anora (15) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CACF, GAFCA, MCFCA, MMCG, NTFCA, NYFCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCA, SFCS
- A Real Pain (8) – CFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, LAFCA, NSFC, OAFFC, PCC, WAFCA
- The Brutalist (6) – IFJA, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NYFCO, OFCC
- The Substance (4) – AWFJ, Cannes, COFCA, KCFCC
- All We Imagine as Light – TFCA
- Challengers – MNFCA
- Dying – Berlin
- Hard Truths – NBR
- His Three Daughters – Gotham
- I Saw the TV Glow – FFCC
- Santosh – BIFA
- Saturday Night – StLFCA
FILM EDITING
- Challengers (9) – BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OAFFC
- Dune: Part Two (4) – BOFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, WAFCA
- Emilia Pérez (3) – AWFJ, EFA, HFCS-1
- Anora (2) – SFBAFCC, WAFCA
- Nickel Boys (2) – LAFCA, StLFCA
- September 5 (2) – LAFCA, SDFCS
- The Substance (2) – AFCA, IFJA
- The Brutalist – AWFJ
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – SFCS
- Kneecap – BIFA
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Nosferatu (15) – AWFJ, COFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, PCC, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- The Brutalist (10) – AFCA, BOFCA, BSFC, FFCC, HFCS-1, MNFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCO, SFBAFCC
- Nickel Boys (6) – AFCC, CFCA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, SFCS
- Dune: Part Two (4) – DFWFCA, GAFCA, LVFCS, SFCA
- Conclave – DFCC
- Love Lies Bleeding – BIFA
- The Substance – EFA
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Nosferatu (6) – CFCA, GAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, StLFCA
- The Brutalist (5) – LAFCA, NDFS, NFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS
- Wicked (3) – CACF, HFCS-1, SDFCS
- Dune: Part Two (2) – MNFCA, PFCS
- The Assessment – BIFA
- The Girl With The Needle – EFA
COSTUME DESIGN
- Wicked (9) – CACF, HFCS-1, LVFCS, MNFCA, NDFS, OAFFC, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS
- The Devil’s Bath – EFA
- Firebrand – BIFA
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – CFCA
- Nosferatu – NCFCA
ORIGINAL SCORE (Oscar-eligible only)
- Challengers (15) – AFCC, BOFCA, CACF, CFCA, COFCA, GAFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OFCC, SFCA, WAFCA
- The Brutalist (10) – AFCA, BSFC, HFCS-1, IFJA, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
- The Wild Robot (3) – AACA, DFWFCA, HMMA (animated)
Dune: Part Two (2) – HMMA (sci-fi), LVFCS- Conclave – PFCS
- Emilia Pérez – HMMA (main)
The Girl With The Needle – EFAThe Goat Life – HMMAKneecap – BIFA- Nosferatu – HMMA (horror)
- The Room Next Door – HMMA (independent)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – HMMA (documentary)
ORIGINAL SONG (Oscar-eligible only)
- The Wild Robot “Kiss the Sky” (3) – CACF, HMMA (animated), IFCA
The Last Showgirl, “Beautiful That Way” (2) – HMMA (independent), LVFCS- Challengers, “Compress/Repress”(3) – GAFCA, NCFCA, NDFS
- Emilia Pérez, “El Mal” (2) – HFCS-1, PFCS
- Elton John: Never Too Late, “Never Too Late” – HMMA (documentary)
Exhibiting Forgiveness, “Bricks” – AAFCA- The Six Triple Eight, “The Journey” – HMMA (main)
SOUND (Oscar-eligible only)
- Dune: Part Two (5) – CACF, MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, SDFCS
Nosferatu – HFCS-1Civil War – BIFASouleymane’s Story – EFA
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING (Oscar-eligible only)
- The Substance (4) – CACF, HFCS-1, MNFCA, NCFCA
- Nosferatu – NDFS
Unicorns – BIFAWhen The Light Breaks – EFA
VISUAL EFFECTS (Oscar-eligible only)
- Dune: Part Two (9) – CACF, LVFCS, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OAFFC, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
The Substance (3) – CFCA, EFA, SDFCS- Civil War – BIFA
- Wicked – NFCS
ANIMATED FEATURE (Oscar-eligible only)
- The Wild Robot (24) – AAFCA, AFCA, AFCC, CACF, COFCA, DFWFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS-1, IFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MMCG, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, OFCC, PCC, PFCS, SFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
- Flow (14) – BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, EFA, GAFCA, LAFCA, NBR, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA
- Mars Express – IFJA
- Memoir of a Snail – PFCC
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (Oscar-eligible only)
- No Other Land (16) – BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, EFA, Gotham, GWNYFCA, IDA, LAFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, SFCS, StLFCA
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (11) – CCA, GAFCA, HFCS-1, MCFCA, MMCG, NCFCA, NTFCA, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, WAFCA- Sugarcane (7) – AFCC, DFWFCA, NBR, NFCS, OFCC, SFBAFCC, SFCA
- Will & Harper (6) – AFCA, CCA, KCFCC, DFCC, LVFCS, PFCS
- Dahomey – (2) AAFCA, TFCA
- Daughters – (2) AAFCA, IFJA
- The Remarkable Life of Iblein – CACF
- Porcelain War – Sundance
Witches – BIFA
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (Oscar-eligible only)
All We Imagine As Light (12) – CFCA, Gotham, LAFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, TFCA- Emilia Pérez (8) – AAFCA, HFCS-1, LVFCS, NDFS, OFCC, PFCS, SFCA, WAFCA
- The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (8) – AFCA, AWFJ, DFWFCA, IFCA, NBR, NTFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA
- Flow (5) – CACF, GAFCA, KCFCC, MCFCA, MNFCA
Evil Does Not Exist (2) – COFCA, SFCSThe Beast – BOFCA- Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World – BSFC
- Kneecap – AFCC
- No Other Land – GWNYFCA
Mars Express – IFJA
Legend
AAFCA – African American Film Critics Association
AFCA – Austin Film Critics Association
AFCC – Atlanta Film Critics Circle
AFI – AFI Top 10 Films of the Year
AWFJ – Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Berlin – Berlin Film Festival
BIFA – British Independent Film Awards
BOFCA – Boston Online Film Critics Society
BSFC – Boston Society of Film Critics
CACF – Critics Association of Central Florida
Cannes – Cannes Film Festival
CFCA – Chicago Film Critics Association
COFCA – Columbus Film Critics Association
DFCC – Dublin Film Critics Circle
DFWFCA – Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association
EFA – European Film Academy
FFCC – Florida Film Critics Circle
GAFCA – Georgia Film Critics Association
Gotham – Gotham Awards
GWNYFCA – Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
HFCS-1 – Hawaii Film Critics Society
HMMA – Hollywood Music in Media Awards
IFCA – Iowa Film Critics Association
IFJA – Indiana Film Journalists Association
IDA – International Documentary Association
KCFCC – Kansas City Film Critics Association
LAFCA – Los Angeles Film Critics Association
LVFCS – Las Vegas Film Critics Society
MCFCA – Music City Film Critics Association
MMCG – Michigan Movie Critics Guild
MNFCA – Minnesota Film Critics Association
NBR – National Board of Review
NCFCA – North Carolina Film Critics Association
NDFS – North Dakota Film Society
NFCS – Nevada Film Critics Society
NSFC – National Society of Film Critics
NTFCA – North Texas Film Critics Association
NYFCC – New York Film Critics Circle
NYFCO – New York Film Critics Online
OAFFC – Online Association of Female Film Critics
OFCC – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
PCC – Phoenix Critics Circle
PFCC – Philadelphia Film Critics Circle
PFCS – Phoenix Film Critics Circle
SDFCS – San Diego Film Critics Society
SFBAFCC – San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Association
SFCA – Southeastern Film Critics Association
SFCS – Seattle Film Critics Society
StLFCA – St. Louis Film Critics Association
Sundance – Sundance Film Festival
TFCA – Toronto Film Critics Association
UKFCA – UK Film Critics Association
WAFCA – Washington Area Film Critics Association
Venice – Venice International Film Festival
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