‘Wicked’ Leads Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) Nominations with 19
The nominations for the 29th Annual OFTA Film awards were announced today and Wicked was the top nominee this year with 19 nominations.
Fellow Best Picture nominee Dune: Part Two came in second with 14 while Anora earned 13 nominations. The only other films with double-digit nominations were The Brutalist with 11 and Conclave with 10. Other nominees for Best Picture include Challengers, Nickel Boys, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, and The Substance.
The OFTA also has four specialized categories for posters, trailers, title sequences and ‘most cinematic moment.’
The winners will be revealed on Sunday, February 23, 2025. Here is the complete list of nominations.
BEST PICTURE
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- A Real Pain
- Sing Sing
- The Substance
- Wicked
BEST DIRECTOR
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Jon M. Chu – Wicked
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
BEST ACTOR
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
BEST ACTRESS
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
- Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow
- Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
- Izaac Wang – Dìdi
- Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: MALE
- Jonathan Bailey – Wicked
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
- Adam Pearson – A Different Man
- Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: FEMALE
- Michele Austin – Hard Truths
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
- Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
- Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One
- Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
- Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
- Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2
BEST ENSEMBLE
- Anora
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Sing Sing
- Wicked
BEST CASTING
- Anora
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- The Substance
- Wicked
BEST FEATURE DEBUT
- Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
- Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man
- RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
- Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
- Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
BEST FILM EDITING
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- The Wild Robot
BEST ADAPTED SONG
- Defying Gravity – Wicked
- Greatest Day – Anora
- Like a Prayer – Deadpool & Wolverine
- Like a Rolling Stone – A Complete Unknown
- Popular – Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- Compress/Repress – Challengers
- Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
- Like a Bird – Sing Sing
- El Mal – Emilia Pérez
- Sick in the Head – Kneecap
BEST SOUND
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- The Substance
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
- Alien: Romulus
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Wicked
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
- A Different Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
BEST STUNT COORDINATION
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- The Fall Guy
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Gladiator II
BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Black Box Diaries
- Daughters
- Sugarcane
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- Will & Harper
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- All We Imagine as Light
- Emilia Pérez
- Flow
- I’m Still Here
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST TITLES SEQUENCE
- Anora (Opening)
- The Brutalist (Opening)
- Challengers (Opening)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (Opening)
- Wicked (Opening)
MOST CINEMATIC MOMENT
- Anora – End Scene
- Challengers – Match Point
- Civil War – What Kind of American Are You?
- The Substance – New Year’s Eve
- Wicked – Defying Gravity
BEST MOVIE TRAILER
- The Brutalist, Trailer #2
- Conclave, Trailer #1
- Longlegs, Trailer #1
- The Substance, Trailer #1
- Wicked, Trailer #1
BEST MOVIE POSTER
- The Brutalist, Poster #2
- Challengers, Poster #1
- I Saw the TV Glow, Poster #1
- Saturday Night, Poster #3
- Wicked, Poster #2
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