
2024 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Monday, December 9th, 2024


BEST PICTURE
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, and Greg Kwedar
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Runner-Up: “Anora” • NEON
Runner-Up: “Conclave” • Focus Features
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
“Conclave” • Focus Features


BEST DIRECTOR
Denis Villeneuve
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, and Patrick McCormick
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Runner-Up: Greg Kwedar | “Sing Sing” • A24
Edward Berger | “Conclave” • Focus Features
Brady Corbet | “The Brutalist” • A24
Coralie Fargeat | “The Substance” • MUBI


BEST ACTOR
Colman Domingo
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, and Greg Kwedar
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Runner-Up: Adrien Brody | “The Brutalist” • A24
Runner-Up: Daniel Craig | “Queer” • A24
Timothée Chalamet | “A Complete Unknown” • Searchlight Pictures
Ralph Fiennes | “Conclave” • Focus Features


BEST ACTRESS
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
“HARD TRUTHS” • Bleecker Street
Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe
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Runner-Up: Amy Adams | “Nightbitch” • Searchlight Pictures
Cynthia Erivo | “Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Mikey Madison | “Anora” • NEON
Demi Moore | “The Substance” • MUBI


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting,
and Dave McCary
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Runner-Up: Denzel Washington | “Gladiator II” • Paramount Pictures
Clarence Maclin | “Sing Sing” • A24
Guy Pearce | “The Brutalist” • A24
Stanley Tucci | “Conclave” • Focus Features


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Marc Platt and David Stone
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Runner-Up: Joan Chen | “Dìdi” • Focus Features
Jessie Buckley | “Wicked Little Letters” • Sony Pictures Classics
Danielle Deadwyler | “The Piano Lesson” • Netflix
Natasha Lyonne | “His Three Daughters” • Netflix


Best Comedic Performance
JUNE SQUIBB
“THELMA” • Magnolia Pictures
Directed by Josh Margolin
Produced by Zoë Worth, Chris Kaye, Nicholas Weinstock, Benjamin Simpson, Karl Spoerri,
and Viviana Vezzani
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Runner-Up: Michael Keaton | “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” • Warner Bros Pictures
Ryan Gosling | “The Fall Guy” • Universal Pictures
Aubrey Plaza | “My Old Ass” • Amazon MGM Studios
Channing Tatum | “Deadpool & Wolverine” • Walt Disney Pictures


Best Youth Performance (for a performer under the age of 18)
Izaac Wang
“Dìdi” • Focus Features
Directed by Sean Wang
Produced by Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, and Sean Wang
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Runner-Up: Alix West Lefler | “Speak No Evil” • Universal Pictures
Elliott Heffernan | “Blitz” • Apple Original Films
Katherine Mallen Kupferer | “Ghostlight” • IFC Films
Alisha Weir | “Abigail” • Focus Features


Best Original Screenplay
“ANORA” • NEON
Written by Sean Baker
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, and Samantha Quan
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Runner-Up: “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Written by Justin Kuritzkes
“Love Lies Bleeding” • A24 | Written by Rose Glass & Weronika Tofilska
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures | Written by Jesse Eisenberg
“The Substance” • MUBI | Written by Coralie Fargeat


Best ADAPTED Screenplay
“SING SING” • A24
Written by Craig Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Based on “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson &
“Breakin’ the Mummy’s Code” by Brent Buell
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, and Greg Kwedar
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Runner-Up: “Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Written by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Written by Peter Straughan
“The Piano Lesson” • Netflix | Written by Virgil Williams & Malcolm Washington
“The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks Animation | Universal Pictures | Written by Chris Sanders


Best First Feature (Director)
Zoë Kravitz
“BLINK TWICE” • Amazon MGM Studios
Produced by Bruce Cohen, Tiffany Persons, Garret Levitz, Zoë Kravitz, and Channing Tatum
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Runner-Up: Sean Wang | “Dìdi” • Focus Features
Anna Kendrick | “Woman of the Hour” • Netflix
Dev Patel | “Monkey Man” • Universal Pictures
Rachel Morrison | “The Fire Inside” • Amazon MGM Studios


BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” • Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films
Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
Produced by Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, and Ian Bonhôte
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Runner-Up: “Daughters” • Netflix
“Music by John Williams” • Disney+
“Sugarcane” • National Geographic
“Will & Harper” • Netflix


BEST ANIMATED FILM
“FLOW” • Sideshow | Janus Films
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman
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Runner-Up: “The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks Animation | Universal Pictures
“Memoir of a Snail” • IFC Films
“Transformers One” • Paramount Pictures
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” • Netflix


Best Foreign Language Film
“All We Imagine as Light“
Sideshow | Janus Films
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff and Thomas Hakim
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“The Girls With The Needle” • Nordisk Film
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” • NEON
“Vermiglio” • Sideshow | Janus Films


Best Editing
“September 5” • Paramount Pictures
Editing by Hansjörg Weissbrich
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Sean Penn, Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, John Ira Palmer, and John Wildermuth
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Runner-Up: “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Editing by Marco Costa
“Anora” • NEON | Editing by Sean Baker
“Blink Twice” • Amazon MGM Studios | Editing by Kathryn J. Schubert
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Editing by Joe Walker


Best Cinematography
“NOSFERATU” • Focus Features
Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke
Directed by Robert Eggers
Produced by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, and Robert Eggers
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Runner-Up: “Conclave” • Focus Features | Cinematography by Stéphane Fontaine
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Cinematography by Greig Fraser
“Sing Sing” • A24 | Cinematography by Pat Scola
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures | Cinematography by Alice Brooks


Best Production Design
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Production Design by Nathan Crowley
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Marc Platt and David Stone
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Runner-Up: “Nosferatu” • Focus Features | Production Design by Craig Lathrop
Runner-Up: “Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Production Design by Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau
“The Brutalist” • A24 | Production Design by Judy Becker
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Production Design by Suzie Davies & Cynthia Sleiter


Best Visual Effects
“THE SUBSTANCE” • MUBI
Visual Effects by Bryan Jones and Guillaume Le Gouez
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner
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Runner-Up: “Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
Runner-Up: “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” • 20th Century Studios
“Alien: Romulus” • 20th Century Studios
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features


Best Costume Design
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Costume Design by Paul Tazewell
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Marc Platt and David Stone
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Runner-Up: “The Last Showgirl” • Roadside Attractions | Costume Design by Jacqueline Getty & Rainy Jacobs
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” • Warner Bros Pictures | Costume Design by Colleen Atwood
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Costume Design by Lisy Christl
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Costume Design by Jacqueline West


Best Sound Design
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, and Patrick McCormick
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Runner-Up: “Civil War” • A24
“Alien: Romulus” • 20th Century Studios
“A Quiet Place: Day One” • Paramount Pictures
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures


Best Use of Music
“A Complete Unknown” • Searchlight Pictures
Directed by James Mangold
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, and Patrick McCormick
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Runner-Up: “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Sing Sing” • A24
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures


Best Stunt Choreography
“THE FALL GUY” • Universal Pictures
Directed by David Leitch
Produced by Doug Mitchell and George Miller
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Runner-Up: “Monkey Man” • Universal Pictures
“Alien: Romulus” • 20th Century Studios
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Gladiator II” • Paramount Pictures


BEST ENSEMBLE
“September 5” • Paramount Pictures
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Sean Penn, Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, John Ira Palmer, and John Wildermuth
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Runner-Up: “Conclave” • Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Sing Sing” • A24
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures


Breakthrough Performance
Mikey Madison
“ANORA” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, and Samantha Quan
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Runner-Up: Nell Tiger Free, “The First Omen”


Special Award for Body of Work
Nicholas Hoult
JUROR #2, NOSFERATU, THE ORDER, THE GARFIELD MOVIE

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“Sing Sing”
Denis Villeneuve — “Dune: Part Two”
Colman Domingo — “Sing Sing”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths”
Kieran Culkin — “A Real Pain”
Ariana Grande — “Wicked”
June Squibb — “Thelma”
Izaac Wang — “Dìdi”
“Anora” — Sean Baker
“Sing Sing” — Craig Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Zoë Kravitz — “Blink Twice”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
“Flow”
“All We Imagine As Light”
“September 5” — Hansjörg Weißbrich
“Nosferatu” — Jarin Blaschke
“Wicked” — Nathan Crowley
“The Substance”
“Wicked” — Paul Tazewell
“Dune: Part Two”
“A Complete Unknown”
“The Fall Guy”
“September 5”
Mikey Madison — “Anora”
Nicholas Hoult — “Juror #2” | “Nosferatu” | “The Order” | “The Garfield Movie”

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