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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


“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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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Best Documentary:
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Best Editing:
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Breakthrough Artist:
Body Of Work:

“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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