16TH ANNUAL African American Film Critics Association
Friday, December 13, 2024

Best Picture

Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes


2) “Sing Sing” • A24
3) “The Piano Lesson” • Netflix
4) “Gladiator II” • Paramount Pictures
5) “Wicked” • Universal Pictures
6) “Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
7) “Albany Road” • Faith Filmworks
8) “The Fire Inside” • Amazon MGM Studios
9) “Exhibiting Forgiveness” • Roadside Attractions
10) “Dahomey” • MUBI

Best Director

RaMell Ross
Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes

Best Actor

Colman Domingo
Sing Sing” • A24

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

Best Actress

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street

Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe

Best Supporting Actor

Clarence Maclin
Sing Sing” • A24

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler
The Piano Lesson” • Netflix

Directed by Malcolm Washington
Produced by Todd Black, Denzel Washington

Best ENSEMBLE

The Piano Lesson” • Netflix

Directed by Malcolm Washington
Produced by Todd Black, Denzel Washington

Best Original Score

The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal

Composed by Kris Bowers

Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann

Best Original SONG

Bricks” from “Exhibiting Forgiveness” • Roadside Attractions

Written by Andra Day, Cassandra Batie & Jherek Bischoff

Directed by Titus Kaphar
Produced by Stephanie Allain, Derek Cianfrance, Jamie Patricof, Sean Cotton, Titus Kaphar

Best Screenplay

Sing Sing” • A24

Written by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

Best Documentary (TIE)

Daughters” • Netflix

Directed by Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
Produced by Natalie Rae, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi, James Cunningham

Best Documentary (TIE)

Dahomey” • MUBI

Directed by Mati Diop
Produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop

Best Animated Feature

The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal

Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann

Best International Film

Emilia Pérez” • Netflix

Directed by Jacques Audiard
Produced by Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello

Best Independent Feature

She Taught Love” • Hulu

Directed by Nate Edwards
Produced by Milan Chakraborty, Sanjay M Sharma, Hadley Klein, Peter Van Auker

African American Film Critics Association

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“Nickel Boys”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
“The Piano Lesson”
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers
“Bricks” from “Exhibiting Forgiveness” | Andra Day, Cassandra Batie & Jherek Bischoff
“Sing Sing” – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
“Daughters” | “Dahomey”
“The Wild Robot”
“Emilia Pérez”
“She Taught Love”

ABOUT THE African American Film Critics Association

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) actively reviews and spotlights cinema at-large, with a particular emphasis on film and TV highlighting the Black experience, especially that produced, written and/or directed by persons from the African Diaspora. Members are also engaged in AAFCA’s advocacy work, which includes programming for students interested in film criticism and journalism in addition to general community outreach. AAFCA members are a geographically diverse cross-section of journalists, covering all genres of the cinematic arts while representing multiple mediums – including print, TV, radio broadcast and online. Collectively, they reach a worldwide audience in excess of 100 million.

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