Oscars Watch: 2024 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

28TH ANNUAL Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Sunday, December 15, 2024

BEST PICTURE

“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

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

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Runners-Up:
“Anora” • NEON
“The Brutalist” • A24

Best Director

RaMell Ross
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

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

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Runners-Up:
Sean Baker • “Anora”
Payal Kapadia • “All We Imagine as Light”

Outstanding Lead Performance

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
“HARD TRUTHS” • Bleecker Street

Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe

Outstanding Lead Performance

mikey madison
“anora” • NEON

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Yura Borisov
“anora” • NEON

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Kieran Culkin
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary

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Runners-Up:
Clarence Maclin | “Sing Sing” • A24
Zoe Saldaña | “Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Jeremy Strong | “The Apprentice” • Briarcliff Entertainment
Denzel Washington | “Gladiator II” • Paramount Pictures

Best Breakthrough Performance

Clarence Maclin
“SING SING” • A24

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

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Runners-Up:
Karla Sofía Gascón | “Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Mikey Madison | “Anora” • NEON

Best Performance In A Canadian Film

Félix-Antoine Duval
“Shepherds” • Maison 4:3

Directed by Sophie Deraspe
Produced by Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw

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Runners-Up:
Deragh Campbell | “Matt and Mara” • MDFF
Roy Dupuis | “Rumours” • Elevation Pictures

Best Original Screenplay

“All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus

Written by Payal Kapadia

Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim

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Runners-Up:
“Anora” • NEON
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Written by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

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

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Runners-Up:
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Dune: Part 2” • Warner Bros Pictures

Best Animated Feature

“FLOW” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman

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Runners-Up:
“Memoir Of A Snail” • IFC Films
“The Wild Robot” • Dreamworks/Universal

Allan King Best Documentary

“Dahomey” • MUBI

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

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Runners-Up:
“Occupied City” • A24
“Soundtrack To A Coup d’État” • Kino Lorber

Best International Feature

“All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim

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Runners-Up:
“Evil Does Not Exist” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“Green Border” • Kino Lorber

Best First Feature

“Woman of the Hour” • Netflix

Directed by Anna Kendrick
Produced by Stephen Crawford, Andrew Deane, Anna Kendrick, Roy Lee, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules, Miri Yoon, Vindhya Sagar

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Runners-Up:
“40 Acres” • Mongrel Media
“Janet Planet” • A24
“The People’s Joker” • Altered Innocence

Toronto Film Critics Association

Best Picture:
Best Director:
Outstanding Lead Performance:
Outstanding Supporting Performance:
Breakthrough Performance:
Performance In A Canadian Film:
Best ORIGINAL Screenplay:
Best ADAPTED Screenplay:
Best Animated Feature:
best Documentary Film:
Best International Feature:
Best First Feature:

“Nickel Boys”
RaMell Ross — “Nickel Boys”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths” & Mikey Madison — “Anora”
Yura Borisov — “Anora” & Kieran Culkin — “A Real Pain”
Clarence Maclin — “Sing Sing”
Félix-Antoine Duval — “Shepherds”
“All We Imagine As Light” — Payal Kapadia
“Nickel Boys” — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
“Flow”
“Dahomey”
“All We Imagine As Light”
“Woman Of The Hour”

ABOUT THE Toronto Film Critics Association

The Toronto Film Critics Association was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto-based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print, electronic and web outlets are represented. Members of the TFCA also participate in the Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI). As such, they have sat on juries at festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Palm Springs, Chicago, Pusan, Moscow, Amsterdam, London and Vienna, among others.