12TH ANNUAL Black Film Critics Circle Awards
Thursday, December 19, 2024


Best Film
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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2) “Wicked” • A24
3) “Conclave” • Focus Features
4) “The Brutalist” • A24
5) “Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
6) “The Wild Robot” • Dreamworks/Universal
7) “Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
8) “The Substance” • MUBI
9) “Exhibiting Forgiveness” • Roadside Attractions
10) “Flow” • Sideshow/Janus Films


Best Director
RaMell Ross | “NICKEL BOYS“
Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine


Best Actor
COLMAN DOMINGO
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo
“WICKED” • Universal Pictures
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Marc Platt, David Stone


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 Original Screenplay
“THE BRUTALIST” • A24
Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


Best Adapted Screenplay
“NICKEL BOYS” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Written by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine


Best Cinematography
“NICKEL BOYS” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Cinematography by Jomo Fray
Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine


Best Documentary
“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 Animated Film
“THE WILD ROBOT“
Dreamworks/Universal
Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann


Best Foreign Film
“All We Imagine As Light“
Sideshow/Janus Films
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim


Best Ensemble
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

SIGNATURE AWARDS


PIONEER AWARD
Denzel Washington


Rising Star/Best Newcomer
Malcolm Washington


SPECIAL MENTION
“THE Space Race” • National Geographic
Directed by Lisa Cortes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Produced by Keero Singh Birla, Alex Bowen, Lisa Cortes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Aly Parker, Mark Monroe

Black Film Critics Circle
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Best Actor:
Best Actress:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
BEST ENSEMBLE:
“Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
“Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray
“Daughters”
“The Wild Robot”
“Sing Sing”

ABOUT THE Black Film Critics Circle
Founded in 2010, the Black Film Critics Circle is a membership organization comprised of film critics of color from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and qualifying on-line publications. The organization is dedicated to honoring excellence of professionals in the theatrical motion picture industry in U.S. and World Cinema. Its mission is to celebrate contributions and achievements in film by people of the black Diaspora who work in front of and behind the camera, maintain the integrity of a true Critics organization and advance a collective vision of journalists of the black Diaspora.




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