28TH ANNUAL Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Friday, December 20, 2024

BEST PICTURE

THE BEAST” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Produced by Justin Taurand, Bertrand Bonello, Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant


“Anora” • NEON
“The Brutalist” • A24
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Hundreds of Beavers” • SRH

Best Director

Bertrand Bonello
THE BEAST” • Sideshow/Janus

Produced by Justin Taurand, Bertrand Bonello, Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant


Sean Baker | “Anora” • NEON
Luca Guadagnino | “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Payal Kapadia | “All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
RaMell Ross | “Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Best Actor

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


Adrien Brody | “The Brutalist” • A24
Daniel Craig | “Queer” • A24
Josh O’Connor | “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Ralph Fiennes | “Conclave” • Focus Features

Best Actress

Léa Seydoux
THE BEAST” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Produced by Justin Taurand, Bertrand Bonello, Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant


Marianne Jean-Baptiste | “Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street
Carol Kane | “Between the Temples” • Sony Pictures Classics
Nicole Kidman | “Babygirl” • A24
Mikey Madison | “Anora” • NEON

Best Supporting Actor

JEREMY STRONG
The Apprentice” • Briarcliff Entertainment

Directed by Ali Abbasi
Produced by Louis Tisné, Daniel Bekerman, Jacob Jarek, Ruth Treacy


Yura Borisov | “Anora” • NEON
Willem Dafoe | “Kinds of Kindness” • Searchlight Pictures
Adam Pearson | “A Different Man” • A24
Denzel Washington | “Gladiator II” • Paramount Pictures

Best Supporting Actress

Zoe Saldaña
Emilia Pérez” • Netflix

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


Anna Baryshnikov | “Love Lies Bleeding” • A24
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | “Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Margaret Qualley | “The Substance” • MUBI
Isabella Rosellini | “Conclave” • Focus Features

Best Ensemble

CONCLAVE” • Focus Features

Directed by Edward Berger
Produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Robert Harris, Alice Dawson


“All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“Anora” • NEON
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
“Saturday Night” • Sony/Columbia Pictures

Best Original Screenplay

I Saw The TV Glow” • A24

Written by Jane Schoenbrun

Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
Produced by Sam Intili, Sarah Winshall, Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Ali Herting


“Anora” • NEON | Written by Sean Baker
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Written by Justin Kuritzkes
“Evil Does Not Exist” • Sideshow/Janus Films | Written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures | Written by Jesse Eisenberg

Best Adapted Screenplay

QUEER” • A24

Written by Justin Kuritzkes

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Lorenzo Mieli


“The Beast” • Sideshow/Janus Films | Written by Bertrand Bonello, Benjamin Charbit & Guillaume Bréaud
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Written by Peter Straughan
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Written by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | Written by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Best Cinematography

THE BRUTALIST” • A24

Cinematography by Lol Crawley

Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Cinematography by Stéphane Fontaine
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Cinematography by Greig Fraser
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | Cinematography by Jomo Fray

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick


“Hundreds of Beavers” • SRH
“Tuesday” • A24
“The Substance” • MUBI
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures

BEST ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick


“The Beast” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“The Brutalist” • A24
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Maria” • Netflix

Best Score

Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Amy Pascal, Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Rachel O’Connor


“The Brutalist” • A24 | Composed by Daniel Blumberg
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Composed by Volker Bertelmann
“Dune: Part 2” • Warner Bros Pictures | Composed by Hans Zimmer
“Flow” • Sideshow/Janus Films | Composed by Gints Zilbalodis & Rihards Zalupe

Best Documentary

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” • Kino Lorber

Directed by Johan Grimonprez
Produced by Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety


“Daughters” • Netflix
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Will and Harper” • Netflix

Best International Film

All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim


“Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World” • MUBI
“Emilia Perez” • Netflix
“I’m Still Here” • RT Features
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” • NEON

Best Animated Film

FLOW” • Sideshow/Janus

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


“The Colors Within” • GKIDS
“Inside Out 2” • Walt Disney/Pixar
“Memoir of a Snail” • IFC Films
“The Wild Robot” • Dreamworks/Universal

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Hundreds of Beavers” • SPH

Directed by Mike Cheslik
Produced by Sam Hogerton, Kurt Ravenwood, Matt Sabljak, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews


“Janet Planet” • A24
“The People’s Joker” • Altered Innocence
“Stress Positions” • NEON
“Tuesday” • A24

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE

MIKEY MADISON
ANORA” • NEON

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


Brigette Lundy-Paine | “I Saw The TV Glow” • A24
Katy M. O’Brian | “Love Lies Bleeding” • A24
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews | “Hundreds of Beavers” • SRH
Zoe Zigler | “Janet Planet” • A24

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“The Beast”
Keiran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Léa Seydoux – “The Beast”
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
“Conclave”
Bertrand Bonello – “The Beast”
“I Saw The TV Glow” – Jane Schoenbrun
“Queer” – Justin Kuritzkes
“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley
“Dune: Part Two”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“All We Imagine As Light”
“Flow”
“Hundreds of Beavers”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”

ABOUT THE Florida Film Critics Circle

The Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of 25 writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida. Allison Hazlett of FlickDirect has served as chair of the organization since the beginning of 2020.

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