8TH ANNUAL Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Best Film

“ANORA” • NEON

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

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Runner-Up: “The Brutalist” • A24

Best Director

sean baker
“ANORA” • NEON

Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

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Runner-Up: RaMell Ross | “Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Best Actor

ADRIEN BRODY
“The Brutalist” • A24

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

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Runner-Up: Hugh Grant | “Heretic” • A24

Best Actress

MIKEY MADISON
“ANORA” • NEON

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

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Runner-Up: 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, Dave McCary

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Runner-Up: Guy Pearce | “The Brutalist” • A24

Best Supporting Actress

Margaret Qualley
“THE SUBSTANCE” • MUBI

Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan

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Runner-Up: Aubrey Plaza | “Megalopolis” • Lionsgate

Best Foreign Film

“All We Imagine as Light” (India)
Sideshow/Janus Films

Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim

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Runner-Up: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany) • NEON

Best Animated Film

“Memoir of a Snail” • IFC Films

Directed by Adam Elliot
Produced by Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot

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Runner-Up: “Flow” • Sideshow/Janus Films

Best Documentary

“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films

Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Produced by Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, Ian Bonhôte

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Runner-Up: “Will & Harper” • Netflix

Best Cinematography

“NOSFERATU” • Focus Features

Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke

Directed by Robert Eggers
Produced by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers

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Runner-Up: “The Brutalist” • A24 | Cinematography by Lol Crawley

Best Breakthrough Performance

MIKEY MADISON
“ANORA” • NEON

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

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Runner-Up: Yuriy Borisov | “Anora” • NEON

Best Directorial Debut

vera drew
“THE PEOPLE’S JOKER” • Altered Innocence

Produced by Joey Lyons

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Runner-Up: India Donaldson | “Good One” • Metrograph Pictures

Best SCRIPT

“ANORA” • NEON

Written by Sean Baker

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

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Runner-Up: “Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | Written by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Best Score/Soundtrack

“THE BRUTALIST” • A24

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

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Runner-Up: “Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures

Best Ensemble Cast

“ANORA” • NEON

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

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Runner-Up: “Conclave” • Focus Features

Best Philip’s Steaks Cheesesteak Film

“THE FALL GUY” • Universal Pictures

Directed by David Leitch
Produced by Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Ryan Gosling, Guymon Casady

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Runner-Up: “The Beekeeper” • Amazon MGM Studios

Philadelphia Film Critics Circle

BEST FILM:
BEST DIRECTOR:
BEST ACTOR:
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BEST ENSEMBLE:
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT:
Best ScRIPT:
BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK:
CHEESESTEAK AWARD:

“Anora”
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance”
“Anora”
“All We Imagine As Light” (India)
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
“Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Vera Drew – “The People’s Joker”
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“The Brutalist”
“The Fall Guy”

ABOUT THE Philadelphia Film Critics Circle

Founded on March 8th, 2017, the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) is an organization of dedicated and talented film critics from Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs.

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