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
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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
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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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