59TH ANNUAL National Society Of Film Critics Awards
Saturday, January 4, 2025


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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Runner-up: “All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
Runner-up: “Anora” • NEON


Best Director
Payal Kapadia
“All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim
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Runner-up: RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Runner-up: Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON


Best Actor
Colman Domingo
“Sing Sing” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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Runner-up: Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” | A24
Runner-up: Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” | Focus Features


Best Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street
Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe
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Runner-up: Mikey Madison – “Anora” | NEON
Runner-up: Ilinca Manolache – “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” | 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
Runner-up: Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Runner-up: Adam Pearson – “A Different Man” | A24


Best Supporting Actress
Michele Austin
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street
Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe
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Runner-up: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Runner-up: Natasha Lyonne – “His Three Daughters” | Netflix


Best Screenplay
“A Real pain” • Searchlight Pictures
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary
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Runner-up: “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” – Radu Jude | MUBI
Runner-up: “Anora” – Sean Baker | NEON


BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim
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Runner-up: “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” | MUBI
Runner-up: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” | NEON


BEST NONFICTION FILM
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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Runner-up: “Dahomey” | MUBI
Runner-up: “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” | Kino Lorber


Best Cinematography
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Cinematography by Jomo Fray
Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
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Runner-up: “The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley | A24
Runner-up: “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke | Focus Features


BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
“The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire“
Directed by Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich
Produced by Sophie Luo, Mike S. Ryan


SPECIAL CITATION FOR A FILM AWAITING U.S. DISTRIBUTION
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning


FILM HERITAGE AWARD
Scott Eyman
for his outstanding books on film artists and epochal shifts in moviemaking, most recently with “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided,” a revelatory study of the nexus of American politics and American pop culture.


FILM HERITAGE AWARD
IndieCollect
which, since its founding in 2010 by Sandra Schulberg, has met the challenge of preserving independent films with a rare sense of artistic responsibility.


FILM HERITAGE AWARD
To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
for more than two decades of superb restorations and diverse programming from all over the world, in collaboration with archives, foundations, studios and other organizations.

National Society Of Film Critics
Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Screenplay:
Best Cinematography:
Best Nonfiction Film:
BEST FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
“Nickel Boys”
Payal Kapadia – “All We Imagine as Light”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Michele Austin – “Hard Truths”
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray
“No Other Land”
“All We Imagine as Light”

ABOUT THE National Society Of Film Critics
Founded in 1966, the Society differs from other critical associations in a number of significant ways. In the first place, it is truly national. Its members include critics from major papers in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver. Its members also include the critics not just of The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and The New Yorker, but also of The Village Voice, The Boston Herald, and prominent online sites. Second, membership is by election.




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