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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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