23RD ANNUAL UTAH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Saturday, January 11, 2025


Best Picture
“The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal
Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann
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Runner-up: “The Substance” • MUBI
“The Brutalist” • A24
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Tuesday” • A24


Best Director
BRADY CORBET
“THE brutalist” • A24
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews
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Runner-up: Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
Edward Berger – “Conclave” | Focus Features
Tim Fehlbaum – “September 5” | Paramount Pictures


Best Lead Performance, Male
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
Timothee Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Daniel Craig – “Queer” | A24
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” | Focus Features


Best Lead Performance, Female
Demi Moore
“THE SUBSTANCE” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths” | Bleecker Street
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked” | Universal Pictures
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Tuesday” | A24
Mikey Madison – “Anora” | NEON


Best Supporting Performance, Male
Clarence Maclin
“SING SING” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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Runner-up: Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” | Searchlight Pictures
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” | A24
Stanley Tucci – “Conclave” | Focus Features


Best Supporting Performance, Female
Danielle Deadwyler
“THE PIANO LESSON” • Netflix
Directed by Malcolm Washington
Produced by Todd Black, Denzel Washington
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Runner-up: Ariana Grande-Butera – “Wicked” | Universal Pictures
Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist” | A24
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Zoe Saldana – “Emilia Perez” | Netflix


Best Ensemble Cast
“September 5” • Paramount
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Sean Penn, Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, John Ira Palmer, John Wildermuth
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Runner-up: “His Three Daughters” | Netflix
“Conclave” | Focus Features
“Sing Sing” | A24
“Wicked” | Universal Pictures


Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
David Jonsson
“Alien: Romulus” • 20th Century Studios
Directed by Fede Alvarez
Produced by Ridley Scott, Michael A. Pruss, Walter Hill
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Runner-up: Demi Moore – “The Substance” | MUBI
Bill Skarsgard – “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Hugh Grant – “Heretic” | A24
Lily-Rose Depp – “Nosferatu” | Focus Features


Best Screenplay
“His Three Daughters” • Netflix
Written by Azazel Jacobs
Directed by Azazel Jacobs
Produced by Matt Aselton, Lia Buman, Tim Headington, Azazel Jacobs, Diaz Jacobs, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Jack Selby
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Runner-up: “A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg | Searchlight Pictures
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold | A24
“September 5” – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, & Alex David| Paramount Pictures
“Tuesday” – Daina O. Pusić | A24


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: “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke | Focus Features
“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley | A24
“Conclave” – Stéphane Fontaine | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser | Warner Bros Pictures


Best Original Score
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya
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Runner-up: “Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan | Focus Features
“The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg | A24
“Dune: Part Two” – Hans Zimmer | Warner Bros Pictures
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers | DreamWorks/Universal Pictures


Best Film Editing
“September 5” • Paramount
Editing by Hansjörg Weissbrich
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum
Produced by Sean Penn, Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, John Ira Palmer, John Wildermuth
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Runner-up: “Nickel Boys” – Nicholas Monsour | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Runner-up: “The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, & Valentin Feron | MUBI
“The Brutalist” – Dávid Jancsó | A24
“Dune: Part Two” – Joe Walker | Warner Bros Pictures


Best Visual Effects
“THE SUBSTANCE” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: “Better Man” | Paramount Pictures
“Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” | 20th Century Studios
“Nosferatu” | Focus Features


Best Documentary film (TIE)
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” • Netflix
Directed by Benjamin Ree
Produced by Ingvil Giske


Best Documentary film (TIE)
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” •
Warner Bros, DC, HBO Documentary, CNN Films
Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Produced by Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, Ian Bonhôte
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” | Netflix
“Sugarcane” | National Geographic
“Will & Harper” | Netflix


Best Animated Film
“The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal
Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann
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Runner-up: “Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Inside Out 2” | Pixar Animation/Walt Disney Pictures
“Memoir of a Snail” | IFC Films
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” | Netflix


Best Non-English Language Feature
“Red Rooms” • Utopia
Directed by Pascal Plante
Produced by Dominique Dussault
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Runner-up: “Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“All We Imagine as Light” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“I’m Still Here” | RT Features

Utah Film Critics Association
BEST PICTURE:
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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
Performance in a Sci-Fi|Fantasy|Horror:
BEST SCREENPLAY:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
BEST FILM EDITING:
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
“The Wild Robot”
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
“September 5”
David Jonsson – “Alien: Romulus”
“His Three Daughters” – Azazel Jacobs
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“September 5” – Hansjörg Weissbrich
“The Substance”
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” | “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
“The Wild Robot”
“Red Rooms”

ABOUT THE Utah Film Critics Association
Formed in 2002, the Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) meets every December to vote on the year’s best cinema.






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