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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


“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


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


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

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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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