21ST ANNUAL Women Film Critics Circle Awards
Wednesday, January 15, 2025


BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Produced by Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello
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Runner-up: “Wicked” • Universal Pictures
“All We Imagine as Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“How to Have Sex” • MUBI
“Lee” • Roadside Attractions/Vertical


BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: “Lee” – Ellen Kuras | Roadside Attractions/Vertical
“All We Imagine as Light” – Payal Kapadia | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Treasure” – Julia von Heinz | Bleecker Street


BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
“The Substance” • MUBI
Written by Coralie Fargeat
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: “All We Imagine as Light” – Payal Kapadia | Sideshow/Janus Films
“The Girls With The Needle” – Line Langebek Knudsen | MUBI
“Treasure” – Julia von Heinz | Bleecker Street


Best Actress
Demi Moore
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: Pamela Anderson – “The Last Showgirl” | Roadside Attractions
Runner-up: Kate Winslet – “Lee” | Roadside Attractions/Vertical
Nicole Kidman – “Babygirl” | NEON
Saoirse Ronan – “The Outrun” | Sony Pictures Classics


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
Daniel Craig – “Queer” | A24
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” | Focus Features


Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Produced by Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello
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Runner-up: Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist” | A24
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson” | Netflix
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix


BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Produced by Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello
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Runner-up: “I’m Still Here” | Sony Pictures Classics
“All We Imagine as Light” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“The Girl With The Needle” | MUBI


BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
“Frida” • Amazon MGM Studios
Directed by Carla Gutierrez
Produced by Sara Bernstein, Katia Maguire, Justin Wilkes, Loren Hammonds, Alexandra Johnes
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Runner-up: “Black Box Diaries” | MTV Documentary Films
“The Last of the Sea Women” | Apple Original Films
“Zurawski v Texas”| Together Films


BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
“CHallengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya
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Runner-up: “The Six Triple Eight” | Netflix
“Civil War” | A24
“Daddio” | Sony Pictures Classics


BEST ANIMATED FEMALE (tie)
Lupita Nyong’o (“Roz”)
“The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal
Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann


BEST ANIMATED FEMALE (tie)
Sarah Snook (“Grace”)
“Memoir of a Snail” • IFC Films
Directed by Adam Elliot
Produced by Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot
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Runner-up: Amy Poehler (“Joy”) – “Inside Out 2” | Pixar Animation/Walt Disney Pictures


BEST SCREEN COUPLE
Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield
“We Live in Time” • A24
Directed by John Crowley
Produced by Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Guy Heeley
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Runner-up: Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore – “The Room Next Door” | Sony Pictures Classics
Dakota Johnson & Sean Penn – “Daddio” | Sony Pictures Classics
Anne Hathaway & Nicholas Galitizine – “The Idea of You” | Amazon MGM Studios


BEST TV SERIES (tie)
“Disclaimer” • Apple TV+
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Executive Produced by Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, David Levine, Steve Golin, Bruno Delbonnel, Donald Sabourin, Carlos Morales


BEST TV SERIES (tie)
“The Diplomat” • Netflix
Created by Debora Cahn
Produced by Debora Cahn, Janice Williams, Keri Russell, Simon Cellan Jones
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Runner-up: “We Were the Lucky Ones” | Hulu
“Lioness” | Paramount+


ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD
For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Runner-up: “Black Box Diaries” | MTV Documentary Films
“Unstoppable” | Amazon MGM Studios
“Blink Twice” | Amazon MGM Studios


JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD
For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
“The Six Triple Eight” • Netflix
Directed by Tyler Perry
Produced by Nicole Avant, Angi Bones, Tyler Perry, Keri Selig, Tony Strickland, Carlota Espinosa
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Runner-up: “Wicked” | Universal Pictures
Runner-up: “The Fire Inside” | Amazon MGM Studios
“Shirley” | Netflix


KAREN MORLEY AWARD
For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
“The Last SHowgirl” • Roadside Attractions
Directed by Gia Coppola
Produced by Robert Schwartzman, Natalie Farrey
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Runner-up: “The Six Triple Eight” | Netflix
“Shirley” | Netflix
“Treasure” | Bleecker Street


ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Kerry Washington


LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Maggie Smith

Women Film Critics Circle
Best Movie About Women:
Best Movie By A Woman:
Best Woman Storyteller:
Best Actress:
Best Actor:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Best Foreign Film:
Best Documentary:
Best Equality of the Sexes:
Best Animated Female:
Best Screen Couple:
Adrienne Shelly Award:
Josephine Baker Award:
Karen Morley Award:
Acting and Activism Award:
Lifetime Achievement Award:
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Substance”
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Frida”
“Challengers”
Lupita Nyong’o – “The Wild Robot” | Sarah Snook – “Memoir Of A Snail”
Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield – “We Live in Time”
“The Substance”
“The Six Triple Eight”
“The Last Showgirl”
Kerry Washington
Maggie Smith

ABOUT THE Women Film Critics Circle
The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 75 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, newswire, radio, online and TV broadcast media. We came together in 2004 to form the first women critics organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully.







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