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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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