# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2024

The 20th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2024, were announced on January 6, 2025. The nominations were announced on December 27, 2024.
Brady Corbet's epic drama The Brutalist led the nominations with ten, followed by Dune: Part Two with eight, and Anora and The Substance with seven each. Unlike previous editions of the awards were five nominees while one winner was presented for the Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award; this year, the award went to all five top nominees.
Anora received the most awards with five, including Best Film, followed by Sing Sing with four.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Anora The Brutalist The Substance Sing Sing Love Lies Bleeding Nickel Boys Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Conclave Wicked | Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed | Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl as Shelly Gardner Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Nicole Kidman – Babygirl as Romy Mathis Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn | Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Felicity Jones – The Brutalist as Erzsébet Tóth Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding as Jacqueline "Jackie" Cleaver |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Wicked – Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox | Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Substance – Coralie Fargeat |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Will & Harper Dahomey No Other Land The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story |
| Best International Film | Best First Film |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig Emilia Pérez Flow I'm Still Here Kneecap | The First Omen – Arkasha Stevenson Blink Twice – Zoë Kravitz Dìdi – Sean Wang The People's Joker – Vera Drew Thelma – Josh Margolin |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke The Substance – Benjamin Kračun | The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, and Valentin Féron Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| Best Original Score | Best Ensemble |
| The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Nosferatu – Robin Carolan The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers | Sing Sing Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two |
| Best Stunt Work | Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance |
| The Fall Guy Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Kill Monkey Man | Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as Roz Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Proximus Caesar Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail as Grace Pudel Robbie Williams/Jonno Davies – Better Man as Robbie Williams/Young Robbie Williams |
| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Best Austin Film 2024 |
| Vera Drew – The People's Joker Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing Mikey Madison – Anora Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge | Sing Sing (dir. Greg Kwedar) The Bikeriders (dir. Jeff Nichols) Fugitive Dreams (dir. Jason Neulander) Hit Man (dir. Richard Linklater) Sasquatch Sunset (dir. Nathan and David Zellner) |