# San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2024

The 29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 9, 2024.
The nominations were announced on December 6, 2024, with the epic space opera film Dune: Part Two, directed by Denis Villeneuve, leading the nominations with twelve, followed by Conclave and Wicked with nine each, and Sing Sing with eight.
Sing Sing and Wicked won the most awards with three wins apiece, with the former winning Best Picture and Best Actor (Colman Domingo).

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold, while the runner-ups and nominees for each category are listed under them.
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Sing Sing Runner-up: Anora Runner-up: Conclave Challengers Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing Edward Berger – Conclave Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Runner-up: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Runner-up: Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence | Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Runner-up: Amy Adams – Nightbitch as Mother Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Runner-up: Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Stanley Tucci – Conclave as Cardinal Aldo Bellini | Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Runner-up: Joan Chen – Dìdi as Chungsing Wang Jessie Buckley – Wicked Little Letters as Rose Gooding Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters as Rachel |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing Runner-up: Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two Chris Sanders – The Wild Robot Peter Straughan – Conclave Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams – The Piano Lesson | Sean Baker – Anora Runner-up: Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska – Love Lies Bleeding |
| Best Ensemble | Best Comedic Performance |
| September 5 Runner-up: Conclave Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked | June Squibb – Thelma as Thelma Post Runner-up: Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy as Colt Seavers Aubrey Plaza – My Old Ass as Elliott LaBrant (older) Channing Tatum – Deadpool & Wolverine as Gambit |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| Flow Runner-up: The Wild Robot Memoir of a Snail Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Runner-up: Daughters Music by John Williams Sugarcane Will & Harper |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best First Feature (Director) |
| All We Imagine as Light The Girl with the Needle No Other Land The Seed of the Sacred Fig Vermiglio | Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice Runner-up: Sean Wang – Dìdi Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour Rachel Morrison – The Fire Inside Dev Patel – Monkey Man |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke Runner-up: Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Sing Sing – Pat Scola Wicked – Alice Brooks | September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich Runner-up: Challengers – Marco Costa Anora – Sean Baker Blink Twice – Kathryn J. Schubert Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| Wicked – Paul Tazewell Runner-up: The Last Showgirl – Jacqueline Getty and Rainy Jacobs Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood Conclave – Lisy Christl Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West | Wicked – Nathan Crowley Runner-up: Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová Runner-up: Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette The Brutalist – Judy Becker Conclave – Suzie Davies |
| Best Use of Music | Best Stunt Choreography |
| A Complete Unknown Runner-up: Challengers Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked | The Fall Guy Runner-up: Monkey Man Alien: Romulus Dune: Part Two Gladiator II |
| Best Sound Design | Best Visual Effects |
| Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Civil War A Quiet Place: Day One Alien: Romulus Wicked | The Substance Runner-up: Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Alien: Romulus Nosferatu |
| Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18) | Breakthrough Actor |
| Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Runner-up: Alix West Lefler – Speak No Evil as Agnes Dalton Elliott Heffernan – Blitz as George Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight as Daisy Mueller Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail | Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Runner-up: Nell Tiger Free – The First Omen as Margaret |
| Special Award for Body of Work ||
| Nicholas Hoult (Juror #2, Nosferatu, The Order, and The Garfield Movie) ||