# Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2024

29th FFCC Awards
December 20, 2024
Best Picture: The Beast
The 29th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards were held on December 20, 2024.
Conclave led the nominations with eight, followed by Anora with seven. The French-Canadian co-produced science fiction drama film The Beast, a loose adaptation of the 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James, won Best Picture as well as Best Director (for Bertrand Bonello) and Best Actress (for Léa Seydoux).

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold.
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| The Beast Anora The Brutalist Conclave Hundreds of Beavers | Bertrand Bonello – The Beast Sean Baker – Anora Luca Guadagnino – Challengers Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Josh O'Connor – Challengers as Patrick Zweig | Léa Seydoux – The Beast as Gabrielle Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Carol Kane – Between the Temples as Carla Kessler Nicole Kidman – Babygirl as Romy Mathis Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Willem Dafoe – Kinds of Kindness as Raymond, George, and Omi Adam Pearson – A Different Man as Oswald Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus | Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro Anna Baryshnikov – Love Lies Bleeding as Daisy Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun Anora – Sean Baker Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg | Queer – Justin Kuritzkes The Beast – Bertrand Bonello, Benjamin Charbit, and Guillaume Bréaud Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary Film |
| Flow The Colors Within Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail The Wild Robot | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Daughters No Other Land Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Will & Harper |
| Best International Film | Best Ensemble |
| All We Imagine as Light Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Emilia Pérez I'm Still Here The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Conclave All We Imagine as Light Anora Challengers Saturday Night |
| Best Art Direction / Production Design | Best Cinematography |
| Dune: Part Two The Beast The Brutalist Conclave Maria | The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray |
| Best Original Score | Best Visual Effects |
| Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Flow – Gints Zilbalodis and Rihards Zalupe | Dune: Part Two Hundreds of Beavers The Substance Tuesday Wicked |
| Best First Feature | Breakout Performance |
| Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik Janet Planet – Annie Baker The People's Joker – Vera Drew Stress Positions – Theda Hammel Tuesday – Daina O. Pusić | Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Jack Haven – I Saw the TV Glow as Maddy Wilson Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding as Jacqueline "Jackie" Cleaver Ryland Brickson Cole Tews – Hundreds of Beavers as Jean Kayak Zoe Zigler – Janet Planet as Lacy |
| Golden Orange ||
| Mountains (Monica Sorelle) ||