# Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2024

The 37th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were presented to recognize the best in film of 2024. The nominations were announced on December 10, 2024. The Brutalist received the most nominations with nine, followed by The Substance with seven. Meanwhile, Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked each received six nominations.
The winners were later on announced on December 11, 2024. Nickel Boys won the most awards with four wins, including three for RaMell Ross—namely Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (the latter along with co-writer Joslyn Barnes). However, The Brutalist won Best Film, as well as Best Actor for Adrien Brody. A Real Pain also received two: Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) and Best Original Screenplay (Jesse Eisenberg). Best Actress went to Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), while Best Supporting Actress went to Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters).

## Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 37th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

### Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| The Brutalist Anora Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga I Saw the TV Glow Nickel Boys The Substance | RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight as Dan Mueller | Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Léa Seydoux – The Beast as Gabrielle |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Adam Pearson – A Different Man as Oswald | Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters as Rachel Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Substance – Coralie Fargeat | Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes The Beast – Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, and Benjamin Charbit Conclave – Peter Straughan Nosferatu – Robert Eggers Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary Film |
| Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot | No Other Land Dahomey Daughters Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Sugarcane |
| Best Foreign Language Film ||
| All We Imagine as Light (France / India / Italy / Luxembourg / Netherlands) Emilia Pérez (France) Evil Does Not Exist (Japan) Red Rooms (Canada) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (France / Germany / Iran) ||
| Best Cinematography | Best Original Score |
| Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke | Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Nosferatu – Robin Carolan Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers |
| Best Editing | Best Costume Design |
| Challengers – Marco Costa Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel Nickel Boys – Nicolas Monsour | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini Nosferatu – Linda Muir Wicked – Paul Tazewell |
| Best Art Direction / Production Design | Best Use of Visual Effects |
| Nosferatu The Brutalist Dune: Part Two The Substance Wicked | The Substance Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Hundreds of Beavers Wicked |
| Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker | Most Promising Performer |
| RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers Vera Drew – The People's Joker Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing | Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Lily Collias – Good One as Sam Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez Jack Haven – I Saw the TV Glow as Maddy Wilson Adam Pearson – A Different Man as Oswald |

## Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | The Brutalist |
| 7 | The Substance |
| 6 | Anora |
| 6 | Nickel Boys |
| 6 | Wicked |
| 5 | Dune: Part Two |
| 5 | Nosferatu |
| 5 | Sing Sing |
| 4 | Challengers |
| 4 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga |
| 3 | Emilia Pérez |
| 3 | I Saw the TV Glow |
| 2 | All We Imagine as Light |
| 2 | The Beast |
| 2 | Conclave |
| 2 | A Different Man |
| 2 | Hundreds of Beavers |
| 2 | A Real Pain |
| 2 | The Wild Robot |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Nickel Boys |
| 2 | The Brutalist |
| 2 | Challengers |
| 2 | A Real Pain |