Anora was named the best film by the 31st Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association’s poll along with Best Actress for Mikey Madison and Best Director for Sean Baker.

Other performance honors went to Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor for Conclave, Guy Pearce won Best Supporting Actor for The Brutalist, and Zoe Saldana won Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Perez.

Top film awards went to The Seed of the Sacred Fig for Best Foreign Language Film and Sugarcane won for Best Documentary.

2024 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Award Winners

(Choices Listed in Order of Votes Received)

BEST PICTURE

Winner: ANORA

Runners-up: THE BRUTALIST (2); CONCLAVE (3); DUNE: PART TWO (4); A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (5); THE SUBSTANCE (6); WICKED (7); NICKEL BOYS (8); A REAL PAIN (9); SING SING (10)

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Runners-up: Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST (2); Timothee Chalamet, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (3); Colman Domingo, SING SING (4); Hugh Grant, HERETIC (5)

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Mikey Madison, ANORA

Runners-up: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE (2); Karla Sofia Gascon, EMILIA PEREZ (3); Angelina Jolie, MARIA (4); Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS (5, tie); Nicole Kidman, BABYGIRL (5, tie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST

Runners-up: Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN (2); Edward Norton, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (3); Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II (4); Clarence Maclin, SING SING (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Zoe Saldana, EMILIA PEREZ

Runners-up: Margaret Qualley, THE SUBSTANCE (2); Ariana Grande, WICKED (3); Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON (4); Monica Barbaro, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (5)

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Sean Baker, ANORA

Runners-up: Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST (2); Denis Villeneuve, DUNE: PART TWO (3); Coralie Fargeat, THE SUBSTANCE (4); RaMell Ross, NICKEL BOYS (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Runners-up: EMILIA PEREZ (2); ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (3); I’M STILL HERE (4); KNEECAP (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: SUGARCANE

Runners-up: DAUGHTERS (2); WILL AND HARPER (3); SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (4); DAHOMEY (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Winner: THE WILD ROBOT

Runner-up: FLOW

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, THE BRUTALIST

Runner-up: Sean Baker, ANORA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Greig Fraser, DUNE: PART TWO

Runner-up: Lol Crawley, THE BRUTALIST

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Winner: Kris Bowers, THE WILD ROBOT

Runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, CHALLENGERS

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD

(best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)

Winner: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG