Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Wins 6 Awards – Best Film, Director, Ensemble, Actress for Mikey Madison at Philadelphia Film Critics Awards

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Anora won an impressive 6 awards including Best Film at the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle 7th year-end awards, along with Best Director for Sean Baker, Best Actress and Best Breakthrough Performance for Mikey Madison and Best Ensemble.

Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist won 2 awards including Best Actor for Adrien Brody and Coralie Fargeat ‘s The Substance also won 2 including the Circle’s Elaine May Award, for a deserving person or film that brings awareness to a story from a woman’s perspective, along with Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley.

Other winners included Kieran Culkin for Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain; Vera Drew for Best Directorial Debut for The People’s Joker, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story won for Best Documentary, Memoir of a Snail won for Best Animated Film and All We Imagine as Light won for Best Foreign Film.

Full List of 2024 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Winners

Best Film

Winner: Anora
Runner-up: The Brutalist

Philip’s Steaks Cheesesteak Award

Winner: The Fall Guy
Runner-up: The Beekeeper

Best Director

Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Runner-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Actress

Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Runner-up: Demi Moore, The Substance

Best Actor

Winner: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Runner-up: Hugh Grant, Heretic

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Runner-up: Aubrey Plaza, Megalopolis

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Runner-up: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Best Foreign Film

Winner: All We Imagine as Light, India
Runner-up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany

Best Animated Film

Winner: Memoir of a Snail
Runner-up: Flow

Best Documentary:

Winner: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Runner-up: Will & Harper

Best Cinematography

Winner: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Runner-up: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

Best Breakthrough Performance

Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Runner-up: Yuriy Borisov, Anora

Best Directorial Debut

Winner: Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Runner-up: India Donaldson, Good One

Best Script

Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Runner-up, RaMell Ross, and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Best Score/Soundtrack

Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Runner-up: RaMell Ross, and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Best Ensemble

Winner: Anora
Runner-up: Conclave

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