Sean Baker’s Anora topped the 2024 Houston Film Critics Society Awards, winning 3 honors including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mikey Madison, and Best Screenplay.

Ralph Fiennes won Best Actor for his role in Conclave, which also nabbed the award for Best Ensemble Cast; Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain and Zoë Saldaña won Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez.

Other awards including the Texas Independent Film Award – for the best film made in Texas – went to Runaway Radio; Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Feature; Will & Harper won Best Documentary Feature; and The Wild Robot won Best Animated Film.

“Small, intimate, character-driven stories seemed to be the soup du jour favored by many of our members this year,” says Travis Leamons, President of the organization. “2024 may not have been a great cinema year overall, but if you string together the films favored most by the Houston critics you’ll see a year defined by obstacles in one’s pursuit of happiness, virtue, and prosperity. All of which mirror this particular moment in time.”

Full List of the 2024 Houston Film Critics Society Winners

Best Picture:
Anora

Best Director:
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Best Actor – Leading Role:
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Best Actress – Leading Role:
Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Actor – Supporting Role:
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Best Actress – Supporting Role:
Zoë Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay:
Sean Baker, Anora

Best Animated Feature:
The Wild Robot

Best Cinematography:
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

Best Documentary Feature:
Will & Harper

Best Foreign Language Feature:
Emilia Pérez

Best Original Score:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers

Best Original Song:
“Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects:
Dune: Part Two

Best Stunt Coordination Team:
The Fall Guy

Best Ensemble Cast:
Conclave

Texas Independent Film Award:
Runaway Radio