The Substance leads the films winning top honors at the 23rd Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards, taking the top spot on the Best Film list, plus Best Director along with Best Original Screenplay for Coralie Fargeat, and Best Lead Performance for Demi Moore.

Other acting honors went to Kieran Culkin winning Best Supporting Performance for A Real Pain, Mikey Madison won Breakthrough Film Artist for acting in Anora, Conclave won Best Ensemble; and Sebastian Stan won Actor of the Year for The Apprentice and A Different Man.

No Other Land won the Best Documentary Award, Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai) won Best Foreign Language Film and Snack Shack won Best Overlooked Film.

Winners of The 23rd Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Best Film

1. The Substance
2. Nickel Boys
3. Anora
4. Sing Sing
5. Nosferatu
6. Conclave
7. Challengers
8. The Brutalist
9. Civil War
10. Love Lies Bleeding

Best Director

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Runner-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Lead Performance

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

Best Supporting Performance

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson

Best Ensemble

Conclave
Runner-up: Challengers

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice and A Different Man
Runner-up: Nicholas Hoult, The Garfield Movie, Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order

Breakthrough Film Artist

Mikey Madison, Anora – (for acting)
Runner-up: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance – (for directing, film editing, and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Runner-up: Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two

Best Film Editing

Marco Costa, Challengers
Runner-up: Jerome Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, and Valentin Féron, The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot
Runner-up: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Best Original Screenplay

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora

Best Score

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Runner-up: Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

No Other Land
Runner-up: Will & Harper

Best Foreign Language Film

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
Runner-up: All We Imagine as Light

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot
Runner-up: Memoir of a Snail

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

Hit Man
Runner-up: Saturday Night

Best Overlooked Film

Snack Shack
Runner-up: Hundreds of Beavers