The Brutalist led the 2024 Minnesota Film Critics Association awards with 5 wins out of 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Brady Corbet, Best Actor for Adrien Brody and Best Supporting Actor for Guy Pearce.
Challengers and Dune Part II followed closely with three wins each.
Demi Moore received the Best Actress award for her performance as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance, and Zoe Saldaña won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez.
Flow was named the Best International Film and The Wild Robot won for Best Animated Film.
Full List of the 2024 Minnesota Film Critics Association Award Winners
Best Picture
WINNER: The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
Best Director
WINNER: Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Sean Baker – Anora
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor
WINNER: Adrien Brody as László Tóth – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig as William Lee – Queer
Colman Domingo as John “Divine G” Whitfield – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence – Conclave
Best Actress
WINNER: Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle – The Substance
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva – Anora
Zendaya as Tashi Duncan – Challengers
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren – The Brutalist
Yura Borisov as Igor – Anora
Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin as Himself – Sing Sing
Edward Norton as Pete Seeger – A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro – Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland – Wicked
Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley as Sue – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes – Conclave
Best Ensemble
WINNER: Conclave
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Conclave – Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Wicked – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Challengers – Justin Kurtizkes
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Challengers
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Cinematography
WINNER: The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Best Music
WINNER: Challengers
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Wicked
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Wicked
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: The Substance
A Different Man
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Production Design
WINNER: Dune: Part Two
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Sound
WINNER: Dune: Part Two
Challengers
A Complete Unknown
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Substance
Best Special Effects
WINNER: Dune: Part Two
Alien: Romulus
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Best Stunt Choreography
WINNER: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Gladiator II
Best International Feature
WINNER: Flow – Belgium, France, Latvia
The Beast – France, Canada
Emilia Pérez – France
Evil Does Not Exist – Japan
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Iran, Germany, France
Best Animated Feature
WINNER: The Wild Robot
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One