Wicked won Best Feature and The Brutalist nabbed Best Director for Brady Corbet, at the 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
Awards
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Wicked, ‘The Brutalist’ ‘Colman Domingo’ Among Winners of Washington DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA) Awards
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (credit: Dominic Leon, A24)
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Emilia Pérez Leads 82nd Golden Globe Awards Nominations
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Emilia Pérez leads the nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards with 10 nominations including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Non-English Language. Also recognized are Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Karla Sofía Gascón; Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña; Best Director and Best Screenplay Motion Picture for Jacques Audiard; Best Original Score – Motion Picture, NS Best Original Song – Motion Picture for “el Mal” and “Ii Camino”
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Anora Named Best Picture, Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov Win Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
Anora (Courtesy of NEON) Sean Baker’s Anora nabbed Best Picture at the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards, along with Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison in a tie with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths; and Best Supporting Performance Yura Borisov also in tie with Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.
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Kneecap Wins Big with 7 Awards, Best British Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards
Kneecap (credit: Ryan Kernaghan. Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, Rich Peppiat’s comedy following the west Belfast hip-hop trio won the award for Best British Independent Film at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film won seven BIFAs in total, including Best Debut Screenwriter for Peppiatt and Best Joint Lead for trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh along with the four craft awards.
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37th European Film Awards Winners – ‘Emilia Pérez’ Wins Best Film, Director for Jacques Audiard, Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón
(Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA) Emilia Pérez dominated at the 37th European Film Awards winning the top prize of best European Film, along with Director and Screenwriter honors for Jacques Audiard, Actress award for Karla Sofía Gascón, along with Editing award for Juliette Welfling.
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‘Anora’, ‘The Brutalist’ ‘Wicked’ Lead Michigan Movie Critics’ Nominees for Best of 2024
Anora by Sean Baker (Neon) The Michigan Movie Critics Guild unveiled its nominees for the best films and performances of 2024 lead by Anora, The Brutalist and Wicked, all tied for the most nominations, with six each. All 3 films received nominations for best picture, acting and directing.
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The Brutalist, ‘Dune 2’, ‘Furiosa: Mad Max Saga’ Lead 2024 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations
The Brutalist directed by Brady Corbet (A24) The Seattle Film Critics Society unveiled nominations for the 2024 SFCS Awards, honoring the year’s best in film.
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Tops BFI Sight and Sound Magazine Best Films of the Year Poll 2024
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia (Janus Films, Sideshow) Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light took the top spot on Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, Best Films of the Year poll 2024.
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Robbie Williams’ Better Man’ Tops with Record 16 Nominations for Australia’s 2025 AACTA Awards
Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams” in Better Man from Paramount Pictures. (courtesy AACTA) Better Man, the Robbie Williams-inspired biopic drama received a record-breaking 16 nominations in the film categories for Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) 2025 AACTA Awards.
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‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Feature and Best Director at 40th IDA Documentary Awards
No Other Land (Anipode Films) No Other Land won the top prize of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th IDA Documentary Awards along with Best Director for Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. The documentary was also honored with the Courage Under Fire Award.
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AFI Reveals 2024 Honorees – Top 10 Movies and TV Programs – Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Sing Sing and More
Alessandro Nivola, Adrien Brody in The Brutalist (Lol Crawley, A24) The American Film Institute (AFI) has revealed the AFI Awards 2024 honorees comprised of the 10 outstanding motion pictures and 10 outstanding television programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.
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Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kieran Culkin, Conclave Lead National Board of Review 2024 Winners
Daniel Craig, Queer; Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) The National Board of Review (NBR) has named their 2024 honorees, with top awards going to Wicked for Best Film; Jon M. Chu for Best Director for Wicked; Daniel Craig for Best Actor for Queer; and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress for Babygirl. In addition to winning Best Film, the NBR will present the NBR Spotlight Award to Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande for their creative collaboration in Wicked.