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Online Film Critics Announce Nominees for Their 28th Annual Awards

Timothée Chalamet in Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) announces nominees for their top film honors of 2024; winners will be announced on January 27th. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is leading with nine nominations. Other films earning multiple nominations include Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (8), Edward Berger’s Conclave (7). and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (7). Additionally, Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked each earn six nominations across the many categories. 

The logo of the Online Film Critics Society
Image courtesy of the OFCS

Comprised of nearly 300 voting members from around the world who represent outlets including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Slant, Paste Magazine, AARP, Sight & Sound, Screen Anarchy, Collider, The Film Stage and many more, the Online Film Critics Society annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. Founded in 1997, members of the OFCS explore the nature of film from historical, sociological, political, emotional, technical, and other perspectives, appreciating film as a medium for art and a mode of entertainment. Film Obsessive Editor-in-Chief Don Shanahan is a long-standing member of the OFCS.

The 2024 Online Film Critics Society Awards honor a broad list of films and creators from around the globe, including box office blockbusters and independent gems alike, for a total of more than 30 films nominated across eighteen categories. A complete list of nominees is below:

Best Picture:

Anora

The Brutalist

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

I Saw the TV Glow

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

Best Animated Feature:

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best Directing:

Sean Baker – Anora

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor:

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Best Actress:

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Mikey Madison – Anora

Demi Moore – The Substance

Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Supporting Actor:

Yura Borisov – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Best Supporting Actress:

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys

Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked

Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay:

Anora

The Brutalist

Challengers

A Real Pain

The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

Sing Sing

Best Editing:

Anora

Challengers

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Best Cinematography:

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

Best Original Score:

The Brutalist

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

The Wild Robot

Best Production Design:

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Nosferatu

Wicked

Best Costume Design:

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Nosferatu

Wicked

Best Visual Effects:

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The Substance

Wicked

Best Debut Feature:

Annie Baker – Janet Planet

India Donaldson – Good One

Vera Drew – The People’s Joker

Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour

Josh Margolin – Thelma

Best Film Not in the English Language:

All We Imagine as Light

Emilia Pérez

Flow

I’m Still Here

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary:

Dahomey

Daughters

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Sugarcane

Will & Harper


About the Online Film Critics Society

Founded in 1997, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is a professional association for online film journalists, historians, and scholars with a mission to further the growth of an informed film audience, to promote awareness of the Internet as a source of news and commentary, to provide a forum for the OFCS members to communicate and discuss ideas about journalism and cinema, and to encourage a high standard of journalism across the online media. The OFCS consists of nearly 300 members around the world; nearly one third of the organization’s membership are based outside of the United States. The Online Film Critics Society explores the nature of film from historical, sociological, political, emotional, technical, and other perspectives and appreciates film as a medium for art and a mode of entertainment. Learn more at www.ofcs.org

Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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