2024 National Society of Film Critics Awards

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59th NSFC Awards
DateJanuary 4, 2025
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Best Picture Nickel Boys
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The 59th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on January 4, 2025, honored the best in film for 2024. [1] [2] [3]

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RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys , Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light , Mike Leigh's Hard Truths , Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain , and the documentary film No Other Land all received the most awards with two wins each. [4] The former film was named Best Picture, while Kapadia won Best Director. [5]

Winners

Payal Kapadia, Best Director winner All We Imagine as Light Director Payal Kapadia at 2024 Cannes Film Festival.jpg
Payal Kapadia, Best Director winner
Colman Domingo, Best Actor winner Colman Domingo at SXSW 2024.jpg
Colman Domingo, Best Actor winner
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Best Actress winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mike Leigh at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Best Actress winner
Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner Kieran Culkin at the 2024 New York Film Festival 2 (cropped II).jpg
Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner
Michele Austin, Best Supporting Actress winner Michele Austin at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 3 (cropped) 2.jpg
Michele Austin, Best Supporting Actress winner

Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

Best Picture

  1. Nickel Boys (47)
  2. Anora / All We Imagine as Light (34) (TIE)

Best Director

  1. Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light (49)
  2. RaMell Ross Nickel Boys (42)
  3. Sean Baker Anora (33)

Best Actor

  1. Colman Domingo Sing Sing (60)
  2. Adrien Brody The Brutalist (51)
  3. Ralph Fiennes Conclave (45)

Best Actress

  1. Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths (79)
  2. Mikey Madison Anora (35)
  3. Ilinca Manolache Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (32)

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Kieran Culkin A Real Pain (52)
  2. Guy Pearce The Brutalist (50)
  3. Edward Norton A Complete Unknown / Adam Pearson A Different Man (41) (TIE)

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Michele Austin Hard Truths (55)
  2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Nickel Boys / Natasha Lyonne His Three Daughters (39) (TIE)

Best Screenplay

  1. Jesse Eisenberg A Real Pain (47)
  2. Radu Jude Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (46)
  3. Sean Baker Anora (45)

Best Cinematography

  1. Jomo Fray Nickel Boys (80)
  2. Lol Crawley The Brutalist (38)
  3. Jarin Blaschke Nosferatu (21)

Best Film Not in the English Language

  1. All We Imagine as Light (44)
  2. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (41)
  3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (28)

Best Nonfiction Film

  1. No Other Land (70)
  2. Dahomey (50)
  3. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (24)

Best Experimental Film

Film Heritage Award

Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution

References

  1. Piña, Christy (January 4, 2025). "'Nickel Boys' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  2. Garner, Glenn (January 4, 2025). "'Nickel Boys' Wins National Society of Film Critics' Best Film — Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. Richlin, Harrison (January 4, 2025). "National Society of Film Critics Names 'Nickel Boys' Best Picture of 2024 (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  4. Buenahora, Andrés (January 4, 2025). "National Society of Film Critics Award Winners: 'Nickel Boys' and 'A Real Pain' Among Top Honorees". Variety . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  5. McGovern, Joe (January 4, 2025). "'Nickel Boys' Wins Best Film from National Society of Film Critics". TheWrap . Retrieved January 4, 2025.