San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2024

29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date	December 9, 2024
Site	San Diego, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Sing Sing, Wicked (3)
Most nominations	Dune: Part Two (12)
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The 29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 9, 2024. ^[1]

The nominations were announced on December 6, 2024, with Dune: Part Two , directed by Denis Villeneuve, leading the nominations with twelve, followed by Conclave and Wicked with nine each, and Sing Sing with eight. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed at the top of each list in bold, while the runner-ups and nominees for each category will be listed under them. ^{[4] [5]}

Best Picture	Best Director
Sing Sing Runner-up: Anora Runner-up: Conclave Challengers Dune: Part Two	Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing Edward Berger – Conclave Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actor	Best Actress
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Runner-up: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Runner-up: Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence	Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Runner-up: Amy Adams – Nightbitch as Mother Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Runner-up: Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren, Sr. Stanley Tucci – Conclave as Aldo Cardinal Bellini	Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Runner-up: Joan Chen – Dìdi as Chungsing Wang Jessie Buckley – Wicked Little Letters as Rose Gooding Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters as Rachel
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Sing Sing – Craig Bentley and Greg Kwedar Runner-up: Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Conclave – Peter Straughan The Piano Lesson – Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders	Anora – Sean Baker Runner-up: Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Ensemble	Best Comedic Performance
September 5 Runner-up: Conclave Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked	June Squibb – Thelma as Thelma Post Runner-up: Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy as Colt Seavers Aubrey Plaza – My Old Ass as Elliott LaBrant (older) Channing Tatum – Deadpool & Wolverine as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary
Flow Runner-up: The Wild Robot Memoir of a Snail Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Runner-up: Daughters Music by John Williams Sugarcane Will & Harper
Best Foreign Language Film	Best First Feature (Director)
All We Imagine as Light The Girl with the Needle No Other Land The Seed of the Sacred Fig Vermiglio	Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice Runner-up: Sean Wang – Dìdi Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour Rachel Morrison – The Fire Inside Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke Runner-up: Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Sing Sing – Pat Scola Wicked – Alice Brooks	September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich Runner-up: Challengers – Marco Costa Anora – Sean Baker Blink Twice – Kathryn J. Schubert Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Wicked – Paul Tazewell Runner-up: The Last Showgirl – Jacqueline Getty and Rainy Jacobs Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood Conclave – Lisy Christl Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West	Wicked – Nathan Crowley Runner-up: Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova Runner-up: Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette The Brutalist – Judy Becker Conclave – Suzie Davies
Best Use of Music	Best Stunt Choreography
A Complete Unknown Runner-up: Challengers Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked	The Fall Guy Runner-up: Monkey Man Alien: Romulus Dune: Part Two Gladiator II
Best Sound Design	Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Civil War A Quiet Place: Day One Alien: Romulus Wicked	The Substance Runner-up: Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Alien: Romulus Nosferatu
Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)	Breakthrough Actor
Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Runner-up: Alix West Lefler – Speak No Evil as Agnes Dalton Elliott Heffernan – Blitz as George Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight as Daisy Mueller Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail	Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Runner-up: Nell Tiger Free – The First Omen as Margaret
Special Award for Body of Work
Nicholas Hoult – Juror No. 2 , Nosferatu , The Order , and The Garfield Movie

References

1. "2024 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations". San Diego Film Critics Society. December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
2. Anderson, Erik (December 6, 2024). "2024 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
3. Neglia, Matt (December 6, 2024). "The 2024 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
4. Critics, San Diego Film (2024-12-09). "2024 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners". San Diego Film Critics Society. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
5. Neglia, Matt (2024-12-10). "The 2024 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 2024-12-10.

External links

• Official Site