Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2024

37th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date	December 11, 2024
Site	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	The Brutalist
Most awards	Nickel Boys (4)
Most nominations	The Brutalist (9)

The 37th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were presented to recognize the best in film of 2024.[1] The nominations were announced on December 10, 2024.[1][2] The Brutalist received the most nominations with nine, followed by The Substance with seven.[1] Meanwhile, Anora, Nickel Boys and Wicked each received six nominations.[2]

The winners were subsequently announced on December 11, 2024.[3] Nickel Boys won the most awards with four wins, including three for RaMell Ross—namely Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (the latter along with co-writer Joslyn Barnes).[4] However, The Brutalist won Best Film, as well as Best Actor for Adrien Brody.[5] A Real Pain also received two: Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) and Best Original Screenplay (Jesse Eisenberg).[6] Best Actress went to Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), while Best Supporting Actress went to Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters).[5][6]

RaMell Ross, Best Director & Breakthrough Filmmaker winner, and Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Adrien Brody, Best Actor winner

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Best Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner

Natasha Lyonne, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jesse Eisenberg, Best Original Screenplay winner

Joslyn Barnes, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

(L–R) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Best Original Score winners

Clarence Maclin, Most Promising Performer winner

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees for the 37th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:

Awards

Best Film	Best Director
The Brutalist Anora Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga I Saw the TV Glow Nickel Boys The Substance	RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow
Best Actor	Best Actress
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight as Dan Mueller	Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Léa Seydoux – The Beast as Gabrielle
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Adam Pearson – A Different Man as Oswald	Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters as Rachel Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked as Galinda Upland Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Substance – Coralie Fargeat	Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes The Beast – Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, and Benjamin Charbit Conclave – Peter Straughan Nosferatu – Robert Eggers Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary Film
Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot	No Other Land Dahomey Daughters Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Sugarcane
Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light (France/India/Italy/Luxembourg/Netherlands) Emilia Pérez (France) Evil Does Not Exist (Japan) Red Rooms (Canada) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (France/Germany/Iran)
Best Cinematography	Best Original Score
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke	Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Nosferatu – Robin Carolan Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
Best Editing	Best Costume Design
Challengers – Marco Costa Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel Nickel Boys – Nicolas Monsour	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini Nosferatu – Linda Muir Wicked – Paul Tazewell
Best Art Direction / Production Design	Best Use of Visual Effects
Nosferatu The Brutalist Dune: Part Two The Substance Wicked	The Substance Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Hundreds of Beavers Wicked
Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker	Most Promising Performer
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers Vera Drew – The People's Joker Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing	Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Lily Collias – Good One as Sam Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez Brigette Lundy-Paine – I Saw the TV Glow as Maddy Wilson Adam Pearson – A Different Man as Oswald

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
9	The Brutalist
7	The Substance
6	Anora
	Nickel Boys
	Wicked
5	Dune: Part Two
	Nosferatu
	Sing Sing
4	Challengers
	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3	Emilia Pérez
	I Saw the TV Glow
2	All We Imagine as Light
	The Beast
	Conclave
	A Different Man
	Hundreds of Beavers
	A Real Pain
	The Wild Robot

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
4	Nickel Boys
2	The Brutalist
	Challengers
	A Real Pain

References

1. Childress, Erik, ed. (December 10, 2024). "Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Leads with Nine Nominations at Chicago Film Critics Association 2024 Awards". Chicago Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 11, 2024. …two categories…a tie vote and six total nominees are named: Best Film and Best Original Score. Other nominations unique to the CFCA include Chicago's own Keith Kupferer nominated for Best Actor (Ghostlight) and two nominations for the indie sleeper hit Hundreds of Beavers.
2. Tallerico, Brian (December 10, 2024). "The Brutalist Leads Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024. Brady Corbet's The Brutalist was the big film for the Chicago Film Critics Association this year, leading their nominations with 9 this year.
3. Childress, Erik (December 11, 2024). "Nickel Boys Earns Four Awards at 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association Honors; The Brutalist named year's best film". Chicago Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 12, 2024. …with a total of 39 films nominated across nineteen categories.
4. Anderson, Erik (December 11, 2024). "2024 Chicago Film Critics (CFC) Winners: The Brutalist is Best Pic; Challengers, Nickel Boys Earn Multiple Awards". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 12, 2024. Nickel Boys earned the most honors with four total wins.
5. Jevens, Darel (December 11, 2024). "The Brutalist called best of 2024 by Chicago Film Critics Association". Chicago Sun-Times. ISSN 1553-8478. OCLC 51500916. Retrieved December 12, 2024. Top acting awards go to Adrien Brody and Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
6. Moye, Clarence (December 11, 2024). "Nickel Boys Leads 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association Honors; Brutalist Wins Best Picture". The Contending. Retrieved December 12, 2024. …and Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) and Best Original Screenplay (Jesse Eisenberg) for the latter. Other key category wins include Natasha Lyonne for Best Supporting Actress in His Three Daughters; No Other Land for Best Documentary; Flow for Best Animated Film; and All We Imagine as Light for Best Foreign Language Film.

External links

• Official website