One year before its diamond anniversary, the National Society of Film Critics announced its winners.
On Saturday, the NSFC held its 59th voting meeting at which the awards were awarded Nickel Boys Best Picture of 2024, with acting honors for Colman Domingo, Kieran Culkin, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michelle Austin, as well as Best Director for Everything we imagine is like lightPayal Kapadia and Best Screenplay Real painJesse Eisenberg.
The organization also awarded awards to Singing singing, Hard facts and No other land. Anura, concave, Brutal, His three daughters, Nosferatu, Completely anonymous and A different man They were among the contestants.
Founded in 1966, the NSFC is made up of more than 60 members from major publications, using a weighted ballot system to determine the annual winners.
See the full list of National Society of Film Critics winners below.
Best photo
Nickel Boys
Runner-up: Anura, Everything we imagine is like light
Best director
payal kapadia, Everything we imagine is like light
Runner-up: Rammell Ross, Nickel Boys; sean baker, Anura
Best scenario
jesse eisenberg, Real pain
Runner-up: Radu Jude, Don't expect much from Apocalypse; sean baker, Anura
Best Actor
colman domingo, Singing singing
Runner-up: Adrien Brody, Brutal; ralph fiennes, concave
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin, Real pain
Runner-up: Guy Pearce, Brutal; edward norton, Completely anonymous; Adam Pearson, A different man
Best Actress
marian jean baptiste, Hard facts
Runner-up: Mikey Madison, Anura; elinka manolaci, Don't expect much from Apocalypse
Best Supporting Actress
michelle austin, Hard facts
Runner-up: Unganui Ellis Taylor, Nickel Boys; natasha Lyonne, His three daughters
Best cinematography
gomo fry, Nickel Boys
Runner-up: Lol Crowley, Brutal; jaren blaschke, Nosferatu
Best film not in English
Everything we imagine is like light
Runner-up: Don't expect much from Apocalypse, Holy fig seed
Best feature film
No other land
Runner-up: Dahomey, The soundtrack to the coup
A special adaptation of a film awaiting distribution in the United States
No other land
Best experimental film
Poem by Suzanne Caesar
Cinema Heritage Award
For Preservation and Project: MoMa International Film Preservation Festival
Cinema Heritage Award
IndieCollect
Cinema Heritage Award
Silence of faith
