Awards 2024

The Substance (2024)

The 23rd Annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2024, were announced on January 2, 2025.

For the complete list of nominees, click here.

Best Film

  1. The Substance
  2. Nickel Boys
  3. Anora
  4. Sing Sing
  5. Nosferatu
  6. Conclave
  7. Challengers
  8. The Brutalist
  9. Civil War
  10. Love Lies Bleeding

Best Director

  • Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
  • Runner-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Lead Performance

  • Demi Moore, The Substance
  • Runner-up: Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Supporting Performance

  • Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
  • Runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson

Best Ensemble

  • Conclave
  • Runner-up: Challengers

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice and A Different Man
  • Runner-up: Nicholas Hoult, The Garfield Movie, Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Mikey Madison, Anora – (for acting)
  • Runner-up: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance – (for directing, film editing, and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
  • Runner-up: Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two

Best Film Editing

  • Marco Costa, Challengers
  • Runner-up: Jerome Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, and Valentin Féron, The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot
  • Runner-up: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Best Original Screenplay

  • Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
  • Runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora

Best Score

  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
  • Runner-up: Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

  • No Other Land
  • Runner-up: Will & Harper

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
  • Runner-up: All We Imagine as Light

Best Animated Film

  • The Wild Robot
  • Runner-up: Memoir of a Snail

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • Hit Man
  • Runner-up: Saturday Night

Best Overlooked Film

  • Snack Shack
  • Runner-up: Hundreds of Beavers