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
- The Substance
- Nickel Boys
- Anora
- Sing Sing
- Nosferatu
- Conclave
- Challengers
- The Brutalist
- Civil War
- 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