The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 23rd annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 2nd, 2025.
Best Film
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Civil War
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
- The Substance
Best Director
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
- RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
- Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Best Lead Performance
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: Part I
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
- Mikey Madison, Anora
- Demi Moore, The Substance
- Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best Supporting Performance
- Yura Borisov, Anora
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
- Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
- Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked: Part I
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
- Margaret Qualley, The Substance
- Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez
- Bill Skarsgård, Nosferatu
- Stanley Tucci, Conclave
- Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Best Ensemble
- Anora
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- The Piano Lesson
- Sing Sing
- Wicked: Part I
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown and Dune: Part Two
- Nicholas Hoult, The Garfield Movie, Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order
- Cailee Spaeny, Alien: Romulus and Civil War
- Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice and A Different Man
- Zendaya, Challengers and Dune: Part Two
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist – (for directing and screenwriting)
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance – (for directing, film editing, and screenwriting)
- Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing – (for acting)
- Mikey Madison, Anora – (for acting)
- Dev Patel, Monkey Man – (for acting, directing, producing, and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
- Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
- Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
- Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
- Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
- Benjamin Kracun, The Substance
Best Film Editing
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Marco Costa, Challengers
- Jerome Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, and Valentin Féron, The Substance
- Nick Emerson, Conclave
- Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist
- Nicholas Monsour, Nickel Boys
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
- RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
- Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot
- Peter Straughan, Conclave
- Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two
Best Original Screenplay
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
- Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
- Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
Best Score
- Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
- Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
- Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
- Robin Carolan, Nosferatu
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
- Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
Best Documentary
- Daughters
- No Other Land
- Sugarcane
- The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
- Will & Harper
Best Foreign Language Film
- All We Imagine as Light
- Emilia Pérez
- Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
- Kneecap
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Dane-ye anjir-e ma’abed)
Best Animated Film
- Flow (Straume)
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy
- Babes
- Hit Man
- My Old Ass
- A Real Pain
- Saturday Night
- Thelma
Best Overlooked Film
- Didi
- His Three Daughters
- Hundreds of Beavers
- The Last Stop in Yuma County
- Snack Shack
- Thelma