Earlier today, the Georgia Film Critics Association announced its nominees for the best of 2024!  The winners will be announced on January 7th,

Best Picture
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Challengers”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Flow”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Director
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet
“Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve
“Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

Best Actor
Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist“)
Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown“)
Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing“)
Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave“)
Keith Kupferer (“Ghostlight“)

Best Actress
Lily-Rose Depp (“Nosferatu“)
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked“)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths“)
Mikey Madison (“Anora“)
Demi Moore (“The Substance“)

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov (“Anora“)
Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain“)
Clarence Maclin (“Sing Sing“)
Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist“)
Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II“)

Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler (“The Piano Lesson“)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Nickel Boys“)
Ariana Grande-Butera (“Wicked“)
Katy O’Brian (“Love Lies Bleeding“)
Margaret Qualley (“The Substance“)
Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez“)

Best Original Screenplay
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“Challengers” – Justin Kuritzkes
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – Mohammad Rasoulof
“September 5” – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Conclave” – Peter Straughan
“Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
“Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
“Sing Sing” – Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley
“Wicked” – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

Best Cinematography
“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
“Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” – Đinh Duy Hưng
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray
“Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke

Best Production Design
“The Brutalist” – Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
“Dune: Part Two” – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock
“Nosferatu” – Craig Lathrop
“Wicked” – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

Best Original Score
“The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
“Dune: Part Two” – Hans Zimmer
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers

Best Original Song
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” – Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton (“Twisters“)
“Compress/Repress” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Challengers“)
“El Mal” – Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez“)
“Kiss the Sky” – Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi (“The Wild Robot“)
“Sick in the Head” – Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, Toddla T (“Kneecap“)

Best Ensemble
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Saturday Night”
“Sing Sing”
“Wicked”

Best International Film
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Flow”
“Kneecap”
“Red Rooms”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Best Animated Film
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Documentary Film
“No Other Land”
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
“Sugarcane”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
“Will & Harper”

Breakthrough Award
Clarence Maclin
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian
RaMell Ross
Maisy Stella

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
“Civil War” (Alex Garland)
“Color Book” (David Fortune)
“The Forge” (Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick)
“The Idea of You” (Michael Showalter, Robinne Lee, Jennifer Westfeldt)
“Juror #2” (Clint Eastwood, Jonathan A. Abrams)
“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World (short; Julio Palacio, Makayla Cain)
“The Piano Lesson” (Malcolm Washington, Virgil Williams, August Wilson)
“The Preakness (short; Akshay Bhatia)
“Saturday Night” (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)
“The South Got Something to Say” (Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne, Ernie Suggs, DeAsia Paige)