Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2024

{{Infobox award

| name = 20th Austin Film Critics Association Awards

| presenter = Austin Film Critics Association

| date = {{Start date|2025|1|6}}

| location = Austin, Texas

| website = {{url|https://austinfilmcritics.org}}

| previous = 2023

| main = AFCA

| next = 2025

}}

The 20th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2024, were announced on January 6, 2025.{{cite web |url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2025/01/06/2024-austin-film-critics-association-award-winners/ |title=2024 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners |first=Jon |last=Partridge |publisher=Austin Film Critics Association |date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/2024-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners-anora-sweeps/ |title=2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners: 'Anora' Sweeps |first=Erik |last=Anderson |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners/ |title=The 2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025}} The nominations were announced on December 27, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2024/12/27/2024-austin-film-critics-association-award-nominations/ |title=2024 Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations |first=Jon |last=Partridge |publisher=Austin Film Critics Association |date=December 27, 2024 |access-date=December 27, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/2024-austin-film-critics-association-afca-nominations/ |title=2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Nominations |first=Erik |last=Anderson |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=December 27, 2024 |access-date=December 27, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2024-austin-film-critics-association-afca-nominations/ |title=The 2024 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Nominations |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=December 27, 2024 |access-date=December 27, 2024}}

Brady Corbet's epic drama The Brutalist led the nominations with ten, followed by Dune: Part Two with eight, and Anora and The Substance with seven each. Unlike previous editions of the awards were five nominees while one winner was presented for the Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award; this year, the award went to all five top nominees.

Anora received the most awards with five, including Best Film, followed by Sing Sing with four.

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.

File:Sean Baker at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2 (cropped).jpg, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay winner]]

File:Colman Domingo at SXSW 2024.jpg, Best Actor winner]]

File:Mikey Madison at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 3 (cropped).jpg, Best Actress winner and Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award co-recipient]]

File:Yura Borisov at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (Cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Margaret Qualley at Berlinale 2025 (cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Lupita Nyong'o by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg, Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance winner]]

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Director
valign="top" \| *Anora* The Brutalist The Substance Sing Sing Love Lies Bleeding Nickel Boys Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Conclave Wicked \| valign="top" \| Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Actress
valign="top" \| *Colman Domingo – Sing Sing* as John "Divine G" Whitfield** Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed \| valign="top" \| *Mikey Madison – Anora* as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva** Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl as Shelly Gardner Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Nicole Kidman – Babygirl as Romy Mathis Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| *Yura Borisov – Anora* as Igor** Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn \| valign="top" \| *Margaret Qualley – The Substance* as Sue** Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Felicity Jones – The Brutalist as Erzsébet Tóth Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding as Jacqueline "Jackie" Cleaver
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Adapted Screenplay ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Original Screenplay
valign="top" \| Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Wicked – Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox \| valign="top" \| Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Animated Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Documentary
valign="top" \| *The Wild Robot* Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl \| valign="top" \| *Will & Harper* Dahomey No Other Land The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best International Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best First Film
valign="top" \| *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* Emilia Pérez Flow I'm Still Here Kneecap \| valign="top" \| The First Omen – Arkasha Stevenson Blink Twice – Zoë Kravitz Dìdi – Sean Wang The People's Joker – Vera Drew Thelma – Josh Margolin
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Cinematography ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Editing
valign="top" \| The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke The Substance – Benjamin Kračun \| valign="top" \| The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, and Valentin Féron Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Original Score ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Ensemble
valign="top" \| The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Nosferatu – Robin Carolan The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers \| valign="top" \| *Sing Sing* Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Stunt Work ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
valign="top" \| *The Fall Guy* Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Kill Monkey Man \| valign="top" \| *Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot* as Roz / Rummage** Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Proximus Caesar Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail as Grace Pudel Robbie Williams / Jonno Davies – Better Man as Robbie Williams / Young Robbie Williams
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Best Austin Film 2024
valign="top" \| Vera Drew – The People's Joker Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing Mikey Madison – Anora Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge \| valign="top" \| Sing Sing (dir. Greg Kwedar) The Bikeriders (dir. Jeff Nichols) Fugitive Dreams (dir. Jason Neulander) Hit Man (dir. Richard Linklater) Sasquatch Sunset (dir. Nathan and David Zellner)

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Film

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Director

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