The organization also honored Ava DuVernay, Barbara Crampton and Nicolas Cage with Special Achievement Awards and five Industry Icons with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) has unveiled the winners of the top film honors of 2024, as well as technical awards, Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement honors for industry leaders and icons, and the organization’s top 10 non-US released films of the year. Anora, directed by Sean Baker wins Best Picture, Best Actress for star Mikey Madison and Best Screenplay; Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance takes home awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley and a Technical Achievement Award for Makeup &/or Hairstyling; Conclave and Dune: Part Two also received multiple awards and Dahomey wins Best Documentary. A complete list of winners and special awards is below.
Comprised of nearly 300 voting members from around the world who represent outlets including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Slant, Paste Magazine, AARP, Sight & Sound, Screen Anarchy, Collider, The Film Stage and many more, the Online Film Critics Society annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. Founded in 1997, members of the OFCS explore the nature of film from historical, sociological, political, emotional, technical, and other perspectives, appreciating film as a medium for art and a mode of entertainment.
In addition to the 2024 top film honors, the Online Film Critics Society recognizes the work and contributions of several professionals and organizations with their annual Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement Awards. OFCS members are invited to nominate recipients of both awards, for achievements they deem worthy of these recognitions. Receiving this year’s Special Achievement Award is Ava DuVernay, for brilliant work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers; Barbara Crampton, super supporter of indie first time filmmakers; and Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.
Earning Lifetime Achievement Award recognition are industry titans Rick Baker, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Elaine May and Christine Vachon. The OFCS also recognizes a slate of ten international films as the best releases outside the U.S. in 2024.
The Online Film Critics Society awards honor a broad list of films and creators from around the globe, including box office blockbusters and independent gems alike, for a total of more than 30 films nominated across eighteen categories.
The complete list of 2024 Online Film Critics Association award winners is as follows:
Best Picture:
Anora
Best Animated Feature:
Flow
Best Director:
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actor:
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Best Actress:
Mikey Madison – Anora
Best Supporting Actor:
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress:
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Best Original Screenplay:
Anora
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Conclave
Best Editing:
Challengers
Best Cinematography:
Dune: Part Two
Best Original Score:
Challengers
Best Production Design:
Dune: Part Two
Best Costume Design:
Dune: Part Two
Best Visual Effects:
Dune: Part Two
Best Debut Feature:
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Best Film Not in the English Language:
All We Imagine as Light
Best Documentary Feature:
Dahomey
Top Ten (Ranked):
1. Anora
2. The Substance
3. The Brutalist
4. Challengers
5. Nickel Boys
6. Conclave
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Nosferatu
9. I Saw the TV Glow
10. Wicked
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Technical Achievement Awards:
Choreography – Wicked
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – A Different Man
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – The Substance
Sound – Dune: Part Two
Stunts – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Rick Baker
David Cronenberg
Clint Eastwood
Elaine May
Christine Vachon
Special Achievement Awards:
Ava DuVernay, for brilliant work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers.
Barbara Crampton, super supporter of indie first time filmmakers.
Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.
Best Non-U.S. Release:
Acting (Sophie Fiennes, United Kingdom)
The Adamant Girl (PS Vinothraj, India)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
Direct Action (Guillaume Cailleau & Ben Russell, France)
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story (Luck Razanajaona, Madagascar)
Dying (Matthias Glasner, Germany)
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Klára Tasovská, Czech Republic)
The Moon is Upside Down (Loren Taylor, New Zealand)
The Other Way Around (Jonas Trueba, Spain)
Subject: Filmmaking (Jörg Adolph & Edgar Reitz, Germany)
About the Online Film Critics Society
Founded in 1997, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is a professional association for online film journalists, historians, and scholars with a mission to further the growth of an informed film audience, to promote awareness of the Internet as a source of news and commentary, to provide a forum for the OFCS members to communicate and discuss ideas about journalism and cinema, and to encourage a high standard of journalism across the online media. The OFCS consists of nearly 300 members around the world; nearly one third of the organization’s membership are based outside of the United States. The Online Film Critics Society explores the nature of film from historical, sociological, political, emotional, technical, and other perspectives and appreciates film as a medium for art and a mode of entertainment. Learn more at www.ofcs.org
Featured image courtesy of MovieStillsDB: Anora
