North Carolina critics were partial to Dune: Part Two along with Challengers, Conclave, and Nosfferatu, which earns itself a rare Best Picure nomination.

Nominations Tallies

(12) Dune: Part Two
(9) Challengers, Conclave, Nosferatu
(8) The Brutalist, The Substance
(7) Wicked
(6) Anora, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
(5) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Wild Robot
(3) Civil War, A Different Man
(2) Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II, Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Love Lies Bleeding, Memoir of a Snail, Queer, Will & Harper
(1) All We Imagine as Light, The Bikeriders, Blink Twice, A Complete Unknown, Cuckoo, Dahomey, Dìdi, Evil Does Not Exist, The Fall Guy, Flow, Hard Truths, I Saw the TV Glow, I’m Still Here, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Monkey Man, No Other Land, The People’s Joker, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Thelma, Transformers One

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Civil War
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Zendaya – Challengers

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Different Man
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

Best Original Song

Compress/Repress – Challengers
Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
Like a Bird – Sing Sing
El Mal – Emilia Pérez

Best Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

Best Editing

Anora
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys

Best Cinematography

Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Brutalist

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Costume Design

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Hair & Make-Up

A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Sound Design

Challengers
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Special Effects

Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance

Best Foreign Language Film

All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Dahomey
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Directorial Debut

Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Francis Galluppi – The Last Stop in Yuma County
Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Josh Margolin – Thelma
Sean Wang – Dìdi
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Best Breakthrough Performance

Carols Diehz – Conclave
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

Best Vocal Performance

Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail

Best Acting Ensemble

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Stunt Coordination

Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award

Stephen McKinely Henderson – Civil War
Jeff Nichols – The Bikeriders
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Hunter Schafer – Cuckoo
Drew Starkey – Queer

Lifetime Achievement: Cinematography

Roger Deakins
Christopher Doyle
Greig Fraser
Emmanuel Lubezki
Hoyte van Hoytema

North Carolina Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 2012 (12)