13th Georgia Critics Nominations

A pretty even spread of nominations with the top 8 vote-getters within 3 nominations of each other. Obviously the technical and period films have an advantage but no one should be ashamed of these results.

Nominations Tallies

(8) The Brutalist
(7) Dune: Part Two
(6) Wicked
(5) Anora, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance
(4) Challengers
(3) Flow, Nosferatu, The Wild Robot
(2) Emilia Pérez, Kneecap, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
(1) All We Imagine as Light, Civil War, Color Book, A Complete Unknown, The Forge, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Ghostlight, Gladiator II, Hard Truths, The Idea of You, Inside Out 2, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Juror #2, Love Lies Bleeding, Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World, Memoir of a Snail, No Other Land, The Preakness, Red Rooms, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, September 5, The South Got Something to Say, Sugarcane, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Twisters, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Will & Harper

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Flow
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

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

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
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
September 5
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Original Song

Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma – Twisters
Compress/Repress – Challengers
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
Sick in the Head – Kneecap

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Wild Robot

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Production Design

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

Best International Film

All We Imagine as Light
Flow
Kneecap
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

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

Best Ensemble

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

Civil War
Color Book
The Forge
The Idea of You
Juror #2
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World
The Piano Lesson
The Preakness
Saturday Night
The South Got Something to Say