Indiana’s critics went for The Substance in a big way, giving it more prizes than most other organizations. Its first big day. Mars Express also gets surprising support when no one else had recognized it as yet.

Awards Tallies

(5) The Substance
(3) The Brutalist
(2) Mars Express
(1) Daughters, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, His Three Daughters, Hundreds of Beavers, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, The People’s Joker, The Waiting Game, The Wild Robot

The Awards

The Awards

Best Film

The Substance (Runner-Up: The Brutalist)

Best Animated Film

Mars Express (Runner-Up: The Wild Robot)

Best Director

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (Runner-Up: Brady Corbet – The Brutalist)

Best Lead Performance

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (Runner-Up: Demi Moore – The Substance)

Best Supporting Performance

Margaret Qualley – The Substance (Runner-Up: Guy Pearce – The Brutalist)

Best Original Screenplay

The Brutalist (Runner-Up: The Substance)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nickel Boys (Runner-Up: Conclave)

Best Musical Score

The Brutalist (Runner-Up: Challengers)

Best Editing

The Substance (Runner-Up: The Brutalist)

Best Cinematography

Nosferatu (Runner-Up: The Brutalist)

Best Special Effects

The Substance (Runner-Up: Hundreds of Beavers)

Best Foreign Language Film

Mars Express (Runner-Up: Aattam)

Best Documentary

Daughters (Runner-Up: No Other Land)

Breakout of the Year

The People’s Joker (Runner-Up: Anora)

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot (Runner-Up: Jonn Davies, Robbie Williams – Better Man)

Best Ensemble Acting

His Three Daughters (Runner-Up: Sing Sing)

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Runner-Up: Better Man)

The Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award

Michael Husain – The Waiting Game

Other Finalists (Alphabetical)

• Civil War
• Conclave
• A Different Man
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Mars Express
• Nickel Boys
• A Real Pain
• Sing Sing

Original Vision Award

Hundreds of Beavers (Runner-Up: The Substance)

Indiana Film Journalists Data

First Awards: 2009 (16)