The online female film critics have spoken and it’s a surprisingly male-centric set of nominees. Many of the women-oriented films (other than The Substance and Anora) were largely ignored. Most of their selections are familiar, so it largely lacks a clear voice.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Conclave, The Substance
(7) Anora
(5) The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
(4) Challengers, Wicked
(3) The Piano Lesson
(2) All We Imagine as Light, Flow, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, His Three Daughters, The Last Showgirl, Monkey Man, Nosferatu, A Real Pain
(1) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Bird, Black Box Diaries, Blink Twice, A Complete Unknown, Dahomey, Daughters, Emilia Pérez, The Fall Guy, The Girl with the Needle, Hard Truths, Heretic, Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Love Lies Bleeding, Maria, Memoir of a Snail, My Old Ass, Nightbitch, No Other Land, The People’s Joker, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot, Will & Harper

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nickel Boys
The Substance

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Best Male Lead

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Female Lead

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

Best Supporting Male

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Stanley Tucci – Conclave
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Female

Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
Challengers
His Three Daughters
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Editing

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Nickel Boys
The Substance

Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Costume Design

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part Two
Maria
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

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

Best International Film

All We Imagine as Light
Dahomey
Flow
The Girl with the Needle
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Will & Harper

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson
Dev Patel – Monkey Man

Best Breakthrough Performance

Nykiya Adams – Bird
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

Best Acting Ensemble

Anora
Challengers
Conclave
The Piano Lesson
Sing Sing

Best Stunts

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

The Rosie

All We Imagine as Light
His Three Daughters
The Last Showgirl
Nightbitch
The Substance

Online Association of Female Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2017 (8)