Indiana’s Film Journalists have put out their shortlist with The Substance absolutely dominating while some films did abysmally (Anora, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked).

Nominations Tallies

(11) The Substance
(8) The Brutalist, Nickel Boys
(7) Ciivl War, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu
(6) A Different Man, A Real Pain, Conclave, I Saw the TV Glow, Rebel Ridge
(5) Challengers, Sing Sing, The Wild Robot
(4) Better Man, Problemista, Twisters
(3) Anora, Emilia Pérez, His Three Daughters, Hundreds of Beavers, In a Violent Nature, Inside Out 2, Mars Express, Queer, The People’s Joker, Wicked
(2) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Longlegs, Look Back, Memoir of a Snail, The Piano Lesson
(1) Aattam, All We Imagine as Light, The Beekeeper, A Complete Unknown, Daughters, Ennio, Evil Does Not Exist, The Fall Guy, The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Flow, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Girls State, Gladiator II, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Life After Fighting, Los Frikis, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man, My Old Ass, No Other Land, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Sasquatch Sunset, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, September 5, The Shadow Strays, The Sixth, The Speedway Murders, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Terrifier 3, Venom: The Last Dance

The Nominations

Best Film Nominees

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Civil War
Conclave
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
His Three Daughters
I Saw the TV Glow
In a Violent Nature
Longlegs
Mars Express
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The People’s Joker
A Real Pain
Rebel Ridge
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Animated Film Nominees

Flow
Inside Out 2
Look Back
Mars Express
Memoir of a Snail
The Wild Robot

Best Director Nominees

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Alex Garland – Civil War
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Jeremy Saulnier – Rebel Ridge
Aaron Schimberg – A Different Man
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow

Best Lead Performance Nominees

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Kirsten Dunst – Civil War
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Demi Moore – The Substance
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
Justice Smith – I Saw the TV Glow

Best Supporting Performance Nominees

Nicolas Cage – Longlegs
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Dennis Quaid – The Substance
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu
Tilda Swinton – Problemista
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Ensemble Acting Nominees

Ciivl War
Conclave
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
His Three Daughters
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
A Real Pain
Saturday Night
Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay Nominees

The Brutalist
Civil War
A Different Man
His Three Daughters
I Saw the TV Glow
Problemista
A Real Pain
Rebel Ridge
September 5
The Subtsance

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
The Piano Lesson
Sing Sing
The Wild Robot

Best Musical Score Nominees

The Brutalist
Challengers
Civil War
Conclave
A Different Man
Nickel Boys
Queer
The Substance
Twisters
The Wild Robot

Best Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Rebel Ridge
The Substance
Twisters

Best Cinematography

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

Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

Aattam
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Los Frikis
Look Back
Mars Express
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary Nominees

Daughters
Ennio
Girls State
No Other Land
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
The Sixth
The Speedway Murders
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Special Effects Nominees

Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Hundreds of Beavers
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance
Terrifier 3
Twisters

Breakout of the Year Nominees

Joana Arnow – The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Mikey Madison – Anora
Chris Nash – In a Violent Nature
Katy M. O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Julio Torres – Problemista
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Nominees

Tom Hardy – Venom: The Last Dance
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2
Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail
Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies – Better Man

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography

The Beekeeper
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Life After Fighting
Monkey Man
Rebel Ridge
The Shadow Strays
Wicked

Original Vision Award Nominees

Better Man
Emilia Pérez
Hundreds of Beavers
I Saw the TV Glow
In a Violent Nature
The People’s Joker
Problemista
Sasquatch Sunset
The Substance

Indiana Film Journalists Data

First Awards: 2009 (16)