San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2024

29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date	December 9, 2024
Site	San Diego, California, U.S.
Highlights
Best Picture	Sing Sing
Most awards	Sing Sing; Wicked (3)
Most nominations	Dune: Part Two (12)
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The 29th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 9, 2024.^[1]

DateDecember 9, 2024

SiteSan Diego, California, U.S.

Best PictureSing Sing

Most awardsSing Sing
Wicked (3)

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The nominations were announced on December 6, 2024, with the epic science fiction film Dune: Part Two leading the nominations with twelve, followed by Conclave and Wicked with nine each.^[2]^[3]^[4] Sing Sing and Wicked won the most awards with three wins each, with the former winning Best Picture.^[1]^[5]^[6]

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Best Picture	Best Director
Sing Sing Runner-up: Anora Runner-up: Conclave Challengers Dune: Part Two	Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing Edward Berger – Conclave Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Colman Domingo – Sing Sing* as John "Divine G" Whitfield** Runner-up: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Runner-up: Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence	*Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths* as Pansy Deacon** Runner-up: Amy Adams – Nightbitch as Mother Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain* as Benji Kaplan** Runner-up: Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Stanley Tucci – Conclave as Cardinal Aldo Bellini	*Ariana Grande – Wicked* as Galinda "Glinda" Upland** Runner-up: Joan Chen – Dìdi as Chungsing Wang Jessie Buckley – Wicked Little Letters as Rose Gooding Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters as Rachel
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing Runner-up: Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two Chris Sanders – The Wild Robot Peter Straughan – Conclave Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams – The Piano Lesson	Sean Baker – Anora Runner-up: Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska – Love Lies Bleeding
Best Ensemble	Best Comedic Performance
September 5 Runner-up: Conclave Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked	*June Squibb – Thelma* as Thelma Post** Runner-up: Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy as Colt Seavers Aubrey Plaza – My Old Ass as Older Elliott Channing Tatum – Deadpool & Wolverine as Gambit
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary
Flow Runner-up: The Wild Robot Memoir of a Snail Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Runner-up: Daughters Music by John Williams Sugarcane Will & Harper
Best Foreign Language Film	Best First Feature (Director)
All We Imagine as Light The Girl with the Needle No Other Land The Seed of the Sacred Fig Vermiglio	Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice Runner-up: Sean Wang – Dìdi Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour Rachel Morrison – The Fire Inside Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke Runner-up: Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Sing Sing – Pat Scola Wicked – Alice Brooks	September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich Runner-up: Challengers – Marco Costa Anora – Sean Baker Blink Twice – Kathryn J. Schubert Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Wicked – Paul Tazewell Runner-up: The Last Showgirl – Jacqueline Getty and Rainy Jacobs Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood Conclave – Lisy Christl Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West	Wicked – Nathan Crowley Runner-up: Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová Runner-up: Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette The Brutalist – Judy Becker Conclave – Suzie Davies
Best Use of Music	Best Stunt Choreography
A Complete Unknown Runner-up: Challengers Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked	The Fall Guy Runner-up: Monkey Man Alien: Romulus Dune: Part Two Gladiator II
Best Sound Design	Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Civil War A Quiet Place: Day One Alien: Romulus Wicked	The Substance Runner-up: Dune: Part Two Runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Alien: Romulus Nosferatu
Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)	Breakthrough Actor
*Izaac Wang – Dìdi* as Chris "Dìdi" Wang** Runner-up: Alix West Lefler – Speak No Evil as Agnes Dalton Elliott Heffernan – Blitz as George Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight as Daisy Mueller Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail	*Mikey Madison – Anora* as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva** Runner-up: Nell Tiger Free – The First Omen as Margaret
Special Award for Body of Work
*Nicholas Hoult (Juror #2, Nosferatu, The Order, and The Garfield Movie)*

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2024

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