‘Anora’, ‘Flow’ Lead the Way as 2024 GAFCA Award Winners

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2024 GAFCA Awards. 

It was a close race and there were many great films to choose from. Sean Baker’s Anora led the victors after tallying three wins. In a run of form that began Sunday with the Golden Globes, Challengers, Flow, and A Real Pain won two awards each, with Flow taking down big-budget films from Disney, DreamWorks, and Aardman.

Other winners include Danielle Deadwyler, Kieran Culkin, Colman Domingo, Trent Reznor, and RaMell Ross.

Founded in 2011, this year marks the 14th anniversary of the awards program for the critics group. GAFCA is made up of over 50 film critics from around the state, representing print, television, radio, and online media.

For more information on the Georgia Film Critics Association, visit www.georgiafilmcritics.org. 

Best Picture

• “Anora”
  Runner-up: ”Dune: Part Two”

Best Director

• “Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve
  Runner-up: “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet

Best Actor

• Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”)
  Runner-up: Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”)

Best Actress

• Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
  Runner-up: Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”)

Best Supporting Actor

• Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
  Runner-up: Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”)

Best Supporting Actress

• Danielle Deadwyler (“The Piano Lesson”)
  Runner-up: Ariana Grande-Butera (“Wicked”)

Best Original Screenplay

• “Anora” – Sean Baker
  Runner-up: “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
  Runner-up: “Conclave” – Peter Straughan

Best Cinematography

• “Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
  Runner-up: “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke

Best Production Design

• “Nosferatu” – Craig Lathrop
  Runner-up: “Dune: Part Two” – Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau

Best Original Score

• “Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
  Runner-up: “Dune: Part Two” – Hans Zimmer 

Best Original Song

• “Compress/Repress” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Challengers”)
  Runner-up: “Kiss the Sky” – Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi (“The Wild Robot”)

Best Ensemble

• “Conclave”
  Runner-up: “Sing Sing”

Best International Film

• “Flow”
  Runner-up: “All We Imagine As Light”

Best Animated Film

• “Flow”
  Runner-up: “The Wild Robot”

Best Documentary Film

• “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
  Runner-up: “Sugarcane”

Breakthrough Award

• RaMell Ross
  Runner-up: Mikey Madison

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

• “Juror #2” (Clint Eastwood, Jonathan A. Abram)
  Runner-up: “Civil War” (Alex Garland)