The 2024 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Winners

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA)​ have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2024. Here are this year’s winners… BEST PICTURE Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker The Brutalist Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Monique Walton The Substance Wicked – Mark Platt BEST DIRECTOR Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Walter Salles – I’m Still Here BEST ACTOR Raúl Briones – La Cocina Adrien Brody – The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo – Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes – Conclave Sebastian Stan – A Different Man BEST ACTRESS Adria Arjona – Los Frikis Melissa Barrera – Your Monster Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison – Anora Demi Moore – The Substance Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Yuri Borisov – Anora Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing Héctor Medina – Los Frikis Guy Pearce – The Brutalist Sean San José – Sing Sing BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez Ariana Grande – Wicked Adriana Paz – Emilia Pérez Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez Margaret Qualley – The Substance ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Anora – Sean Baker The Substance – Coralie Fargeat A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Los Frikis – Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Frank Herbert Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi I’m Still Here – Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega and Marcelo Rubens Paiva Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana 2 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 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Casagrandes Movie – Miguel Puga and Adriana Cid Flow – Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen Memoir Of A Snail – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Richard Beek The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM Emilia Pérez (France) Flow (Latvia) I’m Still Here (Brazil) The Girl with the Needle (Denmark) Los Frikis (United States) The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Germany) BEST DOCUMENTARY Daughters – Natalie Rae and Angela Patton Frida – Carla Gutierrez No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham Sugarcane Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui Will & Harper – Josh Greenbaum BEST ENSEMBLE CASTING Anora Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Los Frikis Wicked BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Wicked – production design: Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Lee Sandales Dune: Part Two – production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Shane Vieau The Brutalist – production design: Judy Becker; set decoration: Patricia Cuccia Emilia Pérez – production design: Emmanuelle Duplay; set decoration: Sandra Castello Conclave – production design: Suzie Davies; set decoration: Cynthia Sleiter Pedro Páramo – production design: Eugenio Caballero and Carlos Y. Jacques; set decoration: Daniela Rojas BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume I’m Still Here – Adrian Teijido Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray (TIE) Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (TIE BEST COSTUME DESIGN Conclave – Lisy Christl Deadpool & Wolverine – Mayes C. Rubeo and Graham Churchyard Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Nosferatu – Linda Muir Wicked – Paul Tazewell BEST EDITING Anora – Sean Baker Challengers – Marco Costa Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling I’m Still Here – Affonso Gonçalves September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich The Substance – Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat and Valentin Féron BEST HAIR & MAKEUP A Different Man – Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini Los Frikis – Olivares Meztli and Alexa Rivera Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth BEST SOUND Challengers A Complete Unknown – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta The Substance Wicked – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Alien: Romulus – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke The Substance Wicked – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould BEST STUNTS Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two The Fall Guy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator II Wicked BEST SCORE The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz BEST SONG “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl – music and lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt “Compress/Repress” from Challengers – music and lyrics by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross “El Camino” from Emilia Pérez – music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot – music and lyrics by Maren Morris “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada LATINO BREAKOUT AWARD Adria Arjona (Los Frikis, Hit Man, Blink Twice) LATINO ACTIVISM AWARD John Leguizamo RITA MORENO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Edward James Olmos What do you think of the winners? 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