Friday, February 7, 2025

The 2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Winners

The Portland Critics Association (PCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2024. Here are this year’s winners…

Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Conclave
Dune: Part Two (RUNNER UP)
I Saw the TV Glow
The Substance (RUNNER UP)

Best Director
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (WINNER)
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Lead Performance (Male)
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (RUNNER UP)
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Best Lead Performance (Female)
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
Mikey Madison – Anora (RUNNER UP)
Demi Moore – The Substance (WINNER)
June Squibb – Thelma
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Supporting Performance (Male)
Yuri Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (RUNNER UP)
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist (WINNER)
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Performance (Female)
Ariana Grande – Wicked (WINNER)
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley – The Substance (RUNNER UP)
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoë Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Ensemble Cast
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Conclave (RUNNER UP)
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Animated Feature
Flow (RUNNER UP)
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Transformers One
Ultraman: Rising
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (WINNER)

Best Documentary Feature
Dahomey (WINNER)
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (RUNNER UP)
Sugarcane
Will & Harper

Best Film Not in the English Language
About Dry Grasses (RUNNER UP)
All We Imagine As Light
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist (WINNER)
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Best Comedy Feature
Deadpool & Wolverine
A Different Man (WINNER)
Hit Man
A Real Pain (RUNNER UP)
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Horror Feature
Heretic
I Saw the TV Glow
Longlegs
Nosferatu (RUNNER UP)
Oddity
The Substance (WINNER)

Best Science Fiction Feature
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Megalopolis
A Quiet Place: Day One

Best Screenplay
Anora (RUNNER UP)
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain

Best Cinematography
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Conclave
Dune: Part Two (RUNNER UP)
Evil Does Not Exist
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
The Substance

Best Original Score
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Challengers (RUNNER UP)
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys

Best Costume Design
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two (RUNNER UP)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (WINNER)
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Production Design
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Sound Design
Alien: Romulus
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
Nosferatu

Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER UP)
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy (RUNNER UP)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (WINNER)
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

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Matt Neglia
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Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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