AWFJ 2024 EDA Awards winners announced

*The Brutalist,* *Conclave,* and *The Substance* are the big winners…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists — of which I am a member — has announced the winners of its 2024 EDA Awards.

It was a terrible year for me, criticism-wise: while I have seen most of these films, I’ve reviewed only one of them. I do hope to remedy that soon!

And the nominees and winners are:

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS
These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Brutalist | WINNER
The Substance
Wicked

Best Director
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance | WINNER
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light

Best Screenplay, Original
All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia
Anora – Sean Baker
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Hard Truths – Mike Leigh
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat | WINNER
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Conclave – Peter Straughan, Robert Harris | WINNER
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Lea Mysius
Nickel Boys – Ramell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead
Nosferatu – Robert Eggers
Sing Sing – John H. Richardson, Brent Buell, Clint Bentley
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders, Peter Brown

Best Documentary
Black Box Diaries
Dahomey | WINNER
Daughters
The Last of the Sea Women
Sugarcane
Will & Harper

Best Animated Film
Flow | WINNER (tie)
Hundreds of Beavers
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
The Wild Robot | WINNER (tie)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Actress, Lead
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths | WINNER
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
June Squibb – Thelma

Best Actress, Supporting
Joan Chen – Dìdi
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave | WINNER
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez

Best Actor, Lead
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing | WINNER
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Actor, Supporting
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain | WINNER
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Stanley Tucci – Conclave
Denzel Washngton – Gladiator II

Best Ensemble Cast
Anora – Sean Baker
Challengers – Francine Maisler
Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware | WINNER
Emilia Pérez – Christel Baras, Carla Hool
Saturday Night – John Papsidera
Wicked – Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey

Best Cinematography
Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke | WINNER
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Wicked – Alice Brooks

Best Editing
Anora – Sean Baker
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling | WINNER (tie)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó | WINNER (tie)
The Substance – Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, Valentin Féron

Best International Film
All We Imagine as Light
Dahomey
Emilia Pérez
Flow
La Chimera
The Seed of the Sacred Fig | WINNER

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards are presented only to women.

Best Woman Director
Andrea Arnold – Bird
Gia Coppola – The Last Showgirl
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance | WINNER (tie)
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light | WINNER (tie)
Megan Park – My Old Ass
Alice Rohrwacher – La Chimera

Best Female Screenwriter
Andrea Arnold – Bird
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance | WINNER (tie)
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light | WINNER (tie)
Megan Park – My Old Ass
Alice Rohrwacher – La Chimera
Erica Tremblay, Miciana Alise – Fancy Dance

Best Animated/Voiced Performance
Ayo Edebiri – Inside Out 2
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot | WINNER
Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2
Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail
Jacki Weaver – Memoir of a Snail

Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance
Nykiya Adams – Bird
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora | WINNER
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
June Squibb – Thelma
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

Best Stunt Performance
Nikki Berwick – Stunt Coordinator, Gladiator II
Alex Jay (for Zendaya) – Dune: Part Two
Hayley Wright (for Anya Taylor-Joy) – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Cailee Spaeny – Alien Romulus
June Squibb – Thelma | WINNER