Oklahoma Film Critics Circle names 2024 honorees
Read through to also see Matt's top picks!
On Friday, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC) announced its 19th annual slate of award winners.
“Conclave” was named Best Film of 2024 by the group of Oklahoma critics.
(I’ve been a member of the group since its inception in meetings beginning around 2005. The first awards were given in 2006.)
“While the OFCC joined many awards groups in recognizing Anora and The Brutalist as among the year’s best, by honoring Conclave in five major categories, the OFCC made a clear statement that there’s much more to Conclave – both artistically and thematically – than its controversial final twist,” said Jeff Huston, OFCC president, in a news release.
The OFCC added three new categories in 2024: Best Stunt Coordination, Best Performance by an Animal Actor and Best Indigenous Film.
“The addition of Best Indigenous Film is of particular value to the OFCC membership, as we consider it both an honor and responsibility to recognize the growing contribution of ancestral filmmakers to our collective cinematic journey, whether they be Native Americans or natives of any nation or continent,” said Huston in the news release. “This year, the searing real-life tragedy Sugarcane was the first to receive that award, and the runner-up in our Indigenous category, Fancy Dance, won the Best First Feature prize for director Erica Tremblay.”
Below is the complete list of OFCC award winners for 2024, followed by my picks in the category:
Best Film: Conclave
Matt’s Pick: Wicked
OFCC Top 10 Films of 2024
1. Conclave
2. Anora
3. The Brutalist
4. Challengers
5. Wicked
6. Sing Sing
7. Dune: Part Two
8. The Substance
9. I Saw the TV Glow
Memoir of a Snail
Best Actor
Winner: Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Runner-Up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Matt’s Pick: Brody
Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Runner-Up: Demi Moore, The Substance
Matt’s Pick: Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Runner-Up: Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Matt’s Pick: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ariana Grande, Wicked
Runner-Up: Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Matt’s Pick: Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Brutalist
Runner-Up: Anora
Matt’s Pick: The Brutalist
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave
Runner-Up: Sing Sing
Matt’s Pick: Emilia Pérez
Best Director
Winner: Edward Berger, Conclave
Runner-Up: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Matt’s Pick: Denis Villeneuve, Dune Part Two
Best Documentary
Winner: Sugarcane
Runner-Up: Will & Harper
Matt’s Pick: Will & Harper
Best Animated Feature
Winner: The Wild Robot
Runner-Up: Flow
Matt’s Pick: Transformers One
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Emilia Pérez
Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Matt’s Pick: Emilia Pérez
Best Cinematography
Winner: Nosferatu
Runner-Up: The Brutalist
Matt’s Pick: Wicked
Best Score
Winner: Challengers
Runner-Up: Conclave
Matt’s Pick: Challengers
Best Ensemble
Winner: Conclave
Runner-Up: Sing Sing
Matt’s Pick: Emilia Pérez
Best First Feature
Winner: Fancy Dance, dir. Erica Tremblay
Runner-Up: The First Omen, dir. Arkasha Stevenson
Matt’s Pick: Janet Planet, dir. Annie Baker
Best Body of Work
Winner: Nicholas Hoult (Nosferatu, The Order, Juror #2, Garfield)
Runner-Up: Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Queer)
Matt’s Pick: Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown and Dune: Part Two)
Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: The Fall Guy
Runner-Up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Matt’s Pick: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Indigenous Film
Winner: Sugarcane
Runner-Up: Fancy Dance
Matt’s Pick: Sugarcane
Best Performance By an Animal Actor
Winner: Peggy (a.k.a. Dogpool), Deadpool & Wolverine
Runner-Up: Jean Claude (dog), The Fall Guy
Matt’s Pick: Peggy
The full list of OFCC voting members can be found here: http://www.oklahomafilmcritics.com.