North Texas Film Critics Association Announces 2025 Nominations

The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) has named this year’s nominations in each voting category. The winners will be announced on Monday, December 30, 2024.   

“Every year, the North Texas Film Critics Association continues to grow with a strong talent base of writers offering a broad range of talent,” said NTFCA President Rita Cook. “The nominations were diverse this year with studio films up against independent and foreign film selections.”

The North Texas Film Critics Association spends countless hours viewing films to determine each year’s “best” in 13 categories, including the most recent addition of the BEST SCREENPLAY added for the first time in 2024.

The North Texas Film Critics Association is excited to reveal this year’s final nominees for 13 categories:

BEST PICTURE

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Sing Sing

BEST ACTOR

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa A Mad Max Saga

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Yura Borisov, Anora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

BEST DIRECTOR

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Denis Villeneuve, Dune Part 2
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Kneecap (Ireland)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)

All We Imagine as Light (an international co-production involving companies from France, India, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Daughters
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Wild Robot
Memoir of a Snail
Inside Out 2
Flow

Transformers One

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Greig Fraser, Dune Part 2
John Mathieson, Gladiator 2
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys

BEST NEWCOMER

Marissa Bode, Wicked
Ethan Herisse, Nickel Boys
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Aaron Pierre, Rebel Ridge  

BEST SCREENPLAY

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)

Conclave
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Dune Part 2

About the North Texas Film Critics Association: The North Texas Film Critic Association consists of 32 broadcast, print, and online journalists as well as auxiliary members from throughout the North Texas area.