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2024 Winners
Best Film:
The Brutalist
Best Director:
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Best Actor:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Best Supporting Actor:
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress:
Carol Kane, Between the Temples
Best Screenplay:
Sean Baker, Anora
Best International Film:
All We Imagine as Light
Best Animated Film:
Flow
Best Cinematography:
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Best Non-Fiction Film:
No Other Land
Best First Film:
Janet Planet
Special Award:
To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
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| Year | Category | Name | Film Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Best Picture | The Brutalist | |
| 2024 | Best Director | RaMell Ross | Nickel Boys |
| 2024 | Best Screenplay | Sean Baker | Anora |
| 2024 | Best Actress | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hard Truths |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | The Brutalist |
| 2024 | Best Supporting Actress | Carol Kane | Between the Temples |
| 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Kieran Culkin | A Real Pain |
| 2024 | Best Cinematography | Jomo Fray | Nickel Boys |
| 2024 | Best Animated Film | Flow | |
| 2024 | Best Documentary | No Other Land | |
| 2024 | Best International Film | All We Imagine as Light | |
| 2024 | Best First Film | Janet Planet | |
| 2024 | Special Award | To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation | |
| 2023 | Best Picture | Killers of the Flower Moon | |
| 2023 | Best Director | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer |
| 2023 | Best Screenplay | Samy Burch | May December |
| 2023 | Best Actress | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 2023 | Best Actor | Franz Rogowski | Passages |
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers |
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Charles Melton | May December |
| 2023 | Best Cinematography | Hoyte van Hoytema | Oppenheimer |
| 2023 | Best Animated Film | The Boy and the Heron | |
| 2023 | Best Documentary | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | |
| 2023 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | |
| 2023 | Best First Film | Past Lives | |
NYFCC Student Prizes
As a way of supporting and encouraging the next generation of writers, the New York Film Critics Circle gives prizes to two student critics every year. Winners receive a cash prize, an award certificate, and two tickets to the Circle’s annual gala, which is typically held in the first week of January.
Currently, there are two prizes of $2,500 each: One will go to an undergraduate student, the other to a graduate student. Applicants should be attending college in New York State and be studying or have an interest in film criticism/journalism.
Applicants should submit two reviews/essays of 500-800 words each. One piece should be on a recent film from the current calendar year. The other should be on an older film from before 1980.
The contest officially opens after Labor Day of the current year. Deadline for all submissions is November 17. Winners will be announced after the NYFCC voting meeting in early December.
All questions and submissions about the student awards should be directed to NYFCC member Keith Uhlich at keithuhlich@gmail.com. (For all other questions pertaining to the group, please email nyfcc1935@gmail.com.)
Past Winners
2024: Alexander Swift (Undergraduate) and Drew A. Smith (Graduate)
2023: Mick Gaw (Undergraduate) and Katherine Prior (Graduate)
2022: Nico Pedrero-Setzer (Undergraduate) and Greg Nussen (Graduate)
2019: Cole Kronman
2018: Samantha Bergeson
2017: Marisa Winckowski