NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 3, 2025

The Music City Film Critics’ Association (MCFCA) is proud to announce its nominations for the MCFCA 2025 Film Awards. The association is comprised of 40 film critics working in or near Nashville, Tennessee. 

The winners will be announced on January 10, 2025. 

Dune: Part Two secured 10 nominations in categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Ensemble, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Action Film, and Best Stunt Work.

The Brutalist follows just behind with nine nominations in categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Editing. 

“It brings me much joy seeing these two films represented throughout our nominations,” said Brandon Vick, board member of the MCFCA. “Two sprawling epics that exhibit what cinema is and can be.”

In addition to these two films, seven other films got at least five nominations, including The Substance (8), Nosferatu (7), Wicked (7), Conclave (6), Challengers (5), Nickel Boys (5), and Sing Sing (5).

“In a year with so many quality films to choose from, these nominations reflect that quality with some very distinctive choices that represent the diverse cinematic experience,” said Micheal Compton, Vice President of the MCFCA.

You can follow the MCFCA on Facebook at Music City Film Critics’ Association and X @mcfca615.

BEST PICTURE

Anora

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

Sing Sing

The Brutalist

The Substance

Wicked

THE JIM RIDLEY AWARD

Close Your Eyes

Eno

Hundreds of Beavers

The People’s Joker

The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Robert Eggers – Nosferatu

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Demi Moore – The Substance

Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu

Mikey Madison – Anora

Nicole Kidman – Babygirl

BEST ACTOR

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding

Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown

Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Denzel Washington – Gladiator 2

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

BEST SCREENPLAY

A Real Pain

Anora

Challengers

The Brutalist

The Substance

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Claw Machine” – I Saw the TV Glow

“Compress/Repress” – Challengers

“El Mal” – Emilia Perez

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot

“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

The Brutalist

BEST SOUND

Civil War

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

The Brutalist

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune: Part Two

Hundreds of Beavers

Nosferatu

The Brutalist

Wicked

BEST EDITING

Anora

Challengers

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

The Brutalist

BEST STUNT WORK

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Gladiator 2

Hundreds of Beavers

The Fall Guy

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Alisha Weir – Abigail

Alyla Brown – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Ariel Donoghue – Trap

Beatrice Schneider – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

BEST YOUNG ACTOR

Elliott Heffernan – Blitz

Ethan Herisse – Nickel Boys

Griffin Kramer – The People’s Joker

Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow

Izaac Wang – Didi

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Saturday Night

Sing Sing

Wicked

BEST MUSIC FILM

A Complete Unknown

Emilia Perez

Kneecap

Piece by Piece

Wicked

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Daughters

No Other Land

Sugarcane

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Will & Harper

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Emilia Perez

Flow

I’m Still Here

Red Rooms

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST COMEDY FILM

Deadpool & Wolverine

Hundreds of Beavers

My Old Ass

Saturday Night

Thelma

BEST HORROR FILM

Heretic

Late Night with the Devil

Nosferatu

Smile 2

The Substance

BEST ACTION FILM

Deadpool & Wolverine

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Kill

The Fall Guy