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30th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
30th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Date	December 18, 2024
Location	Dallas, Texas
Country	United States
Presented by	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Website	dfwcritics.com

The 30th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2024, were announced on December 18, 2024.^[1] These awards "recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas.^[2] The association, founded in and presenting awards since 1990, includes 30 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in North Texas.^[3] It is also committed to ensuring that their membership represents a broad range of voices, ideas, and perspectives from across cultural, gender, and ideological spectra.^[4]

Anora received the most awards, winning three for Best Film, Best Director (Sean Baker), and Best Actress (Mikey Madison).^[5] The Brutalist tied for second place, winning Best Screenplay (Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold) and Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce). The other acting winners were Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor (Conclave) and Zoe Saldaña for Best Supporting Actress (Emilia Pérez). Also tying for second place were The Wild Robot (winning Best Animated Film and Best Musical Score for composer Kris Bowers) and The Seed of the Sacred Fig (which won for Best Foreign Language Film and the Russell Smith Award—a special award designated "for low-budget and/or cutting-edge films").^[6]

Winners and nominees

Category awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score).

Best Picture	Best Director
Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two A Complete Unknown The Substance Wicked Nickel Boys A Real Pain Sing Sing	Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Coralie Fargeat – The Substance RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ralph Fiennes – Conclave* as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence** Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed	*Mikey Madison – Anora* as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva** Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon (TIE) Nicole Kidman – Babygirl as Romy Mathis (TIE)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Guy Pearce – The Brutalist* as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.** Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin	*Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez* as Rita Mora Castro** Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez
Best Documentary Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Sugarcane Daughters Will & Harper Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Dahomey	The Seed of the Sacred Fig Emilia Pérez All We Imagine as Light I'm Still Here Kneecap
Best Animated Film	Best Screenplay
The Wild Robot Flow	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist Sean Baker – Anora
Best Cinematography	Best Musical Score
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two Lol Crawley – The Brutalist	Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers