Indiana Film Journalist Association (IFJA) Award Winners

Best Film

The Substance 

            Runner-up: The Brutalist

Best Director

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance 

            Runner-up: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Best Lead Performance

Demi Moore, The Substance 

            Runner Up - Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Best Supporting Performance

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

            Runner Up - Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Best Original Screenplay

Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist 

            Runner-up: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance)

Best Adapted Screenplay

RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys 

            Runner-up: Peter Straughan, Conclave

Best Animated Film

Mars Express 

            Runner-up: The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

Daughters 

            Runner-up: No Other Land

Best Foreign Language Film

Mars Express 

            Runner-up: Aattam

Best Ensemble Acting

His Three Daughters 

            Runner-up: Sing Sing

Best Vocal / Motion-Capture Performance

Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot 

            Runner-up: Jonno Davies and Robbie Williams, Better Man

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu 

            Runner-up: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

Best Editing

Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat and Valentin Feron, The Substance 

            Runner-up: Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist

Best Musical Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist 

            Runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 

            Runner-up: Better Man

Best Special Effects

The Substance 

            Runner-up: Hundreds of Beavers

Breakout of the Year

Vera Drew, The People’s Joker 

            Runner-up: Mikey Madison, Anora

Original Vision

Hundreds of Beavers 

            Runner-up: The Substance

Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award

Michael Husain (director / writer), The Waiting Game