San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners

Best Picture

Winner – SING SING

Runner Up – ANORA

Runner Up – CONCLAVE

Best Director

Winner – Denis Villeneuve, DUNE: PART TWO

Runner Up – Greg Kwedar, SING SING

Best Actor

Winner – Colman Domingo, SING SING

Runner Up – Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

Runner Up – Daniel Craig, QUEER

Best Actress

Winner – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS

Runner Up – Amy Adams, NIGHTBITCH

Best Supporting Actor

Winner – Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

Runner Up – Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

Best Supporting Actress

Winner – Ariana Grande, WICKED

Runner Up – Joan Chen, DÌDI

Best Comedic Performance

Winner – June Squibb, THELMA

Runner Up – Michael Keaton, BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)

Winner – Izaac Wang, DÌDI

Runner Up – Alix West Lefler, SPEAK NO EVIL

Best Original Screenplay

Winner – Sean Baker, ANORA

Runner Up – Justin Kuritzkes, CHALLENGERS

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner – Craig Bentley, Greg Kwedar, SING SING

Runner Up – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, DUNE: PART TWO

Best First Feature (Director)

Winner – Zoë Kravitz, BLINK TWICE

Runner Up – Sean Wang, DÌDI

Best Documentary

Winner – SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY

Runner Up – DAUGHTERS

Best Animated Film

Winner – FLOW

Runner Up – THE WILD ROBOT

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner – ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

3 Runners Up

Best Editing

Winner – Hansjörg Weißbrich, SEPTEMBER 5

Runner Up – Marco Costa, CHALLENGERS

Best Cinematography

Winner – Jarin Blaschke, NOSFERATU

Runner Up – Stéphane Fontaine, CONCLAVE

Best Production Design

Winner – Nathan Crowley, WICKED

Runner Up – Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova, NOSFERATU

Runner Up – Patrice Vermette, DUNE: PART TWO

Best Visual Effects

Winner – THE SUBSTANCE

Runner Up – DUNE: PART TWO

Runner Up – KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Best Costume Design

Winner – Paul Tazewell, WICKED

Runner Up – Jacqueline Getty, Rainy Jacobs, THE LAST SHOWGIRL

Best Sound Design

Winner – DUNE: PART TWO

Runner Up – CIVIL WAR

Best Use of Music

Winner – A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Runner Up – CHALLENGERS

Best Stunt Choreography

Winner – THE FALL GUY

Runner Up – MONKEY MAN

Best Ensemble

Winner – SEPTEMBER 5

Runner Up – CONCLAVE

Breakthrough Performance

Winner – Mikey Madison, ANORA

Runner Up – Nell Tiger Free, THE FIRST OMEN

Special Award for Body of Work

Nicholas Hoult, JUROR #2, NOSFERATU, THE ORDER, THE GARFIELD MOVIE