Columbus Film Critics Association Award Winners

Best Film

1. The Substance

2. Nickel Boys

3. Anora

4. Sing Sing

5. Nosferatu

6. Conclave

7. Challengers

8. The Brutalist

9. Civil War

10. Love Lies Bleeding

Best Director

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

            Runner-up: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Lead Performance

Demi Moore, The Substance

            Runner-up: Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Supporting Performance

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

            Runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson

Best Ensemble

Conclave

            Runner-up: Challengers

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice and A Different Man

            Runner-up: Nicholas Hoult, The Garfield Movie, Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order

Breakthrough Film Artist

Mikey Madison, Anora – (for acting)

            Runner-up: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance – (for directing, film editing, and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

            Runner-up: Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two

Best Film Editing

Marco Costa, Challengers

            Runner-up: Jerome Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, and Valentin Féron, The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot

            Runner-up: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Best Original Screenplay

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

            Runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora

Best Score

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers

            Runner-up: Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

No Other Land

            Runner-up: Will & Harper

Best Foreign Language Film

Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)

            Runner-up: All We Imagine as Light

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot

            Runner-up: Memoir of a Snail

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

Hit Man

            Runner-up: Saturday Night

Best Overlooked Film

Snack Shack

            Runner-up: Hundreds of Beavers