North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

Conclave

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Wild Robot

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

All We Imagine As Light

BEST DIRECTOR

Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTOR

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

BEST ACTRESS

Mikey Madison, Anora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA

Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Brutalist

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Conclave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nosferatu

BEST EDITING

Challengers

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Nosferatu

HAIR AND MAKEUP

The Substance

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Nosferatu

BEST SCORE

Challengers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Compress/Repress,” Challengers

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Dune: Part Two

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Dune: Part Two

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Josh Margolin, Thelma

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Mikey Madison, Anora

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Cinematography

Roger Deakins

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD

Margaret Qualley, The Substance