AwardsWatch – 2024 Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Winners

The Hawaii Film Critics Society has selected its best in film for 2024. The Brutalist wins Best Picture, Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

Nosferatu nabbed Best Director for Robert Eggers, as well asBest Sound and Best Horror Film. Other multiple winners included The Substance (Best Actress, Demi Moore, Best Make-Up, Best Sci-Fi Film), Wicked (Best Art Direction, Costume Design, Visual Effects) and Emilia Pérez (Best Editing, Best Song, Best Foreign Language Film).

In the supporting acting categories the winners were Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain, which also won Original Screenplay) and Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown).

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: The Brutalist

Best Director: Robert Eggers, Nosferatu

Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Best Original Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave

Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
Best Documentary: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Best Foreign Language Film: Emilia Pérez

Best Cinematography: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Best Editing: Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
Best Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Wicked
Best Costume Design: Paul Tazewell, Wicked
Best Make-Up: The Substance
Best Original Score: Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Best Song: “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
Best Sound: Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects: Wicked
Best Stunt Work: The Fall Guy

Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance: Kevin Durand, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best New Filmmaker: Rachel Morrison, The Fire Inside

Best First Film: The Fire Inside
Best Overlooked Film: Hit Man

Best Comic Book Movie: Deadpool & Wolverine
Best Horror Film: Nosferatu
Best Sci-Fi Film: The Substance

Best Hawaiian Film: The Queen’s Flowers (dir. Ciara Lacy)

Worst Film of 2024: Madame Web

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