Alisha Weir and Kneecap among Critics Choice Awards nominees in US

December 13, 2024
Alisha Weir and Kneecap among Critics Choice Awards nominees in US

Irish teenager Alisha Weir and the music biopic Kneecap are among the film nominees for the Critics Choice Awards (CCA) in the US.


Watch: Alan Corr talks to Alisha Weir at the Irish premiere of Abigail.

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Weir, who starred in the vampire movie Abigail earlier this year, is shortlisted in the Best Young Actor/Actress category for her performance.


Watch: A clip from Kneecap.

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Kneecap is nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category.


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This year, the Vatican drama Conclave and the musical Wicked lead the CCA film nominations with 11 each.


Watch: Alan Corr talks to Wicked stars (l-r) Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

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Last week, Caitríona Balfe, Colin Farrell, Graham Norton, Andrew Scott, and Fiona Shaw were announced among the television nominees for the awards.

The awards ceremony will take place in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday 12 January.

The film nominations in full:

Best Picture
A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig - Queer
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Hugh Grant - Heretic

Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie - Maria
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Denzel Washington - Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Margaret Qualley - The Substance
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Young Actor/Actress
Alyla Browne - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan - Blitz
Maisy Stella - My Old Ass
Izaac Wang - Didi
Alisha Weir - Abigail
Zoe Ziegler - Janet Planet

Best Acting Ensemble
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Director
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker - Anora
Edward Berger - Conclave
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Jon M Chu - Wicked
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two

Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker - Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David - September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes - Challengers

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox - Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley - Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan - Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts - Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu
Alice Brooks - Wicked
Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine - Conclave
Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray - Nickel Boys

Best Production Design
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia - The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales - Wicked
Suzie Davies - Conclave
Craig Lathrop - Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff - Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau - Dune: Part Two

Best Editing
Sean Baker - Anora
Marco Costa - Challengers
Nick Emerson - Conclave
David Jancso - The Brutalist
Joe Walker - Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich - September 5

Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl - Conclave
Linda Muir - Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini - Maria
Paul Tazewell - Wicked
Jacqueline West - Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman - Gladiator II

Best Hair and Makeup
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team - Dune: Part Two
Hair and Makeup Team - The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount - Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White - Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier - A Different Man

Best Visual Effects
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould - Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk - Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer - Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs - Better Man
Visual Effects Team - The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Comedy
A Real Pain
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I'm Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Song
Beautiful That Way - The Last Showgirl - Miley Cyrus
Compress / Repress - Challengers - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
El Mal - Emilia Pérez - Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
Harper and Will Go West - Will & Harper - Kristen Wiig
Kiss the Sky - The Wild Robot - Maren Morris
Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez - Selena Gomez

Best Score
Volker Bertelmann - Conclave
Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist
Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille - Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Challengers
Hans Zimmer - Dune: Part Two

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