Anora Wins At the 30th Critics Choice Awards
The postponed 30th annual Critics Choice Awards finally happened on February 7 bringing almost no surprises in terms of the winners. And we got still a month to go before it might be possible to confirm if these awards were an accurate predictor of Academy Awards.
Anora won Best Picture, while Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Wicked each took home three trophies overall in the film categories. Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Best Song for “El Mal”. The Substance won Best Actress for Demi Moore, Best Original Screenplay for Coralie Fargeat, and Best Hair and Makeup for Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, and Pierre-Olivier Persin. Wicked won Best Director for Jon M. Chu, Best Production Design for Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, and Best Costume Design for Paul Tazewell.
Shōgun led in the series categories, earning four awards including Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Tadanobu Asano, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Moeka Hoshi. Hacks followed with three wins, earning Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Jean Smart, and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hannah Einbinder.
WINNERS OF THE 30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST PICTURE
Anora
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
BEST ACTRESS
Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Conclave
BEST DIRECTOR
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Peter Straughan – Conclave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
BEST EDITING
Marco Costa – Challengers
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Paul Tazewell – Wicked
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Wild Robot
BEST COMEDY (TIE)
A Real PainDeadpool & Wolverine
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Emilia Pérez
BEST SONG
“El Mal” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille – Emilia Pérez
BEST SCORE
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
SERIES CATEGORIES
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Shōgun
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kathy Bates – Matlock
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Hacks
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing almost 600 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content.
Source: press release - criticschoice.com/2025/02/07/anora-wins-best-picture-at-the-30th-annual-critics-choice-awards/
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