Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance has been named Best Film by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. The film also picked up wins for Best Director, Best Actress for Demi Moore in a tie with Mikey Madison (Anora), Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.
Winners and runners-up below.
BEST FILM
Anora
Civil War
Conclave
Dune: Part Two (RUNNER UP)
I Saw The TV Glow
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
The Substance (WINNER)
Wicked
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora (RUNNER UP)
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (WINNER)
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
David Dastmalchian – Late Night with the Devil (WINNER)
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave (RUNNER UP)
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora (WINNER – TIE)
Demi Moore – The Substance (WINNER – TIE)
June Squibb – Thelma
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora (RUNNER UP)
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (WINNER)
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Chen – Didi
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson (RUNNER UP)
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance (WINNER)
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora (RUNNER UP)
The Brutalist
Civil War
A Real Pain
The Substance (WINNER)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave (WINNER)
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys (RUNNER UP)
Sing Sing
The Wild Robot
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Civil War (RUNNER UP)
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Challengers (WINNER)
Conclave (RUNNER UP)
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
The Wild Robot
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow (RUNNER UP)
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot (WINNER)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez (RUNNER UP)
Flow (WINNER)
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Look Into My Eyes
Seeking Mavis Beacon (RUNNER UP)
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper (WINNER)
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR
Dune: Part Two (RUNNER UP)
I Saw The TV Glow
Late Night with the Devil
Nosferatu
The Substance (WINNER)
TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM
I Saw The TV Glow (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez (RUNNER UP)
Love Lies Bleeding
My Old Ass
Will & Harper
Queer
BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy (WINNER)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (RUNNER-UP)
Monkey Man
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