‘The Substance’ and ‘Nosferatu’ Lead the Way with the 6th Pandora International Film Critics Awards Nominations

The Pandora International Film Critics announce their nominations in 23 categories for the 6th edition of the awards. The nominations were announced on Wednesday 11th December 2024 across social media. With 13 nominations, Coralie Fargaet’s The Substance heads the pack, with Nosferatu from Robert Eggers not far behind with 10 nods. Awards season favourites – and fellow English Language Motion Picture nominees – The Brutalist (8 nominations), Anora (7), and Conclave (7), also scored high.

Emilia Pérez was somewhat of a surprise omission from the International Motion Picture line-up even with 5 nominations. The top award did include All We Imagine As Light (4), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (3), Grand Tour (2), I’m Still Here (2), Red Rooms (2), and The Girl with the Needle (2). Joining them are Documentary Motion Picture nominees, Dahomey (2) and No Other Land (2). Some other less expected – but completely worthy – entries include acting nominees Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow), Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), and Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight) – as well as Directing nods for Luca Guadagnino (Challengers) and Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow).

Here are the 2024 nominations which were live announced via Twitter / X and BlueSky:

INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE

• All We Imagine As Light
• Dahomey
• Evil Does Not Exist
• The Girl with the Needle
• Grand Tour
• I’m Still Here
• Kneecap
• No Other Land
• Red Rooms
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

DOCUMENTARY MOTION PICTURE

• Dahomey
• Daughters
• No Other Land
• Sugarcane
• Will & Harper

ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Transformers One
• The Wild Robot

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Challengers
• Conclave
• A Different Man
• Hard Truths
• Nickel Boys
• Nosferatu
• The Substance

EDITING

• Anora
• Challengers
• Conclave
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• All We Imagine As Light
• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part II
• The Girl with the Needle
• Grand Tour
• Nickel Boys
• Nosferatu
• The Substance

SET DESIGN

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

COSTUME DESIGN

• Dune: Part II
• Maria
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

HAIR & MAKEUP

• A Different Man
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Nosferatu
• The Substance

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Alien: Romulus
• Dune: Part II
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• The Substance
• Wicked

SOUND DESIGN

• Blitz
• Dune: Part II
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Nosferatu
• The Substance

SCORE COMPOSING

• Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers)
• Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
• Robin Carolan (Nosferatu)
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Queer)
• Raffertie (The Substance)

SONG COMPOSING

• “Compress/Regress” (Challengers)
• “El Mal” (Emilia Pérez)
• “Mi Camino” (Emilia Pérez)
• “Claw Machine” (I Saw the TV Glow)
• “Beautiful That Way” (The Last Showgirl)
• “Like a Bird” (Sing Sing)
• “Kiss the Sky” (The Wild Robot)

SCREENWRITING ADAPTED

• Peter Straughan (Conclave)
• Richard Linklater, Glen Powell (Hit Man)
• RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (Nickel Boys)
• Robert Eggers (Nosferatu)
• Justin Kuritzkes (Queer)
• Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)

SCREENWRITING ORIGINAL

• Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
• Mike Leigh (Hard Truths)
• Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
• Mohammad Rasoulof (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

DIRECTING

• Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• Luca Guadagnino (Challengers)
• Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Robert Eggers (Nosferatu)
• Mohammad Rasoulof (The Seed of the Sacred Fig)
• Coralie Fargaet (The Substance)

FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH

• Annie Baker (Janet Planet)
• RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)
• Vera Drew (The People’s Joker)
• Malcolm Washington (The Piano Lesson)
• Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour)

ACTING BREAKTHROUGH

• Nykiya Adams (Bird)
• Ryan Destiny (The Fire Inside)
• Lily Collias (Good One)
• Juliette Gariépy (Red Rooms)
• Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)

ACTRESS LEAD

• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
• Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)

ACTRESS SUPPORT

• Joan Chen (Didi)
• Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
• Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)
• Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)
• Margaret Qualley (The Substance)

ACTOR LEAD

• Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
• Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)
• Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight)
• Daniel Craig (Queer)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

ACTOR SUPPORT

• Yura Borisov (Anora)
• Josh O’Connor (Challengers)
• Adam Pearson (A Different Man)
• Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
• Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

ENSEMBLE CAST

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part II
• Emilia Pérez
• Sing Sing

Winners will be announced Wednesday 18th December 2024 across social media.