2024 National Board of Review Award Winners

Yesterday the National Board of Review (NBR) announced its honorees and leading the pack is Wicked with 3 awards, Best Film, Best Director, and the Spotlight Award.

The National Board of Review was originally founded to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.’s revocation of moving picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908 and since 1909 the organization has been recognizing excellence in filmmaking. This year, 246 films were viewed by a select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics, and students, many of which were followed by in-depth discussions with directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters. Ballots were tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz and Carr CPA.

The honorees will be fêted at the NBR Awards Gala, hosted by Willie Geist on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Cipriani 42nd Street, in New York City.

The List

Best Film: Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Canada, Iceland and UK

Best Animated Film: Straume (Flow), Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, France and Belgium
Best Documentary: Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, USA  and Canada
Best International Feature Film: دانه‌ی انجیر معابد Daneh Anjeer Moghadas (The Seed of the Sacred Fig), Mohammad Rasoulof,  Germany and France

Best Director: Jon M. Chu for Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Canada, Iceland and UK
Best Directorial Debut: India Donaldson for Good One, India Donaldson, USA

Best Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh for Hard Truths, Mike Leigh, UK and Spain
Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, USA

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, Halina Reijn, USA
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning in A Complete Unknown, James Mangold, USA
Best Actor: Daniel Craig in Queer, Luca Guadagnino, Italy and USA
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg, USA and Poland
Breakthrough Performance: Mikey Madison in Anora, Sean Baker, USA
Best Ensemble: Conclave, Edward Berger, UK and USA

NBR Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Canada, Iceland and UK
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor, Palestine and Norway

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu, Robert Eggers, Czech Republic and USA
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller, Australia and USA

To check winners and their top films lists go official site here.