WICKED, EMILIA PEREZ, SING SING, & More Garner Nominations for 2024 AWFJ EDA Awards

Following THE GOLDEN GLOBES and Critics Choice nominations, Wicked continues to be recognized across multiple categories by other groups as well. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has nominated the movie for four EDA Awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo), Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director, and Best Cinematography. 

Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez, the Spanish-language musical, grabbed 8 nods, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez) is among those vying for the award for Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance. Theatre drama Sing Sing also garnered nominations for Best Film and Best Actors for Colman Domingo and CLARENCE Maclin, among others. Take a look at the full list of awards below!

2024 EDA Awards Nominations

BEST FILM 

• ANORA
• CONCLAVE
• EMILIA PEREZ
• NICKEL BOYS
• SING SING
• THE BRUTALIST
• THE SUBSTANCE
• WICKED

BEST DIRECTOR

• JACQUES AUDIARD - EMILIA PEREZ
• SEAN BAKER - ANORA
• EDWARD BERGER - CONCLAVE
• BRADY CORBET - THE BRUTALIST
• CORALIE FARGEAT - THE SUBSTANCE
• PAYAL KAPADIA - ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

BEST SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT - PAYAL KAPADIA
• ANORA - SEAN BAKER
• A REAL PAIN - JESSE EISENBERG
• HARD TRUTHS - MIKE LEIGH
• THE SUBSTANCE - CORALIE FARGEAT
• THE BRUTALIST - BRADY CORBET AND MONA FASTVOLD

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED

• CONCLAVE - PETER STRAUGHAN, ROBERT HARRIS
• EMILIA PEREZ - JACQUES AUDIARD, THOMAS BIDEGAIN, LEA MYSIUS
• NICKEL BOYS - RaMell ROSS, JOSLYN BARNES, COLSON WHITEHEAD
• NOSFERATU - ROBERT EGGERS
• SING SING - JOHN H. RICHARDSON, BRENT BUELL, CLINT BENTLEY
• THE WILD ROBOT - CHRIS SANDERS, PETER BROWN

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• BLACK BOX DIARIES - SHIDORI ITO
• DAHOMEY - MATI DIOP
• DAUGHTERS - ANGELA PATTON, NATALIE RAE
• THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN - SUE KIM
• SUGARCANE - EMILY KASSIE, JASON BRAVE NOISECAT
• WILL & HARPER - JOSH GREENBAUM

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• FLOW
• HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
• INSIDE OUT 2
• MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
• THE WILD ROBOT
• WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

BEST ACTRESS 

• CYNTHIA ERIVO - WICKED
• KARLA SOFIA GASCON - EMILIA PEREZ
• MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE - HARD TRUTHS
• MIKEY MADISON - ANORA
• DEMI MOORE - THE SUBSTANCE
• JUNE SQUIBB - THEMA

BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING 

• JOAN CHEN - DIDI
• DANIELLE DEADWYLER - THE PIANO LESSON
• AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR - NICKEL BOYS
• MARGARET QUALLEY - THE SUBSTANCE
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI - CONCLAVE
• ZOE SALDANA - EMILIA PEREZ

BEST ACTOR 

• ADRIEN BRODY - THE BRUTALIST
• DANIEL CRAIG - QUEER
• COLMAN DOMINGO - SING SING
• RALPH FIENNES - CONCLAVE
• HUGH GRANT - HERETIC
• SEBASTIAN STAN - THE APPRENTICE

BEST ACTOR, SUPPORTING 

• YURA BORISOV - ANORA
• KIERAN CULKIN - A REAL PAIN
• CLARENCE MACLIN - SING SING
• GUY PEARCE - THE BRUTALIST
• STANLEY TUCCI - CONCLAVE
• DENZEL WASHNGTON - GLADIATOR II

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST AND CASTING DIRECTOR

• ANORA
• CHALLENGERS
• CONCLAVE
• EMILIA PEREZ
• SATURDAY NIGHT
• WICKED

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• CONCLAVE
• DUNE II
• NICKEL BOYS
• NOSFERATU
• THE BRUTALIST
• WICKED

BEST EDITING

• ANORA
• CONCLAVE
• EMILIA PEREZ
• FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
• THE BRUTALIST
• THE SUBSTANCE

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
• DAHOMEY
• EMILIA PEREZ
• FLOW
• LA CHIMERA
• THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR 

• ANDREA ARNOLD - BIRD
• GIA COPPOLA – THE LAST SHOWGIRL
• CORALIE FARGEAT - THE SUBSTANCE
• PAYAL KAPADIA - ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
• MEGAN PARK - MY OLD ASS
• ALICE ROHRWACHER - LA CHIMERA

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER 

• ANDREA ARNOLD - BIRD
• CORALIE FARGEAT - THE SUBSTANCE
• PAYAL KAPADIA - ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
• MEGAN PARK - MY OLD ASS
• ALICE ROHRWACHER - LA CHIMERA
• ERICA TREMBLAY, MICIANA ALISE - FANCY DANCE

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST ANIMATED/VOICED PERFORMANCE

• AYO EDEBIRI - INSIDE OUT 2
• MAYA HAWKE - INSIDE OUT 2
• LUPITA NYONG'O - THE WILD ROBOT
• AMY POEHLER - INSIDE OUT 2
• SARAH SNOOK - MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
• JACKI WEAVER - MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST WOMEN'S BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• NYKIYA ADAMS - BIRD
• KARLA SOFIA GASCON - EMILIA PEREZ
• MIKEY MADISON - ANORA
• KATY O'BRIAN - LOVE LIES BLEEDING
• JUNE SQUIBB - THELMA
• MAISY STELLA - MY OLD ASS

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST STUNT PERFORMANCE 

• NIKKI BERWICK - STUNT COORDINATOR, GLADIATOR II
• ALEX JAY (for ZENDAYA) - DUNE II
• HAYLEY WRIGHT (for ANYA TAYLOR-JOY) - FURIOSA
• KATY O'BRIAN - LOVE LIES BLEEDING
• CAILEE SPAENY - ALIEN ROMULUS
• JUNE SQUIBB – THELMA

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

Since 2006, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has presented annual EDA Awards, representing professional women critics' collective perspectives on movies and cinema culture in the movie awards arena, where female critics and critical opinion are still greatly underrepresented. AWFJ honors female creatives in non-gender specific awards categories and in unique Female Focus categories designated for women only.  

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ) is a not-for-profit professional association of highly qualified female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women – both in front of and behind the cameras – through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies. AWFJ was founded in 2006 by Jennifer Merin, Maitland McDonagh, Joanna Langfield and Jenny Halper. In addition to the year end awards, AWFJ presents EDA Awards at partner festivals, keeps an active and interactive record of fiction feature and documentary films by and/or about women, and/or are of particular interest to women because they focus on women’s issues. 

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas