The 29th Annual OFTA Film Award Nominees

Over the weekend, the Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) announced the nominees for the 29th Annual OFTA Film Awards.

Leading Nominees

Wicked leads the pack with 19 nominations. Dune: Part Two follows with 14 nominations. Anora earns 13 nominations, The Brutalist has 11, and Conclave has 10, rounding out the top five. Other big nominations include The Substance with nine, Challengers with eight, Sing Sing with seven, and The Wild Robot with six.

Unique OFTA Categories

Unlike many other film awards, the OFTA features four specialized categories:

• Best Movie Poster

• Best Movie Trailer

• Best Title Sequence

• Most Cinematic Moment

The winners will be announced on February 23rd, 2025!

So, without further ado, here is what OFTA nominated. (Review links will be included where available.)

Best Picture

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys

• A Real Pain

• Sing Sing

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best Animated Picture

• Flow

• Inside Out 2

• Memoir of a Snail

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• The Wild Robot 

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

• Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

• Mikey Madison – Anora

• Demi Moore – The Substance

• Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

• Yura Borisov – Anora

• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

• Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

• Ariana Grande – Wicked

• Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

• Margaret Qualley – The Substance

• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Youth Performance

• Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow

• Elliott Heffernan – Blitz

• Izaac Wang – Dìdi

• Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Breakthrough Performance: Male

• Jonathan Bailey – Wicked

• Yura Borisov – Anora

• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

• Adam Pearson – A Different Man

• Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys

Best Breakthrough Performance: Female

• Michele Austin – Hard Truths

• Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown

• Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu

• Mikey Madison – Anora

• Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2

• Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One

• Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot

• Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot

• Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2

Best Ensemble

• Anora

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Sing Sing

• Wicked

Best Casting

• Anora

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best Director

• Sean Baker – Anora

• Jon M. Chu – Wicked

• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Feature Debut

• Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour

• Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

• Dev Patel – Monkey Man

• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

• Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Best Original Screenplay

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• A Real Pain

• The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys

• Sing Sing

• Wicked

Best Foreign Language Film

• All We Imagine as Light

• Emilia Pérez

• Flow

• I’m Still Here

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

• Black Box Diaries

• Daughters

• Sugarcane

• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

• Will & Harper

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

• Compress/Repress – Challengers

• Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot

• Like a Bird – Sing Sing

• El Mal – Emilia Pérez

• Sick in the Head – Kneecap

Best Adapted Song

• Defying Gravity – Wicked

• Greatest Day – Anora

• Like a Prayer – Deadpool & Wolverine

• Like a Rolling Stone – A Complete Unknown

• Popular – Wicked

Best Film Editing

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Best Production Design

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Best Costume Design

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Gladiator II

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Best Makeup and Hair

• A Different Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best Sound

• A Complete Unknown

• Dune: Part Two

• The Substance

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Best Sound Effects

• Alien: Romulus

• Deadpool & Wolverine

• Dune: Part Two

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Wicked

Best Visual Effects

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Wicked

Best Stunt Coordination

• Deadpool & Wolverine

• Dune: Part Two

• The Fall Guy

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Gladiator II

Best Titles Sequence

• Anora (Opening)

• The Brutalist (Opening)

• Challengers (Opening)

• Deadpool & Wolverine (Opening)

• Wicked (Opening)

Most Cinematic Moment

• Anora – End Scene

• Challengers – Match Point

• Civil War – What Kind of American Are You?

• The Substance – New Year’s Eve

• Wicked – Defying Gravity

Best Movie Trailer

• The Brutalist, Trailer #2

• Conclave, Trailer #1

• Longlegs, Trailer #1

• The Substance, Trailer #1

• Wicked, Trailer #1

Best Movie Poster

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• The Brutalist, Poster #2

• Challengers, Poster #1

• I Saw the TV Glow, Poster #1

• Saturday Night, Poster #3

• Wicked, Poster #2

My Thoughts

I’ll keep this brief, but I want to share my thoughts on the nominees. Having been a voting member of OFTA for the past three years, I can say that we often go against the grain with our awards picks while still allowing for big blockbusters to shine.

Identifying a standout, a surprise, or a snub is challenging since I anticipated most of these nominations. However, I was shocked by the performances of three films: Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked.

With Deadpool & Wolverine, I predicted it would either perform exceptionally well or poorly. Ultimately, it received nominations for Best Adapted Song, Best Sound Effects, Best Stunt Coordination, and Best Titles Sequence, placing it in the middle of the pack. So, this film seems to resonate with some, but not everyone, which I find interesting.

Regarding Emilia Pérez, I expected it to perform much better, especially considering it received 129 nominations throughout the awards season. Surprisingly, the film only garnered three nominations: Zoe Saldaña for Best Supporting Actress, Best Foreign Language Film, and El Mal for Best Original Song. This underperformance was unexpected.

Lastly, I was surprised to see Wicked nominated in over half of the categories, totaling 19 nominations. Not because it isn’t a good movie—because it is—but I was skeptical about how my fellow OFTA members would respond. Regardless, I’m pleased with the outcome, even though films like Anora or The Brutalist could have been more fitting nominees in their place.

Those are my thoughts on the nominees. If you’d like to see what I nominated, my nominee ballot is live now on my Patreon for members at $3 and above. If you’ll excuse me, I have about 20 films to watch before casting my final ballot on February 19th, which will also be available for Patreon members at $3 and above.

What Do You Think?

What do you think of the nominees? What have you seen? What haven't you seen? What do you think got snubbed? Let me know in the comments below!

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