The 29th Annual OFTA Film Award Winners

On February 23rd, the Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) announced the 29th Annual OFTA Film Awards winners.

Leading Winners

Anora took home the top honor, joining the ranks of films like The English Patient, Traffic, The Hurt Locker, and The Artist, which won Best Picture while collecting only a few additional awards. Anora also snagged both Breakthrough Performance awards – Male for Yura Borisov and Female for Mikey Madison. Meanwhile, The Substance emerged as the most decorated film of the night with five awards: Best Actress (Demi Moore), Best Supporting Actress (Margaret Qualley), Casting, Original Screenplay, and Makeup & Hairstyling. Films like The Brutalist, Challengers, Dune: Part Two, The Wild Robot, and Wicked weren't far behind, each grabbing three honors.

So, without further ado, here is what won at the 29th OFTA Film Awards. (Review links will be included where available.)

Best Picture

• Anora (winner)

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys

• A Real Pain

• Sing Sing

• The Substance (runner-up)

• Wicked

Best Animated Picture

• Flow (winner)

• Inside Out 2

• Memoir of a Snail

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• The Wild Robot (runner-up)

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (winner)

• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (runner-up)

• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

• Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

• Mikey Madison – Anora (runner-up)

• Demi Moore – The Substance (winner)

• Fernanda Torres – I'm Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

• Yura Borisov – Anora

• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (winner)

• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing (runner-up)

• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

• Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

• Ariana Grande – Wicked (runner-up)

• Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

• Margaret Qualley – The Substance (winner)

• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Youth Performance

• Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (runner-up)

• Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow

• Elliott Heffernan – Blitz

• Izaac Wang – Dìdi (winner)

• Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Breakthrough Performance: Male

• Jonathan Bailey – Wicked (runner-up)

• Yura Borisov – Anora (winner)

• 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 (runner-up)

• Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu

• Mikey Madison – Anora (winner)

• Katy O'Brian – Love Lies Bleeding

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 (runner-up)

• Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One

• Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot (winner)

• Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot

• Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2

Best Ensemble

• Anora

• Conclave (winner)

• Dune: Part Two

• Sing Sing

• Wicked (runner-up)

Best Casting

• Anora

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• The Substance (winner)

• Wicked (runner-up)

Best Director

• Sean Baker – Anora

• Jon M. Chu – Wicked

• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (winner)

• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (runner-up)

• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Feature Debut

• Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour

• Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers (runner-up)

• Dev Patel – Monkey Man

• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys (winner)

• Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Best Original Screenplay

• Anora (runner-up)

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• A Real Pain

• The Substance (winner)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Conclave (winner)

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys (runner-up)

• Sing Sing

• Wicked

Best Foreign Language Film

• All We Imagine as Light (runner-up)

• Emilia Pérez

• Flow

• I'm Still Here (winner)

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

• Black Box Diaries

• Daughters

• Sugarcane

• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (winner)

• Will & Harper (runner-up)

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist (runner-up)

• Challengers (winner)

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

• Compress/Repress – Challengers (runner-up)

• Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot (winner)

• Like a Bird – Sing Sing

• El Mal – Emilia Pérez

• Sick in the Head – Kneecap

Best Adapted Song

• Defying Gravity – Wicked (winner)

• Greatest Day – Anora

• Like a Prayer – Deadpool & Wolverine (runner-up)

• Like a Rolling Stone – A Complete Unknown

• Popular – Wicked

Best Film Editing

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers (winner)

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two (runner-up)

Best Cinematography

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Nickel Boys (runner-up)

• Nosferatu (winner)

• Wicked

Best Production Design

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu (runner-up)

• Wicked (winner)

Best Costume Design

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Gladiator II

• Nosferatu (runner-up)

• Wicked (winner)

Best Makeup and Hair

• A Different Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu (runner-up)

• The Substance (winner)

• Wicked

Best Sound

• A Complete Unknown

• Dune: Part Two (winner)

• The Substance (runner-up)

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Best Sound Effects

• Alien: Romulus (runner-up)

• Deadpool & Wolverine

• Dune: Part Two (winner)

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Wicked

Best Visual Effects

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Dune: Part Two (winner)

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (runner-up)

• Wicked

Best Stunt Coordination

• Deadpool & Wolverine

• Dune: Part Two

• The Fall Guy (winner)

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (runner-up)

• Gladiator II

Best Titles Sequence

• Anora (Opening)

• The Brutalist (Opening) (winner)

• Challengers (Opening)

• Deadpool & Wolverine (Opening) (runner-up)

• Wicked (Opening)

Most Cinematic Moment

• Anora – End Scene

• Challengers – Match Point (winner)

• Civil War – What Kind of American Are You?

• The Substance – New Year's Eve (runner-up)

• Wicked – Defying Gravity (runner-up)

Best Movie Trailer

• The Brutalist, Trailer #2

• Conclave, Trailer #1

• Longlegs, Trailer #1 (winner)

• The Substance, Trailer #1

• Wicked, Trailer #1 (runner-up)

Best Movie Poster

• The Brutalist, Poster #2

• Challengers, Poster #1 (winner)

• I Saw the TV Glow, Poster #1

• Saturday Night, Poster #3

• Wicked, Poster #2 (runner-up)

My Thoughts

As a member of OFTA since January 2021, I am always intrigued to see how the winners reflect and defy my expectations. Anora's Best Picture win, as well as its dual Breakthrough Performance awards, cements it as the film you need to see from 2024. On the other hand, The Substance's near-sweep of five of its nine nominations highlights how much the film resonated with my fellow critics.

It's also worth noting the technical feats that were recognized, from the cinematography in Nosferatu to the innovative title sequence in The Brutalist. Last but certainly not least, I was surprised that despite being the most nominated films, Wicked and Dune: Part Two only came away with three awards.

What Do You Think?

What do you think of the winners? 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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