Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations 2024

The Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) has announced its Best Picture nominations for 2024. The Brutalist leads with 12, followed by Nosferatu with 10 then Conclave And The bottom with nine each.

Lady Gaga is nominated for Best Actress for Joker: Folie à Deux, the first mention of the actress this season. Sony Madame Web is nominated for Best Comic Book Movie and Worst Movie of 2024.

The winners will be announced on January 13. Here is the full list of nominations.

BEST PHOTO
The Brutalist
Civil war
Conclave
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat – The substance

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A complete unknown
Coleman Domingo – Chante Chante
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Night female dog
Cynthia Erivo – Villain
Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
Mikey Madison-Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A real pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pierce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro – A total unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabelle Rossellini – Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Civil war
A real pain
The bottom

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A complete stranger
Conclave
Dune: part two
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

BEST EDITION
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: part two
Emilie Pérez
Nosferatu

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: part two
Nosferatu

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Brutalist
Dune: part two
Nosferatu
The bottom
Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beetle juice Beetle juice
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Memory of a snail
Transformers One
The wild robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The beach boys
Kids
Sugar cane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will and Harper

BEST MAKEUP
Beetle juice Beetle juice
Emilie Pérez
Nosferatu
The bottom
Wicked

BEST SOUND
A complete stranger
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The bottom
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: part two
Emilie Pérez

BEST SONG
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
“Beautiful that way” – The Last Showgirl
“Beyond” – Moana 2
“We’re Back” – Moana 2
“Like a bird” – Chante Chante

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: part two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Gladiator II
Twists
Wicked

BEST WATERFALL
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dune: part two
The fall guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max saga
Gladiator II

BEST NEW CINEMA
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Anna Kendrick – Woman of the hour
Zoe Kravitz – Blink Twice
Rachel Morrison – The Fire Within
Dev Patel – Ape Man

BEST FIRST FILM
Blink twice
The fire inside
The first omen
Monkey Man
Woman of the hour

THE BEST UNBLOKED MOVIE
Hitman
Juror #2
Knox leaves
Megalopolis
Rebel Crest

BETTER VOICE/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Auli’i Cravalho – Moana 2
Jacki Weaver – Memory of a Snail

BEST HORROR FILM
The first omen
Heretic
Nosferatu
Singularity
The bottom

BEST COMIC MOVIE
Deadpool and Wolverine
Joker: Folie à Deux
Madame Web
The People’s Joker
Venom: The Last Dance

BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
Extraterrestrial: Romulus
Dune: part two
Furiosa: A Mad Max saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The bottom

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Everything we imagine as light
Emilie Pérez
I’m still here
The seed of the sacred fig
The Three Musketeers: Milady

BEST HAWAIIAN MOVIE
At his feet, real. Nadya Wynd (Big Island)
Chaperone, dir. Zoé Eisenberg (Grande Île)
The decade of the dead, dir. Adam Deyoe, Fairai Branscombe Richmond (Oahu)
A million dollars, real. Stefan C. Schaefer (Maui)
The Queen’s Flowers, dir. Ciara Lacy (Oahu)

THE WORST MOVIE OF 2024
Argyle
Borderlands
Here
Madame Web
Night swimming

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and editor-in-chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Oscars since it was in the single digits; make lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him to become obsessed with awards. Much later, he found himself at film school and the GoldDerby film forums, then migrated to the now-defunct Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking away to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics ( GALECA), from Hollywood. Critics Association (HCA) and International Press Academy. Among his many goals achieved with AwardsWatch, he gave a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and gave them access to film festivals and the industry. He considers the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

Latest articles from Erik Anderson (see all)