Peter Awards 2024

Best Director

Winner: RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys
Runners-up (up to three, in order): Radu Jude for Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World // Bertrand Bonello for The Beast // Victor Erice for Close Your Eyes
Other favs (alphabetical by film title): Sean Baker for Anora // Luca Guadagnino for Challengers // George Miller for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga // Mike Leigh for Hard Truths // Eduardo Williams for The Human Surge 3 // Theda Hammel for Stress Positions // Matthew Rankin for Universal Language

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winner: Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths
Runners-up: Ilinca Manolache in Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World // Deragh Campbell in Matt and Mara // Mikey Madison in Anora
Other favs: Sofía Otero in 20,000 Species of Bees // Kani Kusruti in All We Imagine as Light // Léa Seydoux in The Beast // Lily Collias in Good One // Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu // Jung Yu-mi in Sleep

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner: Manolo Solo in Close Your Eyes
Runners-up: Adrien Brody in The Brutalist // Sebastian Stan in A Different Man // Glen Powell in Hit Man
Other favs: George MacKay in The Beast // Josh O’Connor in Challengers // Hitoshi Omika in Evil Does Not Exist // Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys // Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge // Colman Domingo in Sing Sing // Raphaël Quenard in Yannick

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in Nickel Boys
Runners-up: Tilda Swinton in Problemista // Michele Austin in Hard Truths // Aubrey Plaza in Megalopolis
Other favs: Julia Faure in Coma // Alaina Clifford in Eureka // Sadie LaPointe in Eureka // Alicia Vikander in Rumours // Alison Pill in Trap // Tamsin Topolski in What You Wish For // Ariana Grande in Wicked

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Adam Pearson in A Different Man
Runners-up: Jose Coronado in Close Your Eyes // Jack Haven in I Saw the TV Glow // Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Other favs: Yura Borisov in Anora // Mark Eydelshteyn in Anora // Karren Karagulian in Anora // Austin Butler in Dune: Part Two // Jay O. Sanders in His Three Daughters // Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin in Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World by Radu Jude
Runners-up: Close Your Eyes by Victor Erice & Michel Gaztambide // Stress Positions by Theda Hammel // Coma by Bertrand Bonello
Other favs: Anora by Sean Baker // Challengers by Justin Kuritzkes // A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg // Good One by India Donaldson // Hard Truths by Mike Leigh // This Closeness by Kit Zauhar // Universal Language by Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, & Ila Firouzabadi

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: The Beast by Bertrand Bonello
Runners-up: Hit Man by Richard Linklater & Glen Powell // Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Other favs: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by George Miller & Nico Lathouris // Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar // Last Summer by Catherine Breillat & Pascal Bonitzer// Nosferatu by Robert Eggers // The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar

Best Cinematography

Winner: Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Runners-up: Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom // Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
Other favs: All We Imagine as Light – Ranabir Das // Anora – Drew Daniels // Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan // Here – Grimm Vandekerckhove // Janet Planet – Maria von Hausswolf // The Shadowless Tower – Piao Songri

Best Film Editing

Winner: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – Catalin Cristutiu
Runners-up: Anora – Sean Baker // Challengers – Marco Costa // Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
Other favs: All We Imagine as Light – Clément Pinteaux // The Beast – Anita Roth // Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel // Matt and Mara – Ajla Odobasic

Best Original Score

Winner: Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runners-up: Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi // Problemista – Robert Ouyang Rusli // A Different Man – Umberto Smerilli
Other favs: The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg // I Saw the TV Glow – Alex G // Queer – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross // The Room Next Door – Alberto Iglesias

Best Sound

Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runners-up: Civil War // Nosferatu
Other favs: The Beast // Blitz // Challengers // Chime // Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga // I Saw the TV Glow // Nickel Boys

Best Production Design and Art Direction

Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runners-up: Nosferatu // Universal Language
Other favs: The Beast // Challengers // Civil War // Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga // I Saw the TV Glow // Megalopolis // Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Best Use of Visual Effects

Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runners-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes // Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Other favs: Hundreds of Beavers // Megalopolis // Nosferatu // A Quiet Place: Day One // The Substance