The Critics Choice Association unveiled their nominations for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards. You can find the final nominations here:

As Cinema Debate’s lead film critic, I’m also part of the Critics Choice Association and submit my the ballot for this year’s nominees.

30th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

1. Sing Sing
2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
3. Dune Part Two
4. Nosferatu
5. Wicked

BEST ACTOR – name AND film

1. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
2. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
3. Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

BEST ACTRESS – name AND film

1. Angelina Jolie – Maria
2. Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
3. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – name AND film

1. Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
2. Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
3. Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – name AND film

1. Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
2. Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
3. Ariana Grande – Wicked

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21) – name AND film

1. Skylar Aleece Smith – The Piano Lesson
2. Izac Wang – Didi
3. Alyla Browne – Furiosa 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – film only

1. Dune: Part II
2. Nosferatu
3. Sing Sing

BEST DIRECTING – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2.The Seed of the Sacred Fig
3. The Brutalist

BEST SCREENWRITING (Original Screenplay) – film only

1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
2. A Real Pain
3. Maria

BEST SCREENWRITING (Adapted Screenplay) – film only

1. Sing Sing
2. Dune Part Two
3. Gladiator II 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Nosferatu
3. Gladiator II

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. Gladiator II

BEST EDITING – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. Nosferatu

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Nosferatu
3. Wicked

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST COMEDY

1. Wicked
2. Hit Man
3. A Different Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. The Wild Robot
2. The Glassworker
3. Flow

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
2. From Ground Zero
3. The Glassworker

BEST SONG (please list the song and film)

1. Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
2. Like a Bird – Sing Sing
3. The Rider – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

BEST SCORE – film only

1. Dune: Part Two
2. The Wild Robot
3. Wicked

YOUR NAME AND OUTLET: SHERAZ FAROOQI, CINEMA DEBATE

CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION
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