THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

The National Board of Review hosted their annual Awards Gala on Tuesday, January 7 at Cipriani 42nd Street. Attendees included: host Willie Geist along with 2024 NBR honorees:

• Best Film: Wicked (Jon M. Chu, Marc Platt, David Stone)
• Best Director: Jon M. Chu, Wicked
• Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Queer
• Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
• Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, A Complete Unknown
• NBR Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Breakthrough Performance: Mikey Madison, Anora
• Best Directorial Debut: India Donaldson, Good One
• Best Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Hard Truths
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
• Best Ensemble: Conclave (Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow)
• Best Documentary: Sugarcane (Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat)
• Best International Film: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Mohammad Rasoulof)
• Best Animated Feature: Flow (Gints Zilbalodis)
• Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
• NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, No Other Land (Fabien Greenberg)
• Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Karl Von Moorsel)

Presenters included: Christine Baranski, Dan Cogan, Sofia Coppola, Robert Eggers, Jesse Eisenberg, Liz Garbus, Luca Gaudagnino, Carol Kane, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Craig Melvin, Arian Moayed, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Drew Starkey, Michelle Yeoh and others.

The National Board of Review’s awards celebrate the art of cinema, with categories that include Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Performance, Best Directorial Debut, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, and Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry.  For a full list of the 2024 National Board of Review Honorees please visit: www.nationalboardofreview.org.

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

Since 1909, the National Board of Review has dedicated its efforts to the support of cinema as both art and entertainment. Each year, this select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals and academics participates in illuminating discussions with directors, actors, producers and screenwriters before announcing their selections for the best work of the year.  Since first citing year-end cinematic achievements in 1929, NBR has recognized a vast selection of outstanding studio, independent, foreign-language, animated and documentary films, often propelling recipients such as Peter Farrelly’s Green Book and George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road into the larger awards conversation. In addition, one of the organization’s core values is identifying new talent and nurturing young filmmakers by awarding promising talent with Directorial Debut and Breakthrough Performance awards as well as grants to rising film students. With its continued efforts to assist up-and-coming artists in completing and presenting their work, NBR honors its commitment to not just identifying the best that current cinema has to offer but also ensuring the quality of films for future generations to come.

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