The 2024 Gold Digger Mid-Year Awards Nominations
1. Best Feature Film
The Beast (Janus Films / Sideshow) – Bertrand Bonello & Justin Taurand (Producers
Challengers (MGM / United Artists) – Luca Guadagnino & Rachel O’ Connor & Amy Pascal & Zendeya (Producers)
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (MUBI) – Radu Jude & Adrian Sitaru & Ada Solomon (Producers)
Dune Part Two (Warner Bros.) – Diala Al Raie & Gergö Balika & Cale Boyter & Amanda Confavreux & Howard Ellis & Adam Goodman & Genevieve Hofmeyr & Fuad Khallid & Tanya Lapointe & Gianluca Leurini & Robbie McAree & Patrick McCormack & Mary Parent & Dennis Villeneuve (Producers)
Evil Does Not Exist (Janus Films / Sideshow) -- Satoshi Takada (Producer)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Warner Bros) – George Miller & Doug Mitchell (Producers)
Hit Man (Netflix) – Jason Bateman & Mike Blizard & Michael Costigan & Richard Linklater & Glen Powell (Producers)
I Saw the TV Glow (A24) -- Ali Herting & Sam Intill & David McCary & Emma Stone & Sarah Winshall (Producers)
Kinds of Kindness (Searchlight Pictures) – Ed Guiney & Yorgos Lanthimos & Andrew Lowe & Kasia Malipan (Producers)
Love Lies Bleeding (A24) – Andrea Cornwell & Oliver Kassman (Producers)
2. Best Directing
Bertrand Bonello, The Beast
Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
Jane Schoebrun, I Saw the TV Glow
Dennis Villeneuve, Dune Part Two
3. Best Film Not In the English Language.
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (Romania / Luxembourg / France / Croatia) – Radu Jude & Adrian Sitaru & Ada Solomon (Producers)
Evil Does Not Exist (Japan) – Satoshi Takada (Producer)
Housekeeping for Beginners (North Macedonia / Poland / Croatia / Serbia / Kosovo) – Blerta Basholli & Marija & Dimitrova & Ankica Juric Tilic & Beata Rzeznicek (Producers)
Last Summer (France / Norway) – Saïd Ben Saïd (Producer)
Samsara (Spain) – Leire Apellaniz (Producer)
4. Best Animated Film:
Inside Out 2 – Mark Nielsen (Producer)
Kung Fu Panda 4 – Rebecca Huntley (Producer)
Mars Express – Marc Jousset & Guillaume Natas & Florent Steiner (Co-Producers)
5. Best Non-Fiction Film:
Bye Bye Tiberias – Jean-Marie Nizan (Producer)
Girls State – Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss (Producers)
I Am: Celine Dion – Julie Begey Seureau & Stacy Lorts & Tom Mackay & Irene Taylor (Producers)
Pictures of Ghosts – Emilie Lesclaux (Producer)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus – Aiko Masubichi & Takashi Numa & Eric Nyari & Norika Sky-Sora & Albert Tholen (Producers)
6. Best Directorial Debut
The First Omen – Arkasha Stevensen (Director); David S. Goyer & Keith Levine (Producers)
Janet Planet – Annie Baker (Director-Producer); Andrew Goldman & Dan Janvey & Derrick Tseng (Producers)
Monkey Man – Dev Patel (Director - Producer); Robert Beaucage & Ian Cooper & Cristine Haebler & Basil Iwanyk & Erica Lee & Anjay Nagpal & Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld & Samarth Sanhi & Jamon Thomas (Producers)
The People’s Joker – Vera Drew (Director); Joey Lyons (Producer)
Problemista Julio Torres (Director-Producer); Ali Herting & David McCary & Emma Stone (Producers)
7. Best Ensemble Cast:
Challengers
Francine Maisler (Casting Director); Darnell Appling, Alex Bancila, Doria Bramante, Nada Despotovich, Bryan Doo, Mike Faist, Nahim Garcia, Hailey Gates, Jake Jensen, A.J. Lister, Josh O’Connor, Kenneth A. Osherow, James Sylva, Zendeya (Cast)
Dune Part Two
Francine Maisler (Casting Director); Javier Bardem, David Baustista, Tara Breathnach, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Imola Gáspár, Alison Halsttead, Akiko Hitomi, Giusi Merli, Babs Olusanmokun, Florence Pugh, Charlotte Rampling, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Kait Tenison, Christopher Walken, Souhheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan, Zendeya (Cast)
Ghostlight
Alexis Jade Links, Mickie Pascal Jennifer Rudnicke (Casting Directors); Charin Alvarez, Lia Cubilete, Hanna Dworkin, Keith Kupferer, Dolly De Leon, Bradley Grant Smith, Francis Guinan, Antony Irons, Sarab Kamoo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Charlie Lubeck, Tara Mallen, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Marlene Slaughter, H. B. Ward, Alma Washington, Matthew C. Yee, Dexter Zollicoffer (Cast)
Hit Man
Vicky Boone (Casting Director); Kate Adair, Garrison Allen, Austin Amelio, Adria Arjona, Bath Bartley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Molly Bernard, Murphee Bloom, Martin Bradford, Bryant Carroll, Evan Holtzman, Stephanie Hong, Jordan Joseph, Jonas Lerway, Mike Markoff, Robert Montgomery, Glen Powell, Sanja Rao, Retta, Richard Robichaux, Morgana Shaw, KC Simms (Cast)
Kinds of Kindness
Dixie Chassey (Casting Director); Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Tessa Bourgeois, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Ja’Quan Monroe-Henderson, Jesse Plemmons, Margaret Qualley, Yorgos Stefanakos, Hunter Schafer, Emma Stone (Cast)
8. Best Leading Actress:
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Nell Tiger Free, The First Omen
Ilinca Manolache, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
Zendaya, Challengers
9. Best Leading Actor:
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
Josh O’Connor, Challengers
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
10. Best Supporting Actress:
Adria Arjona, Hit Man
Rebecca Ferguson, Dune, Part Two
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Sophie Okonedo, Janet Planet
Tilda Swinton, Problemista
11. Best Supporting Actor *** TIE ***
Javier Bardem,Dune: Part Two
Austin Butler, Dune: Part Two
Mike Faist, Challengers
Ed Harris, Love Lies Bleeding
Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Jesse Plemons, Civil War
12. Best Acting Newcomer
Pierette Abode, Mambar Pierette
Alyla Browne, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Samuel Kirchner, Last Summer
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
Zoe Ziegler, Janet Planet
13. Best Choreography (Stunts, Dance or Other):
Challengers – John Vincent Mason (Stunt Coordinators); Brad Gilbert & Kim Gilbert (Tennis Advisors); Mam Smith (Intimacy Coordinator)
Dune Part Two – Joseph Baddelem & Henry King Jr. & Domonkos Pardanyi (Stunt Coordinators); Roger Yuan (Stunt Coordinators - Fight Coordinator); Vi-Dan Tran (Fight Coordinator); Jenefer Odell (Intimacy Coordinator); Benjamin Millepied (Sandwalk Choreographer)
The Fall Guy – Keir Beck (Stunt Coordinator); Jonathan Eusebio & Sunny Sun (Fight Coordinators); Caroline Kaspar (Intimacy Coordinator);
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Guy Norris & Mark Teale & Tim Wong (Stunt Coordinators); Yasca Sinigaglia & Jacob Tomuri Karl Van Moorsel (Stunt Sequence Coordinators); Richard Norton (Fight Choreographer- Fight Coordinator); Caroline Kaspar (Intimacy Coordinator);
Monkey Man – Udeh Nans (Stunt Coordinator); Brahim Chab (Fight Choreographer);
14. Best Screenplay:
Bertrand Bonello, The Beast, adapted from the short story The Beast In the Jungle by Henry James
Jane Shoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
Julio Torres, Problemista
15. Best Cinematography
Josée Deshaies, The Beast
Đinh Duy Hung, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Creig Fraser, Dune Part Two
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Challengers
Eric Yue, I Saw the TV Glow
16. Best Editing:
Marco Costa, Challengers
Catalin Cristutiu, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Sofi Marshall, I Saw The TV Glow
Joe Walker, Dune Part Two
17. Best Production Design
The Beast – Katia Wyszkop (Production Designer); Sophie Martel & Florence Allerie (Set Dressers);
Dune Part Twoc – Patrice Vermette (Production Designers); Zsuzsanna Sipos & Shane Vieau (Set Decorators);
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson (Production Designer); Katie Sharrock (Set Decorator);
I Saw the TV Glow – Brandon Tonner-Connolly (Production Designer); Paige Mitchell (Set Decorator);
Problemista – Katie Byron (Production Designer); Kendall Anderson (Set Decorator)
18. Best Costume Design:
Jenny Beavan, Furisoa: A Mad Max Saga
Pauline Jacquard, The Beast
Megan McLaughlin, Lisa Frankenstein
Michael O’Connor, Firebrand
Jacqueline West, Dune Part Two
19. Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
The Beast – Maïna Militza (Makeup Designer); Miguel Santos (Hair Designer)
Dune: Part 2 – Love Larson & Eva Von Bahir (Prosthetics Designers); Megan Norris (Key Hairstylist); Ruth Haney (Key Makeup Artists); Kata Huszár (Crowd Hair & Makeup Supervisor)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Matteo Silvi & Luca Vannella (Personal Hair & Makeup Designers for C. Hemsworth); Larry Van Duynhoven (Prosthetics Designer); Lesley Vanderwalt (Hair & Makeup Designer)
Love Lies Bleeding – Megan Daum (Hair Department Head); Bryan Perkal (Special Makeup Effects Artists); Frieda Valenzuela (Makeup Department Head)
The People’s Joker –Jake Bennett (Prosthetics); Lane Friedmann (Wig Stylist);
20. Best Visual Effects:
Challengers – Dan Crayer & Brian Drewes & Marco Geracinato & Don Libby & Riaz Patel (Visual Effects Supervisors); John Ruggiere (Special Effects Supervisor)
Dune: Part Two – Arnaud Brisebois & Michael Grobe & Stephen James & Rhys Salcombe (Visual Effects Supervisors); Franco Galiano & Gerd Nefzer (Special Effects Supervisors)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Xavier Matia Bernasconi & Dan Bethell & Andrew Jackson & Stephen James & Giacomo Mineo & Jo Plaete Josh Simmonds & Guido Wolter (Visual Effects Supervisors); Lloyd Finnemore & Andy Williams (Special Effects Supervisors); Jabin Dickens (On-Set Special Effects Supervisor: Action Unit)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Art Bagdasaryan & Mark Gee & Sean Noel Walker & Erik Winquist (Visual Effects Supervisors); Rodney Burke (Special Effects Supervisor)
The People’s Joker – Jake Myers & Jasperi Wirtanen (Special Effects Supervisors)
21. Best Sound Mixing:
Challengers -- Craig Berkey & Paul Carter (Re-recording Mixers)
Civil War -- Howard Bargroff & Adam Scrivener & Mark Timms (Re-recording Mixers)
Dune Part 2 – Doug Hemphill (Re-recording Mixer)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga -- James Ashton & Tom Holkenborg & Robert Mackenzie & Jessica Meier & (Re-recording Mixers)
I Saw the TV Glow -- Daniel Timmons (Re-recording Mixer)
22. Best Sound Editing:
Challengers – Craig Berkey (Supervising Sound Editor)
Civil War – Glenn Freemantle (Supervising Sound Editor)
Dune Part Two -- Richard King (Supervising Sound Editor)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga -- Tom Heuzenroeder & Tara Webb (Sound Effects Editors)
Love Lies Bleeding -- Paul Davies (Supervising Sound Designer)
23. Best Original Score:
Anna Bonello & Bertrand Bonello, The Beast
Alex G, I Saw the TV Glow
Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist
Hans Zimmer, Dune Part Two
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers
24. Best Use of Music
Challengers -- Robin Urdang (Music Supervisor)
The Fall Guy -- -- Rachel Levy (Music Supervisor)
I Saw the TV Glow – Jessica Berndt & Chris Swanson (Music Supervisors); Haley Dahl & Caroline Polachek & A.G. Cook & Emily Spraque (Songwriters)
Love Lies Bleeding --- Simon Astall (Music Supervisor)
The People’s Joker – Vera Dake & Elias Gowins & Justin Krol & Quinn Scharber & Jeff Shirley (Songwriters)
Nomination Summary:
Per Film:
Dune Part Two – 16
Challengers -- 15
I Saw the TV Glow – 10
The Beast – 9
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – 9
Love Lies Bleeding -- 8
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World – 5
The People’s Joker – 5
Hit Man -- 4
Problemista – 4
Civil War -- 3
Evil Does Not Exist –3
Janet Planet -- 3
Kinds of Kindness -- 3
Last Summer -- 3
The Fall Guy – 2
The First Omen – 2
Ghostlight – 2
Monkey Man -- 2
Bye Bye Tiberias – 1
Firebrand – 1
Girls State – 1
Housekeeping for Beginners – 1
I Am: Celine Dion -- 1
Inside Out 2 – 1
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – 1
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – 1
Kung Fu Panda 4 – 1
Lisa Frankenstein – 1
Mambar Pierette – 1
Mars Express – 1
Pictures of Ghosts – 1
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus – 1
Samsara – 1
Per Studio
A24 – 28
Warner Bros. – 25
Janus Films – 16
MGM – 16
Sideshow – 15
United Artists – 15
Altered Innocence – 5
MUBI -- 5
Universal Pictures – 5
Netflix—4
20th Century Studios – 3
Searchlight Pictures – 3
Focus Features – 2
IFC Films – 2
Apple Original Films – 1
Bendita Films -- 1
GKIDS – 1
Grasshopper Films—1
Icarus Films – 1
Kino Lober -- 1
Pixar – 1
Roadside Attractions – 1
Walt Disney Pictures – 1
Women Make Movies – 1
By Country:
USA – 94
Canada – 33
France – 21
Italy -- 18
Hungary – 16
United Arab Emirates – 16
UK -- 15
Australia -- 12
Croatia -- 5
Japan --5
Luxembourg -- 5
Romania -- 5
Greece – 3
Ireland – 3
Norway – 3
Serbia --3
Singapore – 3
Belgium –2
India – 2
Poland -- 2
Spain – 2
Brazil – 1
Cameroon – 1
China -- 1
North Macedonian -- 1
Palestine --1
Quatar -- 1
Vietnam – 1