09/12/2024 - Jacques Audiard’s film is vying for ten statuettes; The Brutalist, Conclave and The Substance follow on its heels

It doesn’t happen very often that a 100% European film leads the nominations for the Golden Globes, but this year, Emilia Pérez [+see also:
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Hot on its heels is a European co-production: Brady Corbet’s US-British-Hungarian title The Brutalist [+see also:
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interview: Edward Berger
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Another European surprise is the love shown for Coralie Fargeat‘s The Substance [+see also:
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No less of a surprise are the two nominations for the Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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With four nominations, we find Jesse Eisenberg’s US-Polish title A Real Pain [+see also:
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The remainder of the European presence in the film categories includes animated film Flow [+see also:
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
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interview: Magnus von Horn
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interview: Mohammad Rasoulof
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The series categories include some UK (co-)productions such as Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer and Alfonso Cuarón's Disclaimer [+see also:
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Here is the list of nominees:

Films

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Brutalist [+see also:
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A Complete Unknown – James Mangold (USA)
Conclave [+see also:
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Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve (USA)
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross (USA)
September 5 [+see also:
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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Anora – Sean Baker (USA)
Challengers [+see also:
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Emilia Pérez [+see also:
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A Real Pain [+see also:
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The Substance [+see also:
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interview: Coralie Fargeat
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Wicked – Jon M Chu (USA)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
The Girl With the Needle [+see also:
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interview: Magnus von Horn
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I’m Still Here [+see also:
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig [+see also:
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interview: Mohammad Rasoulof
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Vermiglio [+see also:
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interview: Maura Delpero
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Best Motion Picture – Animated
Flow [+see also:
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
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Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann (USA)
Memoir of a Snail – Adam Elliot (Australia)
Moana 2 - David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller (USA)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham (UK)
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders (USA)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker - Anora
Edward Berger - Conclave
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine as Light

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl (USA)
Angelina Jolie - Maria [+see also:
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Nicole Kidman - Babygirl (USA)
Tilda Swinton - The Room Next Door [+see also:
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Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here
Kate Winslet - Lee (UK)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig - Queer [+see also:
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Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice [+see also:
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Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams - Nightbitch (USA)
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Zendaya - Challengers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain
Hugh Grant - Heretic (USA/Canada)
Gabriel LaBelle - Saturday Night (USA)
Jesse Plemons - Kinds of Kindness [+see also:
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Glen Powell - Hit Man (USA)
Sebastian Stan - A Different Man (USA)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley - The Substance
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Yuri Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Denzel Washington - Gladiator II

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Conclave - Peter Straughan

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers
Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Beautiful That Way” - The Last Showgirl (Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, Andrew Wyatt)
“Compress/Repress” - Challengers
“El Mal” - Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard)
“Forbidden Road” - Better Man (Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek)
“Kiss the Sky” - The Wild Robot (Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson)
“Mi Camino” - Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Alien: Romulus – Fede Álvarez (USA)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Tim Burton (USA)
Deadpool & Wolverine – Shawn Levy (USA)
Gladiator II – Ridley Scott
Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann
Twisters – Lee Isaac Chung
Wicked – Jon M Chu
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders

Series

Best Television Series – Drama
The Day of the Jackal (UK)
The Diplomat (USA)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (USA)
Shogun (USA)
Slow Horses (UK/USA)
Squid Game (South Korea)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary (USA)
The Bear (USA)
The Gentlemen (USA)
Hacks (USA)
Nobody Wants This (USA)
Only Murders in the Building (USA)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Baby Reindeer (UK)
Disclaimer [+see also:
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (USA)
The Penguin (USA)
Ripley (USA)
True Detective: Night Country (USA)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kathy Bates - Matlock (USA)
Emma D’Arcy - House of the Dragon (USA)
Maya Erskine - Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley - Black Doves (UK)
Keri Russell - The Diplomat
Anna Sawai - Shōgun

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Donald Glover - Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal - Presumed Innocent (USA)
Gary Oldman - Wild Horses
Eddie Redmayne - The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada - Shogun
Billy Bob Thornton - Landman (USA)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
Selena Gomez - Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn - Agatha All Along (USA)
Jean Smart - Hacks

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson - A Man on the Inside (USA)
Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel - Shrinking (USA)
Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
Jodie Foster - True Detective: Night Country
Cristin Milioti - The Penguin
Sofía Vergara - Griselda (USA)
Naomi Watts - Feud: Capote vs. the Swans (USA)
Kate Winslet - The Regime (UK/USA)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Colin Farrell - The Penguin
Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline - Disclaimer
Cooper Koch - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan McGregor - A Gentleman in Moscow (UK)
Andrew Scott - Ripley

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Liza Colón-Zayas - The Bear
Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
Dakota Fanning - Ripley
Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer
Allison Janney - The Diplomat
Kali Reis - True Detective: Night Country

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Tadanobu Asano - Shōgun
Javier Bardem - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford - Shrinking
Jack Lowden - Slow Horses
Diego Luna - La Máquina (USA/Mexico)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach - The Bear

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was (USA)
Nikki Glazer: Someday You’ll Die (USA)
Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking (USA)
Adam Sandler: Love You (USA)
Ali Wong: Single Lady (USA)
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (USA)