The nominees for the 6th Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards have been announced!
Last month, the SAW team submitted nominees for the best films of 2024. A lot of films and performances were submitted, but at the end of the day, there can only be five nominees per category (and 10 for Best Picture, Best Character, and Best Moment).
Any 2024 movie released on streaming, television, or in theaters was eligible as long as the film was widely released by mid-January 2025 (to take into consideration late-December limited releases). That means that we have declared films like The Brutalist and Nickel Boys as 2025 releases and they will be eligible for next year’s SAWards.
With all that out of the way, here are your nominees…
Best Picture
- Anora
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Nosferatu
- Rebel Ridge
- The Substance
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Animated Film
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Transformers One
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Most Overlooked Film
- Caddo Lake
- Ghostlight
- Kill
- Look Back
- Red Rooms
Best Director
- Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
- Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding
- Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Breakout Film Direction
- Arkasha Stevenson – The First Omen
- Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
- Zelda Williams – Lisa Frankenstein
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man
- JT Mollner – Strange Darling
Best Actor
- Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
- Josh O’Connor – Challengers
- Timothee Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
- Hugh Grant – Heretic
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Best Actress
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- June Squibb – Thelma
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Best Supporting Actor
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Austin Butler – Dune: Part Two
- Bill Skarsgard – Nosferatu
- Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress
- Rebecca Ferguson – Dune: Part Two
- Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
- AnnaSophia Robb – Rebel Ridge
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
Best Breakout Film Performance
- Adam Pearson – A Different Man
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
- Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
- Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge
Best Onscreen Ensemble
- Abigail
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Saturday Night
Best Character
- Andy (David Jonsson) – Alien: Romulus
- Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) – Deadpool & Wolverine
- Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) – Dune: Part Two
- Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Reed (Hugh Grant) – Heretic
- Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) – Lisa Frankenstein
- Dale Kobble/Longlegs (Nicolas Cage) – Longlegs
- Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) – Nosferatu
- Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) – Rebel Ridge
- Glinda (Ariana Grande) – Wicked
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Sing Sing
- The Wild Robot
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- Challengers
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Rebel Ridge
- The Substance
Best Cinematography
- Challengers
- Civil War
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Best Score
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Dune: Part Two
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The Substance
Best Moment
- Final Tennis Match – Challengers
- What Kind of American Are You? – Civil War
- Wolverine’s Minivan Rant – Deadpool & Wolverine
- Paul Rides the Sandworm – Dune: Part Two
- Religion Is Just Another Iteration – Heretic
- The Trial – Hundreds of Beavers
- Meeting Count Orlok – Nosferatu
- Kelly-Anne’s Courtroom Transformation – Red Rooms
- Elisabeth Gets Ready for Her Date – The Substance
- Defying Gravity – Wicked
Dune: Part Two and Nosferatu were the most nominated films this year with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively. The Substance took third place with 9 nominations, followed by Challengers with 7 nominations. Anora, Rebel Ridge, and Wicked rounded out the top five (or seven in this case) with 5 nominations each.
Here’s how the nominations broke down for the rest of the films:
- 4 – Hundreds of Beavers and Love Lies Bleeding
- 3 – Heretic, Sing Sing, and The Wild Robot
- 2 – A Different Man, Alien: Romulus, Civil War, Conclave, Deadpool & Wolverine, I Saw the TV Glow, Lisa Frankenstein, and Red Rooms
- 1 – A Real Pain, Abigail, Caddo Lake, The First Omen, Flow, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Ghostlight, Inside Out 2, Kill, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Longlegs, Look Back, Monkey Man, Saturday Night, Strange Darling, Thelma, Transformers One, and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
A shout-out should also be given to Yura Borisov, Katy O’Brian, and Lily-Rose Depp for each snagging two acting nominations.
Voting is open to everyone until the end of February 28, 2025.
To access the voting slip for the 2025 SAWards, CLICK HERE.
The winners will be announced on Sunday, March 2, 2025, on our socials, with a post going up on the site shortly thereafter.
Let us know in the comments who you hope wins. Please feel free to share the voting slip with your family and friends, and on social media! Let’s blow this up!
Happy voting, screenagers!
