In a landmark transfer for the trade, the Critics Alternative Affiliation has launched its first-ever Beneath-the-Line Awards classes lastly giving formal recognition to the craftspeople whose work shapes the artistry, texture, and emotional affect of cinema. From manufacturing design to sound, modifying to stunt design, these classes highlight the behind-the-scenes excellence that too typically goes uncelebrated.
And of their debut 12 months, one movie stands decisively above the remaining: Warner Bros.’ Sinners, which earned the best variety of nominations throughout the Beneath-the-Line slate. That is for the awards shortlists and never last nominations.
Sinners emerges as this 12 months’s below-the-line juggernaut, securing nominations in almost each eligible class. The movie’s recognition speaks to its complete technical achievement—from the look of the world, to the way it’s shot, lower, costumed, and scored.
Key nominations embody:
- Casting & Ensemble: Francine Maisler
- Manufacturing Design: Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
- Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Costume Design: Ruth E. Carter
- Modifying: Michael P. Shawver
- Hair and Make-up: Sinners – Warner Bros.
- Sound: Sinners – Warner Bros.
- Visible Results: Sinners – Warner Bros.
- Authentic Rating: Ludwig Göransson
- Authentic Tune: Three nominations – “I Lied to You,” “Final Time (I Seen the Solar),” and “Pale, Pale Moon”
- Stunt Design: Sinners – Warner Bros.
Listed here are all the nominations under:
Casting and Ensemble
Susanne Scheel — A Home of Dynamite – Netflix
Nina Gold – Hamnet – Focus Options
Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold — Jay Kelly – Netflix
Jennifer Venditti — Marty Supreme – A24
TBA — No Different Alternative – Neon
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Kei Kawamura and Yumi Takada — Rental Household – Searchlight Photos
Francine Maisler – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Wealthy Delia — The Lengthy Stroll – Lionsgate
Rebecca Dealy — The Plague – IFC
Gabriel Domingues — The Secret Agent – Neon
Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey — Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Manufacturing Design
Jeremy Hindle and David Schlesinger — A Home of Dynamite
Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley, Reynan Castro Del Rosario, Andrew McCarthy and Véronique Melery — F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis — The Improbable 4: First Steps – Marvel Studios
Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau – Frankenstein – Netflix
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton – Hamnet – Focus Options
Cara Brower and Stella Fox – Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis — Marty Supreme – A24
Ryu Seong-hie — No Different Alternative – Neon
Inbal Weinberg and Kendall Anderson – Roofman – Paramount Photos
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen and Catrine Gormsen — Sentimental Worth – Neon
Hannah Bleachler and Monique Champagne – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales — Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle — 28 Years Later – Sony Photos
Claudio Miranda — F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Dan Laustsen — Frankenstein – Netflix
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet – Focus Options
Linus Sandgren — Jay Kelly – Netflix
Darius Khondji — Marty Supreme – A24
Kim Woo-hyung — No Different Alternative – Neon
David Chambille — Nouvelle Obscure – Netflix
Michael Bauman — One Battle After One other – Warner Bros
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Steven Breckon — The Plague – IFC
Adolpho Veloso — Prepare Goals – Netflix
Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne — The Improbable 4: First Steps – Marvel Studios
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein – Netflix
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet – Focus Options
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios
Colleen Atwood — Kiss of the Spider Girl – Lionsgate/Roadside Points of interest
Miyako Bellizzi — Marty Supreme – A24
Colleen Atwood — One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Ernesto Martinez — Tune Sung Blue – Focus Options
Rita Azevedo — The Secret Agent – Neon
Malgorzata Karpiuk — The Testomony of Ann Lee – Searchlight Photos
Paul Tazewell — Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Modifying
Kirk Baxter — A Home of Dynamite – Netflix
Stephen Mirrione — F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Evan Schiff – Frankenstein – Netflix
Chloé Zhao and Affonso Gonçalves – Hamnet – Focus Options
Amir Etminan — It Was Simply an Accident – Neon
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme – A24
Kim Sang-bum — No Different Alternative – Neon
Andy Jurgensen — One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Viridiana Lieberman — The Good Neighbor – Netflix
Bob Ducsay — Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller – Netflix
Joe Murphy – Weapons – Warner Bros.
Hair and Make-up
28 Years Later – Sony Photos
Bugonia – Focus Options
Frankenstein — Netflix
Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios
Kiss of the Spider Girl – Lionsgate/Roadside Points of interest
Kokuho – Gkids
Sinners – Warner Bros.
Superman – Warner Bros.
The Smashing Machine – A24
The Ugly Stepsister – IFC
Weapons – Warner Bros.
Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Sound
A Home of Dynamite – Netflix
F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Frankenstein – Netflix
Hamnet – Focus Options
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – A24
One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Sinners – Warner Bros.
Sirāt – Neon
Superman – Warner Bros.
The Misplaced Bus – Apple Authentic Movies
Warfare – A24
Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Visible Results
F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
The Improbable 4: First Steps – Warner Bros.
Frankenstein – Netflix
Tips on how to Prepare Your Dragon – Common Photos
Mickey 17 – Warner Bros.
Mission: Unimaginable – The Closing Reckoning – Paramount Photos
Predator: Badlands – twentieth Century Studios
Sinners – Warner Bros.
Sketch – Angel
Superman – Warner Bros.
Tron: Ares – Walt Disney Photos
Depraved: For Good
Authentic Rating
Volker Bertlemann — A Home of Dynamite – Netflix
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia – Focus Options
Hans Zimmer — F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein – Netflix
Max Richter – Hamnet – Focus Options
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios
Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme – A24
Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners – Warner Bros.
Kangding Ray – Sirāt – Neon
Johan Lenox — The Plague – IFC
9 Inch Nails — Tron: Ares – Walt Disney Photos
Authentic Tune
Clothed by the Solar – The Testomony of Ann Lee – Searchlight Photos
Expensive Me – Diane Warren: Relentless – Greenwich Leisure
Drive – F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Lose My Thoughts – F1 – Apple Authentic Movies
Golden – KPop Demon Hunters – Netflix
Highest 2 Lowest – Highest 2 Lowest – A24/Apple Authentic Movies
I Lied to You – Sinners – Warner Bros
Final Time (I Seen the Solar) – Sinners – Warner Bros
Pale, Pale Moon – Sinners – Warner Bros
The Lady within the Bubble – Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
No Place Like House – Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
Prepare Goals – Prepare Goals – Netflix
Stunt Design
Ballerina – Lionsgate
F1 – Apple Authentic Movies/Warner Bros.
Frankenstein – Netflix
Mission: Unimaginable – The Closing Reckoning – Paramount Photos
One Battle After One other – Warner Bros.
Predator: Badlands – twentieth Century Studios
Sinners – Warner Bros.
Superman – Warner Bros.
The Smashing Machine – A24
Thunderbolts* — Marvel Studios
Warfare – A24
Depraved: For Good – Common Photos
This spectacular unfold showcases how the movie excelled not simply in a single self-discipline however throughout the total spectrum of craft classes.
The introduction of those classes marks a big shift for the Critics Alternative Awards, which now be part of a rising motion throughout the trade to highlight the important artistic labor that makes cinema potential. Casting administrators, editors, manufacturing designers, sound groups, composers, stunt coordinators, and numerous artisans are lastly receiving devoted acknowledgment for his or her contributions.
By main the nominations, Sinners not solely positions itself as a technical powerhouse but additionally turns into the flagship instance of why these classes matter. Its dominance displays the movie’s multilayered craftsmanship and highlights simply what number of invisible fingers deliver a narrative to life.
With Sinners setting the tempo, the inaugural Beneath-the-Line Awards promise to reshape how we speak about achievement in filmmaking. This 12 months’s nominations reveal a richly aggressive area throughout studios and genres, however no movie has captured the breadth of recognition fairly like Sinners.
Because the Critics Alternative Awards put together to have a good time behind-the-camera excellence for the primary time, Sinners stands poised to make historical past in a ceremony designed to honor the artists who’ve lengthy deserved their very own highlight.
The Critics Alternative Affiliation nomination ballots are due Dec third for above-the-line and Dec 4th for below-the-line classes. The movie nominations can be introduced on Dec fifth. The thirty first annual Critics Alternative Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will happen on Jan. 4, 2025, on E!.
