Hey everyone, Jack Drees here! If you are disappointed because awards season is over, then you clearly do not know Jack about what is coming around the corner! It is almost time for the 7th Annual Jack Awards, as well as to celebrate the 2024 slate of cinema. For those new around here, the Jack Awards is a tradition going back to 2019, back when it was called the Jackoff Awards. If you think that name sounds weird, you are not alone. The show recognizes the feature-length, theatrically released films that resonated with people, especially yours truly, over the past year. One thing to note is that I have not seen every movie that came out in 2024. As much as I have wanted to check out “Hundreds of Beavers,” I have not had any time to do so before the listing of these nominations. I also missed out on other critically praised titles like “Emilia Perez,” “Queer,” and “September 5.” Another core rule on the Jack Awards is that the films must have played in theaters. No straight to streaming, cable, or DVD releases will be accepted. The show will also honor two people with Lifetime Achievement Awards. For someone who is still alive, they will receive the Roger Deakins Award, named after the acclaimed cinematographer. For someone who passed away this year, their legacy will be honored with the Stan Lee Award, named after the Marvel Comics creator and arguably the most prominent cameo actor of the century. Those winners will be revealed during the ceremony.

With that said, it is time to reveal the nominees for the 7th Annual Jack Awards!

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 

• Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman)
• Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama, Kazuto Matsumura)
• Piece by Piece (Morgan Neville, Pharrell Williams, Mimi Valdés, Caitrin Rogers, Shani Saxon)
• Transformers: One (Josh Cooley, Aaron Dem, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian)
• The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

• Deadpool & Wolverine 
• Dune: Part Two 
• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire 
• IF 
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 

BEST SOUND EDITING 

• Civil War
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Dune: Part Two
• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
• A Quiet Place: Day One 

BEST SOUND MIXING 

• Dune: Part Two
• The Fall Guy
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• Twisters

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Abigail (Gwen Jeffares Hourie)
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Colleen Atwood)
• Dune: Part Two (Jacqueline West)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Jenny Beaven)
• Wicked (Paul Tazewell)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Lori Mazuer, David Morison, Mark Scruton)
• Dune: Part Two (Shane Vieau, Patrice Vermette)
• Joker: Folie à Deux (Mark Friedberg, Karen O’Hara)
• Nosferatu (Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova)
• Wicked (Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

• Alisha Weir (Abigail) 
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) 
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) 
• Margaret Qualley (The Substance) 
• Ariana Grande (Wicked) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
• Chris Hemsworth (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
• Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
• Kiernan Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing) 

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING 

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlen)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Larry Van Duynhoven, Matteo Silvi, Lesley Vanderwalt, Luca Vannella)
• Nosferatu (David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton)
• The Substance (Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli)
• Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

• Conclave (Volker Bertelmann) 
• Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer) 
• IF (Michael Giacchino) 
• Look Back (Haruka Nakamura)
• Saturday Night (Jon Batiste) 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

• Conclave (Peter Straughn) 
• Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
• A Quiet Place: Day One (Michael Sarnoski, John Krasinski)
• Sing Sing (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar)
• The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY  

• Anora (Sean Baker) 
• Daddio (Christy Hall)
• Juror #2 (Jonathan A. Abrams)
• My Old Ass (Megan Park)
• A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg) 

BEST FILM EDITING 

• Anora (Sean Baker) 
• Deadpool & Wolverine (Dean Zimmerman, Shane Reid)
• Dune: Part Two (Joe Walker)
• Saturday Night (Nathan Orloff, Shane Reid)
• The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Feron)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)
• Conclave (Stéphane Fontaine)
• Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser) 
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Simon Duggan)
• Joker: Folie à Deux (Lawrence Sher) 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 

• Light song – Urara, Haruka Nakamura (Look Back)
• Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams (Piece by Piece)
• Like a Bird – Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada (Sing Sing)
• Out of Oklahoma – Lainey Wilson, Shane McAnally, Luke Dick (Twisters)
• Kiss the Sky – Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi (The Wild Robot)

BEST DIRECTOR 

• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Edward Berger (Conclave)
• Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)
• Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

BEST ACTOR 

• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) 
• Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) 
• Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) 
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) 
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) 

BEST ACTRESS 

• Mikey Madison (Anora) 
• Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) 
• Zendaya (Challengers) 
• Naomi Scott (Smile 2) 
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) 

BEST PICUTRE 

• Abigail (William Sherak and Chad Villella) 
• Anora (Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker) 
• Deadpool & Wolverine (Kevin Feige, Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds) 
• Dune: Part Two (Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve) 
• IF (Allyson Seeger, John Krasinski, Andrew Form and Ryan Reynolds)
• Look Back (Kazuto Matsumura)
• A Quiet Place: Day One (Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller and John Krasinski)
• Saturday Night (Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan)
• Sing Sing (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar and Monique Walton)
• The Wild Robot (Jeff Hermann)

And those are this year’s nominees! Just a reminder, voting is NOW OPEN for Best Picture. You can vote for any of the 10 nominees until midnight on the day of the show, which is March 30th. May the best movie win. For those looking forward to checking out the Jack Awards on March 30th, the full, written ceremony will be available on Flicknerd.com, and you can also check out the video content, including comedy bits, on my YouTube channel. If you are not doing so already, follow Scene Before to be updated on the Jack Awards, as well as my thoughts on the latest movies. Be sure to check out the official Scene Before Facebook page! Also, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the notification bell to get all the information on my latest uploads, including the official trailer for the 7th Annual Jack Awards, released a couple weeks ago! You can check it out by clicking below! Once again, tune in to the 7th Annual Jack Awards, March 30th! Scene Before is your click to the flicks!