Filmmaker Payal Kapadia has achieved another significant milestone with her film All We Imagine As Light, having been awarded the Best Director Award by the National Society of Film Critics. Other notable films, such as Nickel Boys and A Real Pain, also garnered prestigious accolades. The NSFC, which consists of over 60 critics, votes on various categories including best picture, director, actor, actress, and cinematography.

Nickel Boys was recognized with the Best Picture award, while Anora and All We Imagine Is Light were named as runners-up. Colman Domingo received the Best Actor award for his performance in Sing Sing, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste was awarded Best Actress for her role in Hard Truths. Additionally, The Brutalist secured three awards, with Adrien Brody being a notable recipient.

Check out the full list of winners:

BEST PICTURE

Nickel Boys (47 points)

Runners-up:

All We Imagine as Light and Anora (34 points)

BEST DIRECTOR

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light (49 points)

Runners-up:

RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys (42 points)

Sean Baker's Anora (33 points)

BEST ACTRESS

Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Hard Truths (79 points)

Runners-up:

Mikey Madison, Anora (35 points)

Ilinca Manolache's Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (32 points)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Michele Austin, Hard Truths (55 points)

Runners-up:

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys, and Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (39 points)

BEST ACTOR

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (60 points)

Runners-up:

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (51 points)

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave (45 points)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (52 points)

Runners-up:

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (50 points)

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown, and Adam Pearson, A Different Man (41 points)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain (47 points)

Runners-up:

Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (46 points)

Sean Baker, Anora (45 points)

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

All We Imagine as Light (49 points)

Runners-up:

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (41 points)

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (28 points)

BEST NONFICTION FILM

No Other Land (70 points)

Runners-up:

Dahomey (51 points)

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (24 points)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys (80 points)

Runners-up:

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist (38 points)

Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu (21 points)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

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No Other Land

About All We Imagine As Light

Payal Kapadia's film, All We Imagine As Light, has achieved recognition by securing positions on the long longlists for the BAFTA Film Awards in three categories: Best Film Not in English Language, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Additionally, the film garnered two nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture Non-English Language and Best Direction - Motion Picture.

Recently, the film was honoured as the Best International Film by the New York Film Critics Circle and also received an award in the same category at the Gotham Awards. Notably, Payal's film made history by becoming the first Indian production to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in May of the previous year.

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