Girls on Film Podcast announces 2024 award nominees with Barbie and Poor Things at the forefront

The Girls On Film Podcast has revealed its nominees for the 2024 Girls On Film Awards, with the summer blockbuster Barbie and the film Poor Things leading the nominations. The awards ceremony, scheduled for 20^th February 2024, at Regent Street Cinema in Central London, celebrates women-focused films that excel in diversity, inclusion, and representation of women and marginalised genders.

Barbie has secured nominations in five categories, including the Fiction Feature Award and the newly introduced Costume Design Award, acknowledging Jacqueline Durran’s work. Poor Things is also a strong contender, with nominations including the Production Design Award and the Female Orgasm Award, sponsored by Intimacy On Set, for Emma Stone’s performance.

The Girls On Film Awards, now in their third year, are set to take place just after the EE BAFTA Film Awards and in the lead-up to International Women’s Day. The event will be hosted by Anna Smith, the podcast’s host, and executive producer Hedda Archbold. It will gather nominees, patrons, and past award winners, with tickets available to the Girls On Film community and the public from 27^th January 2024.

This year’s awards also recognise films by male directors that support women’s empowerment, with the Girls On Film Award for Male Ally sponsored by IMDb. Nominees in this category include William Oldroyd for Eileen, Paris Zarcilla for Raging Grace, and Davy Chou for Return To Seoul.

Organisations such as Reclaim the Frame, Tape Collective, and We Are Parable are acknowledged in the Activist Impact Award category for their work in championing underrepresented perspectives in cinema.

The Girls On Film Awards are decided by a voting body of leading and diverse women film critics from the UK, as well as male allies who have participated in the Girls On Film podcast. The awards aim to recognise and celebrate the representation of diversity and complex female characters on screen.

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The Girls on Film Awards 2024 winners will be announced on 20^th February 2024 at Regent Street Cinema, London.

See the full list of 2024 nominees below:

Fiction Feature Award (Last year’s winner: Aftersun)

• ANATOMY OF A FALL
• BARBIE
• PAST LIVES

Documentary Feature Award  (Last year’s winner Nothing Compares)

• ANOTHER BODY
• KOKOMO CITY
• THE ETERNAL MEMORY

Female Friendship Award (Last year’s winner: The Woman King)

• HOW TO HAVE SEX 
• NYAD
• POLITE SOCIETY

Ensemble Cast Award (Last year’s winner: The Woman King)

• BARBIE
• BOTTOMS
• HOW TO HAVE SEX

Girls On Film Ally Award Sponsored by IMDb (Last year’s winner: Sebastián Lelio)

• DAVY CHOU, RETURN TO SEOUL
• WILLIAM OLDROYD, EILEEN
• PARIS ZARCILLA, RAGING GRACE

Composer Award supported by media partner Scala Radio (Last year’s winner: Hildur Guðnadóttir for Tár and Women Talking)

• LAURA KARPMAN, AMERICAN FICTION
• MICA LEVI, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
• EMILIE LEVIENAISE-FARROUCH, ALL OF US STRANGERS

Cinematography Award supported by media partner British Cinematographer Magazine (Last year’s winner: Ari Wegner for The Wonder)

• ASHLEY CONNOR, POLITE SOCIETY
• MOLLY MANNING WALKER, SCRAPPER
• ARI WEGNER, EILEEN

Publicity Award (Last year’s winner: Aftersun: MUBI with Organic for Theatrical & DDA for Awards Publicity)

• BARBIE, Warner Bros. UK Publicity
• RYE LANE, Searchlight Pictures with Organic PR and VAMP
• TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING, Modern Films with Jon Rushton PR and CAMP Films roadshow and social media trail

Production Design Award (Last year’s winner: Kave Quinn for Catherine Called Birdy)

• SARAH GREENWOOD & KATIE SPENCER, BARBIE
• SHONA HEATH & JAMES PRICE, POOR THINGS
• TAMARA DEVERELL, PRISCILLA 
• SUZIE DAVIES & CHARLOTTE DIRICKX, SALTBURNa

Costume Design Award (New category)

• HOLLY WADDINGTON, POOR THINGS
• JACQUELINE DURRAN, BARBIE
• STACEY BATTAT, PRISCILLA 

Activist Impact Award (Last year’s winner: Akua Gyamfi, The British Blacklist)

• RECLAIM THE FRAME
• TAPE COLLECTIVE
• WE ARE PARABLE

Female Orgasm Award sponsored by Intimacy On Set (Last year’s winner: Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You Leo Grande)

• PHOEBE DYNEVOR with Alden Ehrenreich,  FAIR PLAY
• STEPHANIE HSU with Alexander Hodge, JOY RIDE
• ALISON OLIVER with Barry Keoghan, SALTBURN
• EMMA STONE with Emma Stone, POOR THINGS