North Carolina critics have deemed If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma as among the year’s best films, giving them each six nominations. The nominations list gives First Man more credit than usual and A Star Is Born five nominations, but not one for Best Picture.

Nominations Tallies

(6) If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma
(5) Black Panther, BlacKKKlansman, First Man, A Star Is Born
(4) The Favourite
(3) Can You Ever Forgive Me?

The Nominations

Best Picture

Black Panther
BlacKKKlansman
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

Best Director

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
BlacKKKlansman – Spike Lee
First Man – Damien Chazelle
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington – BlacKKKlansman

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKKKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Sorry to Bother You

Best Adapted Screenplay

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Music

Annihilation
Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Best Cinematography

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Cold War
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Special Effects

Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One

Best Foreign Language Film

Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
RBG
Shirkers
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award

(This award recognizes a film, artists, or performer with a special connection to North Carolina. In 2017, the Tar Heel Award was dedicated to longtime North Carolina film critic Ken Hanke.)

– Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased, Ben is Back) – UNC School of the Arts
– David Gordon Green and Danny McBride (Halloween) – UNC School of the Arts
– Peyton Reed (Ant-Man and the Wasp) – North Carolina native

North Carolina Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 2012 (7)