Set Decorators Society of America Awards for Film nominations: Full list includes ‘Wicked,’ ‘Dune: Part Two,’ and ‘The Brutalist’

The Set Decorators Society of America announced its nominations for the 2024 SDSA Awards for Film today, celebrating excellence in the art of set decoration for movies released in 2024.

Five films were nominated in each of the four categories: Contemporary, Period, Fantasy or Science Fiction, and Comedy or Musical. Final voting for the winners takes place from Jan. 11 to Jan. 17 and winners will be announced Feb. 2, 2025.

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This is just the fifth year of the SDSA Awards, but this important precursor has already become a formidable bellwether for the Academy Awards. In three of the past four ceremonies, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Production Design won this set decoration prize first. Mank won Best Period Feature here before prevailing at the Oscars in 2021. The next year, Dune to Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Film before winning over the Academy. Last year, Poor Things won Best Period Feature before its big Oscars win. The only year the SDSA missed was 2023, when Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front wasn’t nominated. See this year’s full list of nominees below.

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film
Anora — Neon
Set decoration by Christopher Phelps with production design by Stephen Phelps

Civil War — A24
Set decoration by Lizbeth Ayala with production design by Caty Maxey

Conclave — Focus Features
Set decoration by Cynthia Sleiter with production design by Suzie Davies

Emilia Pérez — Netflix
Set decoration by Cécile Deleu with production design by Emmanuelle Duplay

The Substance — Mubi
Set decoration by Cécilia Blom with production design by Stanislas Reydellet

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film

The Brutalist — A24
Set decoration by Patricia Cuccia and Mercédesz Nagyváradi with production design by Judy Becker

A Complete Unknown — Searchlight Pictures
Set decoration by Regina Graves with production design by Fran?ois Auduoy

Gladiator II — Paramount
Set decoration by Jille Azis and Elli Griff with production design by Arthur Max

Maria — Netflix
Set decoration by Sandro Piccarozzi and Nóra Talmaier with production design by Guy Hendrix Dyas

Nosferatu — Focus Features
Set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerova with production design by Craig Lathrop

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film

Alien: Romulus — 20th Century Studios
Set decoration by Zsuzsanna Sipos with production design by Naaman Marshall

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Warner Bros.
Set decoration by David Morison and Lori Mazuer with production design by Mark Scruton

Dune: Part Two — Warner Bros.
Set decoration by Shane Vieau with production design by Patrice Vermette

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Warner Bros.
Set decoration by Katie Sharrock with production design by Colin Gibson

Megalopolis — Lionsgate
Set decoration by Lisa Sessions Morgan with production design by Beth Mickle and Bradley Rubin

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film

Deadpool & Wolverine — Marvel/Walt Disney Studios
Set decoration by Naomi Moore and Imogen Lee with production design by Raymond Chan

Kinds of Kindness — Searchlight Pictures
Set decoration by Amy Silver with production design by Anthony Gasparro

Nightbitch — Searchlight Pictures
Set decoration by Ryan Watson with production design by Karen Murphy

Wolfs — Apple Studios
Set decoration by Melissa Levander with production design by Jade Healy

Wicked — Universal
Set decoration by Lee Sandales with production design by Nathan Crowley

The SDSA Awards are awards of distinction presented annually by the Set Decorator Society of America, An International Organization. The mission of the Set Decorators Society of America is to promote the highest standards of excellence in the field worldwide, and to entertain, inspire, teach and preserve the legacy of set decoration in motion pictures and television.

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