Awards 2023 Nominees

The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 22nd annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 4th, 2024.

Best Film

  • American Fiction
  • Barbie
  • Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0)
  • The Holdovers
  • The Iron Claw
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • May December
  • Oppenheimer
  • Past Lives
  • Poor Things
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • The Zone of Interest

Best Director

  • Greta Gerwig, Barbie
  • Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
  • Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
  • Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Lead Performance

  • Bradley Cooper, Maestro
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Colman Domingo, Rustin
  • Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
  • Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
  • Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Greta Lee, Past Lives
  • Carey Mulligan, Maestro
  • Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
  • Margot Robbie, Barbie
  • Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
  • Emma Stone, Poor Things
  • Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Supporting Performance

  • Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
  • Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
  • Jodie Foster, Nyad
  • Ryan Gosling, Barbie
  • Glenn Howerton, Blackberry
  • Charles Melton, May December
  • Julianne Moore, May December
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
  • Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
  • Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Best Ensemble

  • Asteroid City
  • Barbie
  • The Color Purple
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Willem Dafoe, Asteroid CityThe Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka), Inside, and Poor Things
  • Matt Damon, Air and Oppenheimer
  • Colman Domingo, The Color PurpleRuby Gillman: Teenage KrakenRustin, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
  • Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute) and The Zone of Interest
  • Jeffrey Wright, American FictionAsteroid City, and Rustin

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – (for acting)
  • Cord Jefferson, American Fiction – (for directing and screenwriting)
  • Charles Melton, May December – (for acting)
  • Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers – (for acting)
  • Celine Song, Past Lives – (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Matthew Libatique, Maestro
  • Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
  • Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
  • Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Film Editing

  • Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Kirk Baxter, The Killer
  • Nick Houy, Barbie
  • Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
  • Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
  • Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
  • Tony McNamara, Poor Things
  • Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
  • Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Screenplay

  • Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Asteroid City
  • Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, May December
  • Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw
  • Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
  • David Hemingson, The Holdovers
  • Celine Song, Past Lives
  • Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute)

Best Score

  • Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
  • Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
  • Laura Karpman, American Fiction
  • Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Naoki Satô, Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0)

Best Documentary

  • 20 Days in Mariupol
  • 32 Sounds
  • American Symphony
  • Anselm (Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit)
  • Kokomo City
  • Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Afire (Roter Himmel)
  • Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute)
  • The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
  • Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0)
  • Perfect Days
  • The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Film

  • The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
  • Elemental
  • Nimona
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • American Fiction
  • Asteroid City
  • Barbie
  • Bottoms
  • The Holdovers
  • No Hard Feelings
  • You Hurt My Feelings

Best Overlooked Film

  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Blackberry
  • Rye Lane
  • Showing Up
  • Theater Camp
  • You Hurt My Feelings