BEST PICTURE

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” (Lionsgate)
“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
“John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“May December” (Netflix)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“Robot Dreams” (Neon)

Best Director

Yorgos Lanthimos
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Emma Stone
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Mark Ruffalo
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: Robert Downey, Jr. — “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

Hailee Steinfeld
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
(Columbia Pictures)

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
Produced by Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Christina Steinberg

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Runner-Up: Shameik Moore — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Columbia Pictures)

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Ensemble Cast including Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef,
Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley, and Jerrod Carmichael

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Original Screenplay

“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Written by David Hemingson

Directed by Alexander Payne
Produced by Mark Johnson, Bill Block, and David Hemingson

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Runner-Up: “May December” — Samy Burch (Netflix)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Written by Tony McNamara
Based on “Poor Things” by Alasdair Gray

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Barbie” — Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
(Columbia Pictures)

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
Produced by Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Christina Steinberg

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Runner-Up: “Robot Dreams” (Neon)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

“The Zone of Interest” (A24)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jim Wilson, and Ewa Puszczynska

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Runner-Up: “Godzilla Minus One” (Toho International)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“Kokomo City” (Magnolia Pictures)

Directed by D. Smith
Produced by D. Smith, Harris Doran, and Bill Butler

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Runner-Up: “20 Days in Mariupol” (PBS Distribution)

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: “Killers of the Flower Moon” — Robbie Robertson (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Cinematography by Hoyte van Hoyema, ASC

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: “John Wick: Chapter 4” — Dan Laustsen (Lionsgate)

BEST EDITING

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Edited by Jennifer Lame

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Runner-Up: “Killers of the Flower Moon” — Thelma Schoonmaker (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY

“John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)

Fight Coordinating by Jeremy Marinas | Stunt Coordinating by Scott Rogers
Stunt Choreography by Stephen Levy

Directed by Chad Stahelski
Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, and Chad Stahelski

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Runner-Up: “Barbie” — Jennifer White (choreographer) and Lisa Welham (associate choreographer) (Warner Bros. Pictures)

ORIGINAL VISION

“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe

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Runner-Up: “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

Celine Song
“Past Lives” (A24)

Directed by Celine Song
Produced by David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler

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Runner-Up: Charles Melton — “May December” (Netflix)

EDWARD JOHNSON-OTT HOOSIER AWARD
(As a special honor named after IFJA founding member and longtime NUVO Newsweekly critic Edward Johnson-Ott, no runner-up is named in this category.)

Sam Mirpoorian
“Greener Pastures”