BEST PICTURE
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Director
Christopher Nolan
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Actor
Cillian Murphy
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: Bradley Cooper – “Maestro” (Netflix)
Best Actress
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: Lily Gladstone – “Killers Of The Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Directed by Alexander Payne
Produced by Mark Johnson, Bill Block, and David Hemingson
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Runner-Up: Emily Blunt – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Best Cast
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Ensemble Cast including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck,
Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Documentary
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
(Apple Original Films)
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, and Jonathan King
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Runner-Up: “Beyond Utopia” (Roadside Attractions)
Best International Film
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by James Wilson, Ewa Puszczynska, and Jim Wilson
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Runner-Up: “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON)
Best Animated Film
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
(Sony + 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: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures)
Best Screenplay
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Written by Christopher Nolan
Based on “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: “Barbie” – Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Cinematography
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: “Poor Things” – Robbie Ryan (Searchlight Pictures)
Best 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: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Daniel Pemberton (Sony + Columbia Pictures)
Best Original Song
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
Performed by Ryan Gosling
Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner
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Runner-Up: “What Was I Made For” from “Barbie” — Performed by Billie Eilish
Best Sound Design
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan
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Runner-Up: “Maestro” (Netflix)
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: “Poor Things” – Yorgos Mavropsaridis (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
“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)
Best Production Design
“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Production Design by Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner
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Runner-Up: “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Visual Effects
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
(Walt Disney Pictures + Marvel Studios)
Directed by James Gunn
Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichiro Moriya, and Kenji Yamada
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Runner-Up: “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Best Costume Design
“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran
Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner
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Runner-Up: “Poor Things” – Holly Waddington (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Stunt Coordination
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
(Paramount Pictures)
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Produced by Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and Leifur B. Dagfinnsson
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Runner-Up: “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
SPECIAL HONORS
Best Central Florida Film
“Path of the Panther” (Grizzly Creek Films)
Directed by Eric Bendick
Produced by Eric Bendick, Carlton Ward Jr., Thomas Winston, and Tori Linder
Best Achievement in Diversity
“Bottoms” (Orion Pictures)
Directed by Emma Seligman
Produced by Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, and Alison Small
Best First Feature
“Past Lives” (A24)
Directed by Celine Song
Produced by David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler
Outstanding Youth Performance
Abby Ryder Fortson
“Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” (Lionsgate)
Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
Produced by Julie Ansell, James L. Brooks, Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig,
Judy Blume, Amy Brooks, and Aldric La’Auli Porter
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“Oppenheimer”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer”
Emma Stone — “Poor Things”
Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers”
“Oppenheimer”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“The Zone Of Interest”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan
“Oppenheimer” — Hoyte Van Hoytema
“Oppenheimer” — Ludwig Göransson
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Barbie” — Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Barbie” — Jacqueline Durran
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Path of the Panther”
“Bottoms”
“Past Lives” — Celine Song
Abby Ryder Fortson — “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret”
ABOUT THE Critics Association of Central Florida
The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) is an organization of critics based in or around the Central Florida area and consists of critics and journalists with a wide reach to a diverse and expansive audience. Our critics include Rotten Tomatoes approved critics, as well as members of other established associations, such as the Critics Choice Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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