Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Nominations

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The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) have announced their 2023 nominations representing the best in film for 2023. The group uses extended longlists of up to 10-20 in some categories.

The IFJA will determine a winner and runner-up in all categories other than the Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award. As a special award honoring a film, filmmaker, performer or industry professional with a strong Indiana connection, only the winner is announced. Nominees for this award are also not released in advance.

In addition to Best Film and Runner-Up, the IFJA also will release an overall Top 10, with eight other honored films listed alphabetically.

The winners will be announced December 18. Here are the nominees.

BEST FILM

• American Fiction
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• BlackBerry
• Dream Scenario
• Fair Play
• Godzilla Minus One
• The Holdovers
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• May December
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• A Thousand and One

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Boy and the Heron
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Suzume

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Boy and the Heron
• Godzilla Minus One
• Monster (2023)
• Past Lives
• Pathaan
• The Promised Land (2023)
• Suzume
• When Evil Lurks
• The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 20 Days in Mariupol
• American Symphony
• Beyond Utopia
• Greener Pastures
• Kokomo City
• Lakota Nation vs. United States
• Turn Every Page — The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Wes Anderson (screenplay / story) and Roman Coppola (story), Asteroid City
• Kristoffer Borgli, Dream Scenario
• Samy Burch (screenplay / story) and Alex Mechanik (story), May December
• Chloe Domont, Fair Play
• David Hemingson, The Holdovers
• A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
• Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott, Bottoms
• Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Ari Aster, Beau is Afraid
• Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
• Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
• Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Tony McNamara, Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman, Knock at the Cabin

BEST DIRECTOR

• Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• David Fincher, The Killer (2023)
• Greta Gerwig, Barbie
• Todd Haynes, May December
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Celine Song, Past Lives
• Chad Stahelski, John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Colman Domingo, Rustin
• Phoebe Dynevor, Fair Play
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
• Greta Lee, Past Lives
• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Joaquin Phoenix, Beau is Afraid
• Natalie Portman, May December
• Margot Robbie, Barbie
• Emma Stone, Poor Things
• Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
• Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
• Viola Davis, Air
• Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling, Barbie
• Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Charles Melton, May December
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
• Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

• Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Chloë Grace Moretz, Nimona
• Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

• Air
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• A Thousand and One

BEST EDITING

• Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Kirk Baxter, The Killer
• Daniel Garber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
• Curt Lobb, BlackBerry
• Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
• Nathan Orloff, John Wick: Chapter 4
• Franklin Peterson, Fair Play
• Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Michelle Tesoro, Maestro

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4
• Matthew Libatique, Maestro
• Erik Messerschmidt, The Killer
• Pawel Pogorzelski, Beau is Afraid
• Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
• Linus Sandgren, Saltburn
• Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
• Robert Yeoman, Asteroid City
• Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

• Gavin Brivik, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City
• Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
• Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
• Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Killer
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Naoki Satō, Godzilla Minus One
• Marcelo Zarvos, May December

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY

• Laurent Demianoff (fight / stunt coordinator), John Wick: Chapter 4
  
• Wade Eastwood (stunt coordinator) and Wolfgang Stegemann (fight coordinator), Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One
• Deven MacNair (stunt coordinator), Bottoms
• Constanza Macras (choreographer), Poor Things
• Noon Orsatti, Shane Habberstad, Leoš Stránský, Stanimir Stamatov and Thayr Harris (stunt coordinators) and Travis Gomez (fight choreographer) & Sunny Sun (fight coordinator), Extraction 2
• Marcus Shakesheff (stunt coordinator) and Alison Faulk & Luke Broadlick (choreographers), Magic Mike’s Last Dance
• Jennifer White (choreographer) and Lisa Welham (associate choreographer), Barbie 

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

• Josiah Cross (performer), A Thousand and One
• Chloe Domont (writer-director), Fair Play
• Daniel Goldhaber (director / co-writer), How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Cord Jefferson (writer-director), American Fiction
• Marshawn Lynch (performer), Bottoms
• Charles Melton (performer, May December
• Dominic Sessa (performer), The Holdovers
• Celine Song (writer-director), Past Lives
• Iman Vellani (performer), The Marvels

ORIGINAL VISION

• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• Dream Scenario
• Enys Men
• Infinity Pool
• Poor Things
• Robot Dreams
• Smoking Causes Coughing