DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA): ‘Oppenheimer’ Tops with 8
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Leading the pack of winners at the 5th Annual DiscussingFilm Critic Awards is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with 8 wins out of 14 nominations, it was announced today.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won 4 out its 10 nominations, including Costume Design and Production Design. May December took Best Original Screenplay as well as Charles Melton winning both Supporting Actor and Breakthrough Performance, making it the third most awarded film. Past Lives wins 2 categories with both Best Debut Feature and Best Independent Film going to Celine Song’s debut film.
The Emma Stone-starring Poor Things finished with only a singular win in Best Makeup and Hairstyling after being nominated in 13 categories. Coming just behind in terms of nominations was Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon which was nominated in 11 categories but also only won 1 award for Lily Gladstone in Best Actress. Other notable wins this year include Godzilla Minus One in Best Visual Effects, Rachel McAdams bested her Best Supporting Actress nominees for her performance in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, as well as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse winning Best Animated Film.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
BEST PICTURE
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Past Lives – Runner-up
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest – Runner-up
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – WINNER
Emma Stone, Poor Things – Runner-up
BEST ACTOR
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers – Runner-up
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Melton, May December – WINNER
Ryan Gosling, Barbie – Runner-up
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret. – WINNER
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple – Runner-up
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Godzilla: Minus One – Runner-up
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Color Purple – WINNER
Oppenheimer – Runner-up
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Samy Burch, May December – WINNER
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Anatomy of A Fall – Runner-up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers – Runner-up
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things – Runner-up
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse – Runner-up
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie – WINNER
Poor Things – Runner-up
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie – WINNER
Poor Things – Runner-up
BEST FILM EDITING
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Killers of the Flower Moon – Runner-up
BEST SOUND
Oppenheimer – WINNER
The Zone of Interest – Runner-up
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Poor Things – WINNER
Barbie – Runner-up
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie – WINNER
“What was I Made For?” – Barbie – Runner-up
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Godzilla: Minus One – WINNER
The Creator – Runner-up
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Beyond Utopia – WINNER
20 Days in Mariupol – Runner-up
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse – WINNER
The Boy and The Heron – Runner-up
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Past Lives – WINNER
American Fiction – Runner-up
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Charles Melton, May December – WINNER
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers – Runner-up
BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE
John Wick: Chapter 4 – WINNER
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One – Runner-up
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Past Lives – WINNER
A Thousand and One – Runner-up
BEST COMEDY
Barbie – WINNER
Poor Things – Runner-up
BEST HORROR FILM
Talk To Me – WINNER
Evil Dead Rise – Runner-up
Vote tally
Oppenheimer: 8 wins
Barbie: 4 wins
May December: 3 wins
Past Lives: 2 wins
Anatomy of a Fall: 1 win
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.: 1 win
Beyond Utopia: 1 win
The Color Purple: 1 win
Godzilla: Minus One: 1 win
John Wick: Chapter 4: 1 win
Killers of the Flower Moon: 1 win
Poor Things: 1 win
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: 1 win
Talk to Me: 1 win