2023 IFJA Award Winners

Keith NoakesDecember 18, 2023n/a4 min

Read the complete list of winners for the Indiana Film Journalists Association awards, recognizing the best in film this past year.

BEST FILM
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. [Finalist]
Barbie [Finalist]
The Holdovers [Finalist]
John Wick: Chapter 4 [Finalist]
Killers of the Flower Moon [Finalist]
May December [Finalist]
Oppenheimer [Runner-Up]
Past Lives [Finalist]
Poor Things [Winner]
Robot Dreams [Finalist]

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Robot Dreams [Runner-Up]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [Winner]

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Godzilla Minus One [Runner-Up]
The Zone of Interest [Winner]

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol [Runner-Up]
Kokomo City [Winner]

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Samy Burch (screenplay / story) and Alex Mechanik (story), May December [Runner-Up]
David Hemingson, The Holdovers [Winner]

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie [Runner-Up]
Tony McNamara, Poor Things [Winner]

BEST DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things [Winner]
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer [Runner-Up]

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer [Runner-Up]
Emma Stone, Poor Things [Winner]

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer [Runner-Up]
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things [Winner]

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [Runner-Up]
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [Winner]

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Oppenheimer [Runner-Up]
Poor Things [Winner]

BEST EDITING
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer [Winner]
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon [Runner-Up]

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4 [Runner-Up]
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer [Winner]

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer [Winner]
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon [Runner-Up]

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY
Laurent Demianoff (fight / stunt coordinator), John Wick: Chapter 4 [Winner]
Jennifer White (choreographer) and Lisa Welham (associate choreographer), Barbie [Runner-Up]

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Charles Melton (performer, May December [Runner-Up]
Celine Song (writer-director), Past Lives [Winner]

ORIGINAL VISION
Barbie [Runner-Up]
Poor Things [Winner]

still courtesy of Searchlight Pictures


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