Read the complete list of nominations for the 2023 Utah Film Critics Association awards, recognizing the best in film this past year. The winners will be unveiled on January 6th, 2024.
Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Best Achievement in Directing
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Best Lead Performance, Male
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Best Lead Performance, Female
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Natalie Portman – May December
Best Supporting Performance, Male
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Best Supporting Performance, Female
America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Best Ensemble Cast
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Nicolas Cage – Renfield
Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song – Past Lives
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Samy Burch – May December
Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Best Cinematography
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Mission
Still: The Michael J. Fox Story
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Non-English Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest
still courtesy of Focus Features
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