2023 CACF Award Winners

Keith NoakesJanuary 4, 2024n/a3 min

Read the complete list of winners of the 2023 Critics Association of Central Florida awards, recognizing the best in film this past year.

Best Picture
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Director
Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Best Actor
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Bradley Cooper – Maestro

Best Actress
Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Runner-up: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runner-up: Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Best Cast
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Documentary
Winner: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Runner-up: Beyond Utopia

Best International Film
Winner: The Zone of Interest
Runner-up: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Film
Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Screenplay
Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie

Best Cinematography
Winner: Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Robbie Ryan – Poor Things

Best Costume Design
Winner: Barbie
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Editing
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Production Design
Winner: Barbie
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Score
Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Original Song
Winner: “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
Runner-up: “What Was I Made For” – Barbie

Best Sound Design
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Maestro

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Runner-up: Oppenheimer

still courtesy of Universal Pictures


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