2023 ICS Award Winners

Read the complete list of winners of the 2023 International Cinephile Society awards, recognizing the best in film this past year.

PICTURE
Close Your Eyes

DIRECTOR
Winner: Víctor Erice – Close Your Eyes
Runner-up: Radu Jude – Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World & Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall tie

ACTOR
Winner: Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: Manolo Solo – Close Your Eyes

ACTRESS
Winner: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Runner-up: Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: José Coronado – Close Your Eyes

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Ana Torrent – Foremost by Night
Runner-up: Ana Torrent – Close Your Eyes

ENSEMBLE
Winner: All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: Tótem

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Runner-up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – Radu Jude

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
Runner-up: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Samsara – Mauro Herce, Jessica Sarah Rinland
Runner-up: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Dinh Duy Hung

EDITING
Winner: Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
Runner-up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – Catalin Cristutiu

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Poor Things – Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
Runner-up: Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran

SCORE
Winner: The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi
Runner-up: A Thousand and One – Gary Gunn

SOUND DESIGN
Winner: Samsara – Xabier Erkizia, Luca Rulio
Runner-up: The Zone of Interest – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers

ANIMATED FILM
Winner: The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
Runner-up: Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger

DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Mother of All Lies – Asmae El Moudir
Runner-up: Our Body – Claire Simon

DEBUT FILM
Winner: Foremost by Night – Víctor Iriarte
Runner-up: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Pham Thien An

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Winner: Ilinca Manolache – Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Runner-up: Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall

still courtesy of Tandem Films

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