Georgia Film Critics Association announces winners for 2023 Year in Film

After releasing a list of nominees last Friday, the Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2023 GAFCA Awards. See the full list of winners and runners-up below.

Founded in 2011, this year marks the 13th anniversary of the awards program for the critics group. GAFCA comprises over 50 film critics from around the state, representing print, television, radio, and online media. For more information on the Georgia Film Critics Association, visit www.georgiafilmcritics.org. 

FULL LIST OF GAFCA WINNERS:

Best Picture

• “Oppenheimer”
  Runner-up: ”Past Lives”

Best Director

• “Oppenheimer” – Christopher Nolan
  Runner-up: “Barbie” – Greta Gerwig
  Runner-up: “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Martin Scorsese

Best Actor

• Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”)
  Runner-up: Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”)

Best Actress

• Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)
  Runner-up: Emma Stone (“Poor Things”)

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”)
  Runner-up: Charles Melton (“May December”)

Best Supporting Actress

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”)
  Runner-up: Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”)

Best Original Screenplay

• “The Holdovers” – David Hemingson
  Runner-up: “Past Lives” – Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “Oppenheimer” – Christopher Nolan
  Runner-up: “American Fiction” – Cord Jefferson

Best Cinematography

• “Oppenheimer” – Hoyte Van Hoytema
  Runner-up: “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Rodrigo Prieto

Best Production Design

• “Barbie” – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
  Runner-up: “Poor Things” – James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek

Best Original Score

• “Oppenheimer” – Ludwig Göransson
  Runner-up: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Daniel Pemberton

Best Original Song

• “What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (“Barbie”)
  Runner-up: “I’m Just Ken” – Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (“Barbie”)

Best Ensemble

• “Oppenheimer”
  Runner-up: “The Holdovers” 

Best International Film

• “Godzilla Minus One”
  Runner-up: “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Animated Film

• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
  Runner-up: “The Boy and the Heron”

Best Documentary Film

• “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
  Runner-up: “Beyond Utopia”

Breakthrough Award

• Dominic Sessa
  Runner-up: Ayo Edebiri
  Runner-up: Charles Melton

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

• “May December” (Todd Haynes, Samy Burch)
  Runner-up: “Origin” (Ava DuVernay)