Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Tops with Seven Wins

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) has revealed its winners and runners-up for the best in film for 2023 with Oppenheimer taking seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

Best Actress was Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) was named Best Supporting Actress.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Picture: Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Past Lives)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Runners-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie & Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon)

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: David Hemingson, The Holdovers (Runner-up: Celine Song, Past Lives)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction)

Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Runner-up: The Boy and the Heron)
Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Runner-up: Beyond Utopia)
Best International Film: Godzilla Minus One (Runner-up: Anatomy of a Fall)

Best Ensemble: Oppenheimer (Runner-up: The Holdovers)

Breakthrough Award: Dominic Sessa (Runners-up: Ayo Edebiri & Charles Melton)

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie (Runner-up: James Price, Shona Heath, & Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things)
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Runner-up: “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie)

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