Columbus Film Critics Association (COCFA) Nominations: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Lead
The Columbus Film Critics Association (COCFA) today revealed its nominations for the best in film for 2023 where Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer tied for 11 apiece. Both are nominated for Best Film, Best Director as well as five acting mentions between them.
Poor Things was next with 10, then Barbie was with nine, both up for Best Film and Best Director, while American Fiction and The Holdovers came in with seven apiece, including Best Film. Also nominated in the top category are Godzilla Minus One, The Iron Claw, May December, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Zone of Interest.
Winners will be announced on January 4. Here is the complete list of nominees.
Best Film
American Fiction
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
Best Director
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Lead Performance
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Supporting Performance
Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Charles Melton, May December
Julianne Moore, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Asteroid City
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, May December
Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Best Adapted Screenplay
Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Ensemble
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Willem Dafoe – Asteroid City, The Boy and the Heron, Inside, and Poor Things
Matt Damon – Air and Oppenheimer
Colman Domingo – The Color Purple, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Rustin, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction, Asteroid City, and Rustin
Breakthrough Film Artist
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – (for acting)
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction – (for directing and screenwriting)
Charles Melton, May December – (for acting)
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers – (for acting)
Celine Song, Past Lives – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Film Editing
Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Kirk Baxter, The Killer
Nick Houy, Barbie
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Score
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman, American Fiction
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Naoki Satô, Godzilla Minus One
Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol
32 Sounds
American Symphony
Anselm
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best Foreign Language Film
Afire
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest
Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy
American Fiction
Asteroid City
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
No Hard Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings
Best Overlooked Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
BlackBerry
Rye Lane
Showing Up
Theater Camp
You Hurt My Feelings
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