Dublin Film Critics Circle: ‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Film, Director

The Dublin Film Critics Circle has named Celine Song’s Past Lives the best film of 2023 and Song as Best Director.

The film made no showing however in Best Actress or Best Actor (there is no supporting category) in a ranking of 10 nor in Best Screenplay in a group of five. Based on an Irish calendar of release, films like TÁR, Close and EO are ranked here.

Here are the ranked winners of the Dublin Film Critics Circle for 2023.

Best Film

1. Past Lives
2. Anatomy of a Fall
3. Oppenheimer
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. May December
6. TÁR
7. Barbie
8. Close and EO (tie)
9. The Eight Mountains & Passages (tie)
10. Priscilla

Best Director

1. Celine Song, Past Lives
2. Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
3. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
4. Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Todd Field, TÁR
6. Alice Diop, Saint Omer
7. Greta Gerwig, Barbie
8. Lukas Dhont, Close
9. Jerzy Skolimowski, EO
10. Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Best Actor

1. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
2. Franz Rogowski, Passages
3. Bradley Cooper, Maestro
4. Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
5. Denis Ménochet, The Beasts
6. Luca Marinelli, The Eight Mountains
7. Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
8. Milo Machado-Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
9. Charles Melton, May December
10. Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Best Actress

1. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Carey Mulligan, Maestro
3. Cate Blanchett, TÁR
4. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
5. Julianne Moore, May December
6. Natalie Portman, May December
7. Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter
8. Annette Bening, Nyad
9. Adèle Exarchopoulos, Passages
10. Sydney Sweeney, Reality

Best Screenplay

1. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
2. Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen, The Beasts
3. Samy Burch, May December
4. Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves
5. Paul Schrader, Master Gardener

Best Documentary

1. The Deepest Breath
2. 406 Days
3. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
4. Kokomo City
5. In the Shadow of Beirut
6. Stolen
7. So This Is Christmas
8. Little Richard: I Am Everything
9. I Dream in Photos
10. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Best Irish Film

1. Lakelands
2. The Deepest Breath
3. LOLA
4. My Sailor, My Love
5. Ballywalter

Best Cinematography

1. Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
3. Mark Jenkin, Enys Men
4. Ruben Impens, The Eight Mountains
5. Thomas Favel, Return to Seoul

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