Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Nominations

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) have announced their 2023 nominations representing the best in film for 2023. The group uses extended longlists of up to 10-20 in some categories.

The IFJA will determine a winner and runner-up in all categories other than the Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award. As a special award honoring a film, filmmaker, performer or industry professional with a strong Indiana connection, only the winner is announced. Nominees for this award are also not released in advance.

In addition to Best Film and Runner-Up, the IFJA also will release an overall Top 10, with eight other honored films listed alphabetically.

The winners will be announced December 18. Here are the nominees.

BEST FILM

• American Fiction
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• BlackBerry
• Dream Scenario
• Fair Play
• Godzilla Minus One
• The Holdovers
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• May December
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• A Thousand and One

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Boy and the Heron
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Suzume

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Boy and the Heron
• Godzilla Minus One
• Monster (2023)
• Past Lives
• Pathaan
• The Promised Land (2023)
• Suzume
• When Evil Lurks
• The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 20 Days in Mariupol
• American Symphony
• Beyond Utopia
• Greener Pastures
• Kokomo City
• Lakota Nation vs. United States
• Turn Every Page — The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Wes Anderson (screenplay / story) and Roman Coppola (story), Asteroid City
• Kristoffer Borgli, Dream Scenario
• Samy Burch (screenplay / story) and Alex Mechanik (story), May December
• Chloe Domont, Fair Play
• David Hemingson, The Holdovers
• A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
• Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott, Bottoms
• Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Ari Aster, Beau is Afraid
• Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
• Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
• Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Tony McNamara, Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman, Knock at the Cabin

BEST DIRECTOR

• Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• David Fincher, The Killer (2023)
• Greta Gerwig, Barbie
• Todd Haynes, May December
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Celine Song, Past Lives
• Chad Stahelski, John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Colman Domingo, Rustin
• Phoebe Dynevor, Fair Play
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
• Greta Lee, Past Lives
• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Joaquin Phoenix, Beau is Afraid
• Natalie Portman, May December
• Margot Robbie, Barbie
• Emma Stone, Poor Things
• Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
• Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
• Viola Davis, Air
• Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling, Barbie
• Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Charles Melton, May December
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
• Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

• Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Chloë Grace Moretz, Nimona
• Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

• Air
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• A Thousand and One

BEST EDITING

• Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Kirk Baxter, The Killer
• Daniel Garber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
• Curt Lobb, BlackBerry
• Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
• Nathan Orloff, John Wick: Chapter 4
• Franklin Peterson, Fair Play
• Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Michelle Tesoro, Maestro

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4
• Matthew Libatique, Maestro
• Erik Messerschmidt, The Killer
• Pawel Pogorzelski, Beau is Afraid
• Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
• Linus Sandgren, Saltburn
• Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
• Robert Yeoman, Asteroid City
• Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

• Gavin Brivik, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City
• Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
• Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
• Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Killer
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Naoki Satō, Godzilla Minus One
• Marcelo Zarvos, May December

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY

• Laurent Demianoff (fight / stunt coordinator), John Wick: Chapter 4
  
• Wade Eastwood (stunt coordinator) and Wolfgang Stegemann (fight coordinator), Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One
• Deven MacNair (stunt coordinator), Bottoms
• Constanza Macras (choreographer), Poor Things
• Noon Orsatti, Shane Habberstad, Leoš Stránský, Stanimir Stamatov and Thayr Harris (stunt coordinators) and Travis Gomez (fight choreographer) & Sunny Sun (fight coordinator), Extraction 2
• Marcus Shakesheff (stunt coordinator) and Alison Faulk & Luke Broadlick (choreographers), Magic Mike’s Last Dance
• Jennifer White (choreographer) and Lisa Welham (associate choreographer), Barbie 

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

• Josiah Cross (performer), A Thousand and One
• Chloe Domont (writer-director), Fair Play
• Daniel Goldhaber (director / co-writer), How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Cord Jefferson (writer-director), American Fiction
• Marshawn Lynch (performer), Bottoms
• Charles Melton (performer, May December
• Dominic Sessa (performer), The Holdovers
• Celine Song (writer-director), Past Lives
• Iman Vellani (performer), The Marvels

ORIGINAL VISION

• Barbie
• Beau is Afraid
• Dream Scenario
• Enys Men
• Infinity Pool
• Poor Things
• Robot Dreams
• Smoking Causes Coughing

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