North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 10

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The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) has announced its winners for the 12th annual awards for achievements in film. Four films were recognized in multiple categories; Oppenheimer was honored with 10 awards, Barbie earned five honors, and The Holdovers and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse each gained two wins from the NCFCA.

The NCFCA consists of 72 film critics living and/or working in North Carolina.

See full list of winners below.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

Oppenheimer (winner)

American Fiction

Barbie

Godzilla Minus One

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Past Lives

Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (winner)

American Symphony

May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story

The Missio

Silver Dollar Road

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (winner)

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Anatomy of a Fall (winner)

Godzilla Minus One

Past Live

Perfect Days

The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR


Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (winner)

Celine Song – Past Lives


Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer (winner)

Barbie

John Wick: Chapter 4

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

BEST ACTOR


Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (winner)

Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers

Colman Domingo – Rustin

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction


Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (winner)

Charles Melton – May December

Mark Ruffalo – Poor Thing

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

Ryan Gosling – Barbie

BEST ACTRESS


Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (winner)

Emma Stone – Poor Things

Greta Lee – Past Lives


Margot Robbie – Barbie


Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS


Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (winner)

America Ferrera – Barbie


Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple


Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Julianne Moore – May December

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA

Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (winner)

Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chloë

Grace Moretz – Nimona

Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Oppenheimer (winner)

Asteroid City


Barbie


The Holdovers


Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (winner)

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

May December

Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (winner)

All of Us Strangers

American Fiction


Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

BEST EDITING

Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer (winner)

Barbie


John Wick: Chapter 4

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Kiyoko Shibuya – Godzilla Minus One (winner)

The Creator


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3


Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Scott Rogers and Stephen Dunlevy, stunt coordinators – John Wick: Chapter 4 (winner)

Extraction II


The Iron Claw


Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Sisu

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jacqueline Durran – Barbie (winner)

The Color Purple


Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer


Poor Things

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP

Ivana Primorac – Barbie (winner)

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Priscilla

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Sarah Greenwood – Barbie (winner)

Asteroid City


Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer


Poor Things

BEST SCORE

Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (winner)

The Killer


Killers of the Flower Moon


Poor Things


Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG


Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (winner)


Am I Dreaming – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse


Can’t Catch Me Now – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Peaches – The Super Mario Brothers Movie


What Was I Made For – Barbie

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Richard King, Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor – Oppenheimer (winner)

John Wick: Chapter 4


The Killer


Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Celine Song – Past Lives (winner)


Cord Jefferson – American Fiction


Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me

Mel Eslyn – Biosphere


Michael B. Jordan – Creed III

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE


Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (winner)

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret

Charles Melton – May December


Greta Lee – Past Lives

Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of A Fall

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Make-Up Artist

Rick Baker (winner)

Greg Cannom

Stan Winston

Tom Savini

Ve Neill

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD


Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple (winner)


Hunter Schafer – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Julianne Moore – May December


May the Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story


Silver Dollar Road

Films with Multiple Wins:

Oppenheimer – 10


Barbie – 5


The Holdovers – 2


Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 2