Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Nominations: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Poor Things’ Lead

The Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2023.

Oppenheimer led with 10 nominations including Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing for Christopher Nolan, Best Lead Performance Male for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Performance Female for Emily Blunt, as well as two more acting categories, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Score, Editing,

Poor Things was next with nine nominations including Best Picture, Best Achievement in Directing for Yorgos Lanthimos, Best Lead Performance Female and the Vice/Martin Award for Emma Stone, Best Supporting Performance Male for Mark Ruffalo, as well as Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Score, and Visual Effects.

The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie tied for third place with seven nominations each.

Winners will be announced on January 6, 2024. See the full list of nominees below.

Best Picture

• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things

Best Achievement in Directing

• Celine Song, Past Lives
• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Greta Gerwig, Barbie
• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Best Lead Performance, Male

• Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
• Bradley Cooper, Maestro
• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Female

• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Emma Stone, Poor Things
• Greta Lee, Past Lives
• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Natalie Portman, May December

Best Supporting Performance, Male

• Charles Melton, May December
• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
• Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
• Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Best Supporting Performance, Female

• America Ferrera, Barbie
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
• Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
• Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
• Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest

Best Ensemble Cast

• Air
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• The Iron Claw
• Oppenheimer

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film

• Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Chris Pine, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• Emma Stone, Poor Things
• Iman Vellani, The Marvels
• Nicolas Cage, Renfield

Best Original Screenplay

• Celine Song, Past Lives
• David Hemingson, The Holdovers
• Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
• Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
• Samy Burch, May December

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
• Tony McNamara, Poor Things

Best Cinematography

• Barbie, Rodrigo Prieto
• Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
• Maestro, Matthew Libatique
• Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema
• Poor Things, Robbie Ryan

Best Original Score

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Best Film Editing

• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Best Documentary Feature

• 20 Days in Mariupul
• American Symphony
• Beyond Utopia
• The Mission
• Still: The Michael J. Fox Story

Best Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Non-English Feature

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Godzilla Minus One
• Society of the Snow
• The Taste of Things
• The Zone of Interest

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