The winners for the fourth annual International Film Society Critics Association (IFSCA) Awards have finally been announced and without any guesses, Christopher Nolan’s biographical epic ‘Oppenheimer’ turned out to be the biggest winner. The movie went on to win 8 awards, including Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, Best Ensemble and more. Additionally, the film went on to become the first runner-up in the Best Picture lineup and lost to Celine Song’s ‘Past Lives’.
The competition between ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Past Lives’ was really close, with Song’s film winning the prestigious award by a margin of just two votes.
Apart from winning the night’s biggest prize, ‘Past Lives’ took home Best First Feature, Original Screenplay, and Exceeding One-Inch Barrier, taking its total tally to 4. On the other hand, Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ emerged victorious in three categories, including Best Comedy/Musical.
Meanwhile, ‘Poor Things,’ ‘John Wick: Chapter 4,’ ‘Godzilla Minus One,’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won 2-2 awards each.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Picture
All of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (Runner-Up)
Past Lives (Winner)
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Holdovers
The Zone of Interest
Best Action Film
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick Chapter 4 (Winner)
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Pt. 1
Polite Society
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Comedy/Musical
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.
Barbie (Winner)
Bottoms
Poor Things
Rye Lane
The Holdovers
Best Horror/Sci-Fi
Evil Dead Rise
Godzilla Minus One (Winner)
M3GAN
Infinity Pool
Talk to Me
The Creator
Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol (Dir. Mstyslav Chernov)
American Symphony (Dir. Matthew Heineman)
Beyond Utopia (Dir. Madeleine Gavin)
Four Daughters (Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania) (Runner-Up)
Kokomo City (Dir. D. Smith)
STILL: A Michael J Fox Story (Dir. Davis Guggenheim) (Winner)
Best Animated Feature
Elemental (Dir. Peter Sohn)
Nimona (Dir. Troy Quane & Nick Bruno)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Dir. Joaquim Dos Santos Justin K. Thompson Kemp Powers) (Winner)
Suzume (Dir. Makoto Shinkai)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Dir. Jeff Rowe)
The Boy and the Heron (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki) (Runner-Up)
Best Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One – Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki (Winner)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick
John Wick Chapter 4 – Goran Backman, Janelle Ralla, & Reina Sparks
Oppenheimer – Scott Fisher & Andrew Jackson (Runner-Up)
Poor Things – Andrew Woolley, Dániel Szabó, Tim Barter, James Roberts, Levente Safrany, & Siân Venables
The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould
Best Sound Design
Godzilla Minus One – Natsuko Inoue & Hisafumi Takeuchi
John Wick Chapter 4 – Manfred Banach, Casey Genton, and Andy Koyama
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Chris Munro, Mark Taylor, & James Mather
Oppenheimer – Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Willie D. Burton, & Gary A. Rizzo (Runner-Up)
The Killer – Ren Klyce, Steve Bissinger, Jonathan Stevens, Drew Kunin, Malcolm Fife, Stephen Urata, & Jeremy Molod
The Zone of Interest – Maximilian Behrens, Johnnie Burn, Simon Carroll, & Tarn Willers (Winner)
Best Score
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (Winner)
Past Lives – Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix (Runner-Up)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi
Best Production Design
Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen & Chris Moran
Barbie – Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Winner)
John Wick Chapter 4 – Kevin Kavanaugh
Killer of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk
Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong
Poor Things – Shona Heath & James Price (Runner-Up)
Best Hair & Makeup
Barbie – Maha Mimo and Clare M. Corsick (Runner-Up)
Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Christy Falco, Lydia Fantini, & Ahou Mofid
Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, and Josh Weston (Winner)
Priscilla – Jo-Ann MacNeil & Cliona Furey
Society of the Snow – Belén López-Puigcerver
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Best Costume Design
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran (Runner-Up)
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things – Holly Waddington (Winner)
Priscilla – Stacey Battat
Napoleon – David Crossman & Janty Yates
Best Editing
Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal (Runner-Up)
Barbie – Nick Houy
John Wick Chapter 4 – Nathan Orloff
Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame (Winner)
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
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