On February 21st, 2024, the International Film Society Critics Association (IFSCA / @IFSCritics on Twitter), of which I am a voting member, announced their full list of nominations for the ongoing 2023-2024 awards season. Like any other film critics association, their awards celebrate the best films of the past year. The ultimate winners will be announced on March 1st, 2024, which is in just a few days. Below you can read the full list of nominated films, performers, artists, and filmmakers.
BEST FIRST FEATURE
A Thousand and One
American Fiction
How to Have Sex
Talk to Me
Past Lives
Rye Lane
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Boy and the Heron
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Four Daughters
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Story
BEST ACTION FILM
Godzilla: Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Polite Society
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST HORROR / SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Evil Dead Rise
Godzilla: Minus One
Infinity Pool
M3GAN
Talk to Me
The Creator
BEST COMEDY / MUSICAL FEATURE
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Barbie
Bottoms
Poor Things
Rye Lane
The Holdovers
BEST STUNTS / CHOREOGRAPHY
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Polite Society
The Iron Claw
The Killer
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla
Society of the Snow
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Godzilla: Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Creator
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Godzilla: Minus One
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Oppenheimer
The Killer
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
BEST FILM EDITING
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Am I Dreaming?” – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“Camp Isn’t Home” – Theater Camp
“Dance The Night” – Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” – Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For” – Barbie
BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE
Abby Ryder Forston – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Arianna Greenblatt – Barbie
Calah Lane – Wonka
Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator
Seung-ah Moon – Past Lives
BODY OF WORK
Ayo Edebiri
Colman Domingo
Jeffrey Wright
Lily Gladstone
Sandra Hüller
Willem Dafoe
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
EXCEEDING (ONE-INCH) BARRIERS
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Godzilla: Minus One
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
May December
Past Lives
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
BEST DIRECTOR
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Jamie Bell – All Of Us Strangers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Claire Foy – All Of Us Strangers
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Julianne Moore – May December
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Andrew Scott – All Of Us Strangers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives
Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
BEST PICTURE
All Of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Holdovers
The Zone of Interest
– Article Written by Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen.
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