Poor Things has been named the best film of 2023 by the Indiana Film Journalists Association, winning 7 awards, the most ever in the 15 years of the IFJA awards, including Best Lead Performance for Emma Stone, Best Supporting Performance for Mark Ruffalo, Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos, Best Adapted Screenplay for Tony McNamara, Original Vision and Best Ensemble Acting.
Celine Song’s Past Lives was named film of the year by the Dublin Film Critics Circle, representing Ireland’s professional film critics. Song also won best director.
The Zone of Interest was honored as Best Picture of 2023 and Best Director for Jonathan Glazer at the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) twenty seventh annual awards, recognizing excellence in film.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things was voted Best Film of 2023 by the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle at their seventh annual year-end awards. Poor Things also won for Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Script (Tony McNamara), and Best Actress (Emma Stone.)
Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) awarded Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese the top honor of Best Picture of the year along with Best Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese) and Best Original Score (Robbie Robertson).
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron was named Best Picture of 2023 by the Florida Film Critics Circle, making history as the first time an animated film won the top prize. The film also won Best Animated Film and Best Score for Joe Hisaishi.
A young woman encounters a renegade drifter and ends up in a fight for her life in “Roadkill” the thriller film starring Caitlin Carmichael, Danielle Harris, Ryan Knudson, Warren Fast, and Trenton Hudson.
Lionsgate revealed the official trailer for Sunrise, the thriller film starring Guy Pearce and Alex Pettyfer, about an ex-cop turned vampire who is forced to choose between vengeance and redemption.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie and will reissue the film in 250 theaters nationwide on February 14, 2024.
Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for Scrambled, the comedy film starring Leah McKendrick, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Adam Rodriguez, Laura Cerón, and Clancy Brown.
Blue Fox Entertainment shared an official trailer for Fitting In, the Canadian coming-of-age drama film starring Maddie Ziegler (Dance Moms, West Side Story, The Fall Out) as 16-year-old Lindy, who is diagnosed with a rare reproductive condition, MRKH syndrome.
Dark Sky Pictures debuted the official trailer for A Place Of Our Own, the drama starring Manisha Soni, Muskan, Aakash Jamra, Mahima Singh Thakur, and Tanveer Ahmed.