The San Diego Film Critics Society picked the coming-of-age film Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret directed by Kelly Fremon Craig as the Best Picture of 2023. The film also won Best Supporting Actress for Rachel McAdams, Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18) for Abby Ryder Fortson, Best Adapted Screenplay for Kelly Fremon Craig and Breakthrough Actor for Abby Ryder Fortson.
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.
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.)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 96th Academy Awards®.
Killers of the Flower Moon took the top National Board of Review (NBR) 2023 awards winning Best Film; Martin Scorsese for Best Director; and Lily Gladstone for Best Actress.
The U.S. Premiere of Wicked Little Letters directed by Thea Sharock will open the 35th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF).
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie took home five awards including the top prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards in New York City. The film’s other wins were Best Director for Davis Guggenheim, Best Editing for Michael Harte, Best Narration for Michael J. Fox, and Best Biographical Documentary.
Indie films All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, and A Thousand and One are among feature films receiving nominations for the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards.
Cinema Eye Honors kicked off its 17th season with its first awards announcements for 2024, revealing the nominees in five Broadcast categories, the annual Shorts List — spotlighting 10 of the year’s top documentary short films — the 20 films on the Audience Choice Prize Long List and the unveiling of this year’s Unforgettables Honorees.
NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, will open Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival which returns in person October 21–28, 2023.
The 49th Seattle International Film Festival came to a close with the award ceremony and Dancing Queen directed by Aurora Gossé won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Film, and 26.2 to Life directed by Christine Yoo won for Best Documentary.