Utah Film Critics Association 2023 Awards Winners

The Utah Film Critics Association gathered together on Saturday, January 6, 2024 to deliberate and vote on excellence in filmmaking for 2023. The awards were widely distributed this year with Past Lives taking three including Best Picture as well as two for Celine Song for both Best Achievement in Directing and Best Original Screenplay.

Poor Things also received three wins, two for Emma Stone in Best Overall Performance and Leading Performance, Female, and Best Cinematography for Robbie Ryan.

The performances in The Holdovers were popular with Dominic Sessa and Da’Vine Joy Randolph winning in both Best Supporting Actor categories, while Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers and the cast of The Iron Claw rounded out acting with Best Lead Performance, Male and Best Ensemble Cast, respectively.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was recognized for Best Animated Feature and Best Editing, and Godzilla Minus One received Best Visual Effects and came in runner-up for Best Non-English Language Feature

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FULL LIST OF 2023 WINNERS

Best Picture

Winner: Past Lives
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Achievement in Directing

Winner: Celine Song, Past Lives
Runner-up: Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Best Overall Performance

Winner: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Runner-up: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Male

Winner: Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Lead Performance, Female

Winner: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Runners-up: Greta Lee, Past Lives and Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Tie)

Best Supporting Performance, Male

Winner: Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Runner-up: Charles Melton, May December

Best Supporting Performance, Female

Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Runner-up: Sandra Huller, The Zone of Interest

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

Winner: Iman Vellani, The Marvels
Runner-up: Nicolas Cage, Renfield

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner: The Iron Claw
Runner-up: The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Celine Song, Past Lives
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Runners-up: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer and Cord Jefferson, American Fiction (Tie)

Best Cinematography