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MNFCA Awards 2023
The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the winners of their 2023 annual Film Awards. This year, Oppenheimer claimed the top honor of Best Picture and received a total of seven awards, the most of any nominated film.
Best Picture
WINNER: Oppenheimer
RUNNER-UP: Barbie
Maestro
Past Lives
The Holdovers
Best Director
WINNER: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
RUNNER-UP: Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Screenplay
WINNER: Past Lives – Celine Song
RUNNER-UP: American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
RUNNER-UP: The Holdovers – David Hemingson
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet & Arthur Harari
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
Best Ensemble
WINNER: Barbie
RUNNER-UP: The Iron Claw
RUNNER-UP: Oppenheimer
Asteroid City
Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Lead Actor
WINNER: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
RUNNER-UP: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Best Lead Actress
WINNER: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNER-UP: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
RUNNER-UP: Charles Melton – May December
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
RUNNER-UP: Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
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