More wins for Oppenheimer at OFCS Awards

The Holdovers holds its ground in acting categories

by Jennie Kermode

Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers
Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers

Oppenheimer has swept through the OFCS Awards with eight wins in the major categories, but The Holdovers still scored two wins in the acting categories, now looking like a strong best for the biggest prizes of them all. It was a disappointing night for Poor Things, which had 11 nominations but not a single award, and Killers Of The Flower Moon, which, from the same starting point, got only one. That said, Lily Gladstone now looks as if they will be hard to beat.

Barbie's successes were largely relegated to the technical awards, but its Best Costume win is an interesting one, as historically this award, across a wide range of awards bodies, has only ever gone to period pieces. The plastic doll may have finally broken the mould.

Those award winners in full:

Best Picture

Best Animated Feature

Best Director:

Best Actor:

Best Actress:

Best Supporting Actor:

Best Supporting Actress:

Best Original Screenplay:

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Best Editing:

Best Cinematography:

Best Original Score:

Best Production Design:

Best Costume Design:

Best Visual Effects:

Best Feature Début:

Best Film Not in the English Language:

Best Documentary:

Technical Achievements>

Lifetime Achievement Awards

  • Jodie Foster (actor)
  • Gene Hackman (actor)
  • Gale Anne Hurd (producer)
  • Hayao Miyazaki (animator/writer/director)
  • Thelma Schoonmaker (editor)

Special Achievement Awards

  • Ben Model, for his work in restoring and releasing silent film classics.
  • Fran Drescher, president of the Screen Actors Guild, for her diligent negotiation on behalf of working actors in the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.
  • Members of and President Meredith Stiehm of the Writers Guild of America for persisting in their strike to ensure that the rapidly-changing American film industry will remain a viable source of livelihood for artists.

Best Non-US Releases

  • Bad Living (João Canijo, Portugal)
  • Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Elene Naveriani, Georgia)
  • Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice, Spain)
  • Dear Jassi (Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, India)
  • Explanation for Everything (Gábor Reisz, Hungary)
  • The Girls Are Alright (Itsaso Arana, Spain)
  • I Love You, Beksman (Perci M. Intalan, Philippines)
  • The New Boy (Warwick Thornton, Australia)
  • Samsara (Lois Patino, Spain)
  • Sorcery (Christopher Murray, Chile)

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