4th Annual International Film Society Critics Association (IFSCA) Awards Winners

Earlier this week, The International Film Critics Society Association, now in its fourth year of operation, announced the winners of the 2023-2024 International Film Society Critics Association Awards, also known as the 4th Annual IFSCA Awards.

I didn't get to cover the nominations nor did I remember to write up my ballot (sorry!), so let's get you caught up. Leading with eight wins and four runner-up placements is Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. However, surprising everyone is Celine Song's Past Lives, which picked up awards for Best Picture, Best First Feature, Best Original Screenplay, and the Exceeding One-Inch Barriers award which is awarded to the film with the greatest crossover appeal to audiences regardless of what language is spoken.

Barbie had the most nominations out of all the films with 17 total - including three in the Best Original Song category - picking up only three awards in a surprising shutout: Best Comedy or Musical Feature, Best Production Design, and Best Original Song for "I'm Just Ken," with five runner-up placements.

From there on, awards darling Poor Things picked up two wins alongside Godzilla Minus One and John Wick: Chapter 4.

Now that we've familiarized ourselves with the most nominated films, let's introduce the winners. The results are as follows.

Winners are in Bold. Runners up are in Italics.

Best First Feature

• A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One

• Celine Song – Past Lives (Winner)

• Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (Runner-Up)

• Michael and Daniel Philippou – Talk To Me

• Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex

• Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane

Best Documentary Feature

• 20 Days in Mariupol – Dir. Mstyslav Chernov

• American Symphony – Dir. Matthew Heineman

• Beyond Utopia – Dir. Madeleine Gavin

• Four Daughters – Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Runner-Up)

• Kokomo City – Dir. D. Smith)

• Still: A Michael J Fox Movie – Dir. Davis Guggenheim (Winner)

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould

• Godzilla Minus One – Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki (Winner)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Goran Backman, Janelle Ralla, and Reina Sparks

• Oppenheimer – Scott Fisher and Andrew Jackson (Runner-Up)

• Poor Things – Andrew Woolley, Dániel Szabó, Tim Barter, James Roberts, Levente Safrany, and Siân Venables

Best Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron – Dir. Hayao Miyazaki (Runner-Up)

• Elemental – Dir. Peter Sohn

• Nimona – Dir. Troy Quane and Nick Bruno

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Dirs. Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers (Winner)

• Suzume – Dir. Makoto Shinkai

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Dir. Jeff Rowe

Best Ensemble Cast

• Barbie (Runner-Up)

• The Holdovers

• The Iron Claw

• Killers of the Flower Moon

• Oppenheimer (Winner)

• Poor Things

Best Action Feature

• Godzilla Minus One (Runner-Up)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

• John Wick: Chapter 4 (Winner)

• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

• Polite Society

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Horror/Science Fiction Feature

• The Creator

• Evil Dead Rise

• Godzilla Minus One (Winner)

• Infinity Pool

• M3GAN

• Talk to Me (Runner-Up)

Best Comedy/Musical Feature

• Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.

• Barbie (Winner)

• Bottoms

• The Holdovers

• Poor Things (Runner-Up)

• Rye Lane

Best Stunts / Choreography

• Barbie – Ingrid Kleinig, Anouska Taylor, and Roy Taylor

• The Iron Claw – Chavo Guerrero Jr.

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Stephen Dunlevy, Jeremy Marinas, Koji Kawamoto, and Scott Rogers (Winner)

• The Killer – Sébastien Fouassier, Justin Kell, and Dave Macomber

• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Wade Eastwood, Scott Armstrong, Suzie Frize-Williams, and Christopher Gordon (Runner-Up)

• Polite Society – Crispin Layfield

Best Youth Performance

• Abby Ryder Forston as Margaret Simon – Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (Runner-Up)

• Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha – Barbie

• Calah Lane as Noodle – Wonka

• Madeleine Yuna Voyles as Alphie – The Creator

• Milo Machado Graner as Daniel Maleski – Anatomy of a Fall (Winner)

• Seung-ah Moon as young Nora Moon – Past Lives

Best Sound Design

• Godzilla Minus One – Natsuko Inoue and Hisafumi Takeuchi

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Manfred Banach, Casey Genton, and Andy Koyama

• The Killer – Ren Klyce, Steve Bissinger, Jonathan Stevens, Drew Kunin, Malcolm Fife, Stephen Urata, and Jeremy Molod

• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Chris Munro, Mark Taylor, and James Mather

• Oppenheimer – Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Willie D. Burton, and Gary A. Rizzo (Runner-Up)

• The Zone of Interest – Maximilian Behrens, Johnnie Burn, Simon Carroll, and Tarn Willers (Winner)

Best Cinematography

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Dan Lautsen

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto

• Oppenheimer – Hoyte Van Hoytema (Winner)

• Poor Things – Robbie Ryan (Runner-Up)

• Saltburn – Linus Sandgren

• The Zone of Interest – Lukasz Zal

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Barbie – Maha Mimo and Clare M. Corsick (Runner-Up)

• Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell

• Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Christy Falco, Lydia Fantini, and Ahou Mofid

• Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, and Josh Weston (Winner)

• Priscilla – Jo-Ann MacNeil and Cliona Furey

• Society of the Snow – Belén López-Puigcerver

Best Costume Design

• Barbie – Jacqueline Durran (Runner-Up)

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West

• Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick

• Poor Things – Holly Waddington (Winner)

• Priscilla – Stacey Battat

• Napoleon – David Crossman and Janty Yates

Best Production Design

• Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen and Chris Moran

• Barbie – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (Winner)

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Kevin Kavanaugh

• Killer of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk

• Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong

• Poor Things – Shona Heath and James Price (Runner-Up)

Best Body of Work

• Ayo Edebiri for their performances in “Bottoms”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”, “Theater Camp”, and “The Sweet East”

• Colman Domingo for their performances in “Rustin”, “The Color Purple”, “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”, and “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”

• Jeffrey Wright for their performances in “American Fiction”, “Asteroid City”, and “Rustin”

• Lily Gladstone for their performances in “Killers of the Flower Moon”, “Quantum Cowboys”, and “The Unknown Country”

• Sandra Hüller for their performances in “Anatomy of a Fall”, “Sisi & I”, and “The Zone of Interest” (Winner)

• Willem Dafoe for their performances in “Asteroid City”, “Inside”, “Finally Dawn”, and “Poor Things”

Best Original Score

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson

• Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (Winner)

• Past Lives – Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen

• Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix (Runner-Up)

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

• The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi

Best Original Song

• Am I Dreaming?” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky, Roisee, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, and Scriptplugg

• “Camp Isn’t Home” from Theater Camp – Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt, and Mark Sonnenblick

• “Dance the Night” from Barbie – Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Andrew Wyatt, and Mark Ronson

• “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Winner)

• “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon – Scott George, Kenny Bighorse, and Vann Bighorse

• “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie – Billie Eilish and Finneas (Runner-Up)

Best Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal (Runner-Up)

• Barbie – Nick Houy

• John Wick Chapter 4 – Nathan Orloff

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker

• Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame (Winner)

• Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Exceeding One-Inch Barriers

• Anatomy of a Fall

• Barbie

• Godzilla Minus One (Runner-Up, Tie)

• Past Lives (Winner)

• Society of the Snow

• The Zone of Interest (Runner-Up, Tie)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, based on the book ‘Strangers’ by Taichi Yamada (Runner-Up, Tie)

• American Fiction – Cord Jefferson, based on the book ‘Erasure’ by Percival Everett

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Erik Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on the book by David Grann

• Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan, based on the book ‘American Prometheus’ by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin (Winner)

• Poor Things – Tony McNamara, based on the book by Alasdair Gray (Runner-Up, Tie)

• The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer, based on the book by Martin Amis

Best Original Screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (Runner-Up)

• Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach

• The Holdovers – David Hemingson

• The Iron Claw – Sean Durkin

• May December – Samy Burch

• Past Lives – Celine Song (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor

• Charles Melton as Joe Yoo – May December

• Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully – The Holdovers

• Jamie Bell as Adam’s Father – All of Us Strangers

• Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn – Poor Things

• Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss – Oppenheimer (Winner)

• Ryan Gosling as Ken– Barbie (Runner-Up)

Best Supporting Actress

• Claire Foy as Adam’s Mother – All of Us Strangers (Runner-Up)

• Danielle Brooks as Sophia – The Color Purple

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb – The Holdovers (Winner)

• Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo – May December

• Rachel McAdams as Barbara Simon – Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret

• Sandra Huller as Hedwig Höss – The Zone of Interest

Best Lead Actor

• Andrew Scott as Adam– All of Us Strangers

• Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer – Oppenheimer (Winner)

• Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison – American Fiction

• Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham – The Holdovers (Runner-Up)

• Teo Yoo as Hae Sung– Past Lives

• Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich – The Iron Claw

Best Lead Actress

• Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre – Maestro

• Emma Stone as Bella Baxter – Poor Things (Runner-Up, Tie)

• Greta Lee as Nora Moon – Past Lives

• Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart – Killers of the Flower Moon (Winner)

• Margot Robbie as Barbie – Barbie

• Sandra Hüller as Sandra Voyter – Anatomy of a Fall (Runner-Up, Tie)

Best Director

• Celine Song – Past Lives (Runner-Up)

• Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Winner)

• Greta Gerwig – Barbie

• Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

• Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

• Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Best Picture

• All of Us Strangers

• Anatomy of a Fall

• Barbie

• The Holdovers

• Killers of the Flower Moon

• Oppenheimer (Runner-Up)

• Past Lives (Winner)

• Poor Things

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

• The Zone of Interest (Second Runner-Up)

The final tally is as follows:

• Oppenheimer (Universal) - 8 wins, four runner-up, 14 nominations

• Past Lives (A24) - 4 wins, one runner-up, nine nominations

• Barbie (Warner Bros.) - three wins, five runner-up, 17 nominations

• Poor Things (Searchlight) - two wins, six runner-up, 13 nominations

• Godzilla Minus One (Toho) - two wins, two runner-up, five nominations

• John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) - two wins, no runner-up, seven nominations

• Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) - one win, three runner-up, seven nominations

• The Zone of Interest (A24) - one win, two runner-up, seven nominations

• The Holdovers (Focus) - one wine, one runner-up, six nominations

• Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple) - one win, no runner-up, ten nominations

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) - one win, no runner-up, five nominations