Cord Jefferson’s Americna Fiction has been named Best Film by the Black Film Critics Circle. The film also picked up wins for Best Director, Best Actor for Jeffrey Wright, Best Supporting Actor for Sterling K. Brown, Best Ensemble and Best Adapted Screenplay in a tie with Oppenheimer.
Full list of winners below.
Best Film
American Fiction
Best Director
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Best Actor
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay (tie)
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction & Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Animated
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary
American Symphony
Best Ensemble
American Fiction
Best Cinematography
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
BFCC Signature Awards
Pioneer: Lisa Cortés, Little Richard: I Am Everything (director)
Rising Star / Best Newcomer (tie): A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One (director) & Tia Nomore, Earth Mama (actress)
Special Mention: Colman Domingo for The Color Purple and Rustin
Top 10 Films
1. American Fiction
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Color Purple
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Origin
6. Past Lives
7. Poor Things
8. Barbie
9. Maestro
10. Anatomy of a Fall
