Oppenheimer Declared Best Picture by Critics Association of Central Florida

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been declared Best Picture by the Critics Association of Central Florida. The film picked up 10 wins in total including Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., and Best Cast.

Established in 2021, the CACF is an organisation of critics based in or around the Central Florida area with a passion for cinema, both as a medium of entertainment and as artistic expression. The CACF is comprised of working film and television critics who regularly contribute critiques through print, radio, television, podcast, online or other relevant means.

Full list of winners and runners-up below.

Best Picture

Winner: Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Barbie

Best Director

Winner: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie

Best Actor

Winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Best Actress

Winner: Emma Stone, Poor Things

Runner-up: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Runner-up: Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Best Cast

Winner: Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Barbie

Best Documentary

Winner: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Runner-up: Beyond Utopia

Best International Film

Winner: The Zone of Interest

Runner-up: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Film

Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Runner-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Screenplay

Winner: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Best Cinematography

Winner: Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Robbie Ryan, Poor Things

Best Score

Winner: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Original Song

Winner: “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie

Runner-up: “What Was I Made For,” Barbie

Best Sound Design

Winner: Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Maestro

Best Editing

Winner: Oppenheimer

Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

Winner: Poor Things

Runner-up: Barbie

Best Production Design

Winner: Barbie

Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Runner-up: Oppenheimer

Best Costume Design

Winner: Barbie

Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Stunt Coordination

Winner: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Central Florida FIlm

Winner: Path of the Panther

Best Achievement in Diversity

Winner: Bottoms

Best First Feature

Winner: Celine Song, Past Lives

Outstanding Youth Performance

Winner: Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.