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.
