San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2023 Explained

Number:	28
Award:	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Date:	December 19, 2023
Site:	San Diego, California, U.S.
Best Picture:	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Most Wins:	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Barbie (5)
Most Nominations:	Barbie / Oppenheimer (12)
Last:	27th
Next:	29th

The 28th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 19, 2023. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2023, with Barbie and Oppenheimer ("Barbenheimer") leading the nominations with twelve each, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things with eight each.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. and Barbie won the most awards with five wins each, with the former winning Best Picture.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold, while the runner-ups and nominees for each category are listed under them.

Best Picture	Best Director
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Runner-Up: Oppenheimer American Fiction The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon	Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Zac Efron – The Iron Claw as Kerry Von Erich Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer	Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn	Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Runner-Up: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Höss Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie Atherton-Yoo
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Original Screenplay
Kelly Fremon Craig and Judy Blume – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Runner-Up: Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett – American Fiction Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, and Martin J. Sherwin – Oppenheimer Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon	Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie Runner-Up: David Hemingson – The Holdovers Samy Burch – May December Celine Song – Past Lives Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Ensemble	Best Comedic Performance
The Holdovers Runner-Up: Barbie Runner-Up: A Haunting in Venice Air Oppenheimer	Michael Cera – Barbie as Allan Runner-Up: Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Nathan Lane – as Harris
Best Animated Film	Best Documentary
The Boy and the Heron Runner-Up: Nimona Robot Dreams	Runner-Up: 20 Days in Mariupol Runner-Up: American Symphony Kokomo City
Best Foreign Language Film	Best First Feature (Director)
Anatomy of a Fall Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One Runner-Up: The Zone of Interest Fallen Leaves Monster	Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Runner-Up: Celine Song – Past Lives Chloe Domont – Fair Play Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-Up: Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie Robbie Ryan – Poor Things Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon	Laurent Sénéchal – Anatomy of a Fall Runner-Up: Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer Nick Houy – Barbie Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Jacqueline Durran, Charlotte Finlay, and Hope Slepak – Barbie Runner-Up: Vincent Dumas, Zsuzsa Stenger, and Holly Waddington – Poor Things David Crossman and Janty Yates – Napoleon Ellen Mirojnick – Oppenheimer Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon	Sarah Greenwood – Barbie Runner-Up: Ruth De Jong – Oppenheimer Jack Fisk – Killers of the Flower Moon Arthur Max – Napoleon James Price and Shona Heath – Poor Things
Best Stunt Choreography	Best Use of Music
Runner-Up: The Killer Napoleon Polite Society	Barbie Runner-Up: Air Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The Holdovers The Teacher
Best Sound Design	Best Visual Effects
The Zone of Interest Runner-Up: Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One The Teacher	Godzilla Minus One Runner-Up: Poor Things Oppenheimer
Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Runner-Up: Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Joe Bird – Talk to Me as Riley Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear as Henry Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice as Leopold Ferrier
Breakthrough Actor
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon
Special Award for Body of Work
Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario, The Flash, The Old Way, Renfield, The Retirement Plan, and Sympathy for the Devil)

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations . . December 14, 2023 . December 16, 2023.
2. Web site: San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Nominations . Anderson . Erik . AwardsWatch . December 15, 2023 . December 16, 2023.
3. Web site: The 2023 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Nominations . Neglia . Matt . Next Best Picture . December 15, 2023 . December 16, 2023.
4. Web site: 2023 San Diego Film Critics Society Winners . . December 19, 2023 . December 20, 2023.
5. Web site: San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: Kelly Fremon Craig's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' Named Best Picture . Anderson . Erik . AwardsWatch . December 19, 2023 . December 20, 2023.
6. Web site: The 2023 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Winners . Neglia . Matt . Next Best Picture . December 19, 2023 . December 20, 2023.