The 5th annual For Films' Sake Awards are here! The year 2023 was incredibly strong in films and now our group has selected the nominations for our awards. Our panel consists of members of our main group Chris Fuentes, Irvin Hernández, Joel Meléndez, and José Omar Sánchez. Also voting are returning collaborators Amanda Guarragi of Candid Cinema and Julia Andrade of Palomita de Maíz.
And now, here our the nominees for the 2023 For Films' Sake Awards:
BEST EDITING
Jonathan Alberts, All of Us Strangers
Keith Fraase, Past Lives
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
Laurent Sénéchal, Anatomie d’une chute
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Watts, The Zone of Interest
BEST SOUND
Godzilla Minus One
Ferrari
The Killer
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross, The Killer
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jamie D. Ramsay, All of Us Strangers
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3
Ayo Edebiri, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse
Leah Lewis, Elemental
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Chloë Grace Moretz, Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Julianne Moore, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Milo Machado-Graner, Anatomie d’une chute
John Magaro, Past Lives
Charles Melton, May December
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomie d’une chute
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST ACTOR
Zac Effron, The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach/Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth/Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Asteroid City
Nathan Bryon/Tom Melia, Rye Lane
Samy Burch, May December
Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw
Arthur Harari/Justine Triet, Anatomie d’une chute
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Glorimar Marrero Pérez, La pecera
Danny & Michael Philippou, Talk To Me
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Celine Song, Past Lives
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Sofia Coppola, Priscilla
Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet, Anatomie d’une chute
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomie d’une chute
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Past Lives
La sociedad de la nieve
The Zone of Interest
BEST FILM
All of Us Strangers
Anatomie d’une chute
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
Nominations count:
Oppenheimer (9)
Killers of the Flower Moon (8)
Past Lives (8)
Poor Things (8)
The Zone of Interest (8)
All of Us Strangers (7)
Anatomie d’une chute (7)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (6)
The Holdovers (4)
American Fiction (3)
The Boy and the Heron (3)
The Iron Claw (3)
May December (3)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2)
Barbie (2)
Elemental (2)
Godzilla Minus One (2)
The Killer (2)
Maestro (2)
Nimona (2)
Priscilla (2)
Rye Lane (2)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2)
A Thousand and One (1)
Asteroid City (1)
Creed III (1)
Ferrari (1)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (1)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (1)
La pecera (1)
La sociedad de la nieve (1)
Talk To Me (1)
Other films that received votes to nominate across all categories:
Air
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Bastarden
Beau is Afraid
Bottoms
The Burial
Carmen
Cassandro
Cat Person
Clock
Cocaine Bear
Los colonos
The Color Purple
El conde
The Creator
Das Lehrerzimmer
Dream Scenario
Érase una vez en el Caribe
Fair Play
Fingernails
How To Blow Up a Pipeline
How To Have Sex
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Infinity Pool
Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens
Io Capitano
John Wick: Chapter 4
Kuolleet lehdet
Kuru Otlar Üstüne
La memoria infinita
La passion de Dodin Bouffant
M3GAN
Missing
Monica
Monster
Nyad
Passages
Perfect Days
Polite Society
Reality
Rotel Himmel
Rotting in the Sun
Rustin
Saltburn
Sanctuary
Scrapper
Shortcomings
Showing Up
Suzume
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
They Cloned Tyrone
Un beau matin
Vanskabte land
Voleuses
Wish