# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2023

The 19th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2023, were announced on January 10, 2024. The nominations were announced on January 3, 2024.
Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer led the nominations with ten each, followed by Poor Things with nine. Oppenheimer also received the most awards with eight wins, including Best Director; however, out of reach was Best Film, which went to Killers of the Flower Moon.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Past Lives The Holdovers Godzilla Minus One The Iron Claw Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Barbie American Fiction | Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Celine Song – Past Lives |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers as Adam Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison | Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon 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 Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn | Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Tony McNamara – Poor Things Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon | Celine Song – Past Lives Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik – May December Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie David Hemingson – The Holdovers Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Boy and the Heron Elemental Suzume Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 20 Days in Mariupol Beyond Utopia Four Daughters Little Richard: I Am Everything |
| Best International Film | Best First Film |
| Godzilla Minus One Anatomy of a Fall The Boy and the Heron The Taste of Things The Zone of Interest | Celine Song – Past Lives Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer Matthew Libatique – Maestro Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon Robbie Ryan – Poor Things | Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon Kevin Tent – The Holdovers Michelle Tesoro – Maestro |
| Best Original Score | Best Ensemble |
| Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Barbie | Oppenheimer Asteroid City Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Poor Things |
| Best Stunt Coordinator | Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance |
| Stephen Dunlevy and Scott Rogers – John Wick: Chapter 4 Wade Eastwood – Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Chavo Guerrero Jr. – The Iron Claw Crispin Layfield – Polite Society Noon Orsatti – Extraction 2 | Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Rocket Ayo Edebiri – TMNT: Mutant Mayhem as April O'Neil Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Miles Morales / Spider-Man Chloë Grace Moretz – Nimona as Nimona Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen |
| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Best Austin Film 2023 |
| Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon, The Unknown Country, Fancy Dance, and Quantum Cowboys Ayo Edebiri – Bottoms, Theater Camp, and TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers Celine Song – Past Lives | Milli Vanilli (dir. Luke Korem) The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon (dir. Matt Eskey) Sorry About the Demon (dir. Emily Hagins) Thirst (dir. Eric Owen) When You Get to the Forest (dir. Eric Power) |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| "In memoriam of the life and works of Lee Sun-kyun" (Parasite, Sleep and Project Silence) ||