Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron was named Best Picture of 2023 by the Florida Film Critics Circle, making history as the first time an animated film won the top prize. The film also won Best Animated Film and Best Score for Joe Hisaishi.

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon also received three awards, including Best Ensemble and Best Actress for Lily Gladstone.

Celine Song’s debut Past Lives won two awards for Best First Film and Best Original Screenplay; as did May December, which won for Best Director for Todd Haynes and Charles Melton for Best Supporting Actor.

Franz Rogowski won Best Actor for his role in Passages, and Rachel McAdams took Best Supporting Actress for Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Other awards included Best Documentary to Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros and Anatomy of a Fall for Best International Film.

The Golden Orange, awarded to outstanding contributions to film by a Floridian, went to D. Smith and her documentary Kokomo City, depicting the lives of four Black trans sex workers.

Winners of 2023 Florida Film Critics Circle Awardss

BEST PICTURE: The Boy and the Heron
RUNNER-UP: May December

Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNER-UP: (TIE) Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall and Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Actor: Franz Rogowski, Passages
RUNNER-UP: Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Best Supporting Actress: Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
RUNNER-UP: Da’vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, May December
RUNNER-Up: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Best Ensemble: Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNER-UP: Asteroid City

Best Director: Todd Haynes, May December
RUNNER-UP: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay: Celine Song, Past Lives
RUNNER-UP: Wes Anderson, Asteroid City

Best Adapted Screenplay: Tony McNamara, Poor Things
RUNNER-UP: Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Cinematography: Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4
RUNNER-UP: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One
RUNNER-UP: (TIE) The Creator & Oppenheimer

Best Art Direction/Production: Asteroid City
RUNNER-UP: Poor Things

Best Score: Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
RUNNER-UP: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best Documentary: Menus-Plaisir – Les Troisgros
RUNNER-UP: The Eternal Memory

Best International Film: Anatomy of a Fall
RUNNER-UP: The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
no clear runner-up

Best First Film: Celine Song, Past Lives
RUNNER-UP: A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One

Breakout Award: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNER-UP: (TIE) Charles Melton, May December and Celine Song, Past Lives

Golden Orange: D. Smith – Kokomo City
RUNNER-UP: Alex Mechanik, May December