The 2023 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners

The members of the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) have, for the 16th year, selected their favorite works of 2023. Here are this year’s winners… (Winners presented in a ranked list for each category) Best Film Past Lives Anatomy of a Fall Oppenheimer Killers of the Flower Moon May December Tár Barbie Close/EO (tie) The Eight Mountains/Passages (tie) Priscilla Best Director Celine Song – Past Lives Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Todd Field – Tár Alice Diop – Saint Omer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Lukas Dhont – Close Jerzy Skolimowski – EO Bradley Cooper – Maestro Best Actor Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer Franz Rogowski – Passages Bradley Cooper – Maestro Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid Denis Ménochet – The Beasts Luca Marinelli – The Eight Mountains Barry Keoghan – Saltburn Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall Chares Melton – May December Ryan Gosling – Barbie Best Actress Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Carey Mulligan – Maestro Cate Blanchett – Tár Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall Julianne Moore – May December Natalie Portman – May December Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter Annette Bening – Nyad Adèle Exarchopoulos – Passages Sydney Sweeney – Reality Best Documentary The Deepest Breath 406 Days Still: A Michael J Fox Movie Kokomo City In the Shadow of Beirut Stolen So This Is Christmas Little Richard: I Am Everything I Dream in Photos Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Best Irish Film Lakelands The Deepest Breath Lola My Sailor, My Love Ballywalter Best Screenplay Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall Isabel Peña & Rodrigo Sorogoyen – The Beasts Samy Burch – May December Aki Kaurismäki – Fallen Leaves Paul Schrader – Master Gardener Best Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer Mark Jenkin – Enys Men Ruben Impens – The Eight Mountains Thomas Favel – Return to Seoul International breakthrough Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane Irish breakthrough Orén Kinlan – Flora and Son What do you think of the winners? Please let us know your thoughts on our Twitter account. Click here for more important upcoming dates this awards season and here for the most recent tally of awards season winners for the current year.