FILM: 28th Annual Film Award Winners

The winners for the 28th Annual OFTA Film Awards have been announced.

The Online Film & Television Association has selected Oppenheimer as 2023’s best film. In addition, it was presented eleven other prizes. Christopher Nolan’s historical epic about the construction of the atomic bomb also claimed the awards for Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Ensemble, Casting, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects, and Cinematic Moment along with the publicity award for Movie Poster.

Barbie and The Holdovers tied for second with 4 awards each. Barbie won for Original Song (“What Was I Made For?”), Production Design, Costume Design, and Title Sequence. The Holdovers won for Actor (Paul Giamatti), Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Male Breakthrough Performance (Dominic Sessa), and Original Screenplay.

The other acting awards were presented to Emma Stone as Best Actress for Poor Things; Lily Gladstone from Killers of the Flower Moon for Female Breakthrough Performance; Milo Machado Graner for Best Youth Performance in Anatomy of a Fall; and Shameik Moore for Best Voice-Over Performance in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to Anatomy of a Fall and Best Documentary was given to Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.

We have also announced the runners-up in each category, in addition to ranking the Best Picture slate based on the submitted votes of our members.

For the full list of winners, go here.

Hall of Fame

In addition to awarding the best films of the past year, the members of the Online Film & Television Association annually select forty films, twelve actors (six male and six female), ten creative talents, ten technicians, ten songs, ten scores, and twelve characters. These recipients are judged based on their historical and cultural significance as well as the quality of their achievements. Below are this year’s inductees:

Productions

• 101 Dalmatians (1961)
• 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• 42nd Street (1933)
• Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Argo (2011)
• Avatar (2009)
• The Avengers (2012)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Brazil (1985)
• Brief Encounter (1945)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• Cat People (1942)
• A Christmas Carol (1951)
• Clerks (1994)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• The Departed (2006)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Harold and Maude (1971)
• Iron Man (2008)
• The Jerk (1979)
• The King and I (1956)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Throne of Blood (1957)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Up (2009)
• When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
• A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
• Yojimbo (1961)

Actors

• Amy Adams
• Woody Allen
• Angela Bassett
• Chadwick Boseman
• Albert Brooks
• George Clooney
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Robert Downey Jr.
• Errol Flynn
• Madeline Kahn
• Jessica Lange
• Mary Pickford

Architects

• Chantal Akerman
• Peter Bogdanovich
• Bong Joon-ho
• Albert R. Broccoli
• James L. Brooks
• Richard Donner
• Jim Henson
• Ron Howard
• Penny Marshall
• Jacques Tati

Support

• John Alcott (Cinematography)
• Michael Ballhaus (Cinematography)
• Iris Barry (Criticism)
• Jenny Beavan (Costume Design)
• Sheila Benson (Criticism)
• Henry Bumstead (Production Design)
• Walt Disney (Animator)
• Stephen Sondheim (Music)
• Howard Shore (Music)
• Douglas Trumbull (Visual Effects)

Songs

• Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) – Against All Odds (1984)
• All That Jazz – Chicago (2002)
• America – West Side Story (1961)
• Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) – Arthur (1981)
• Back in Time – Back to the Future (1985)
• Flashdance… What a Feeling – Flashdance (1983)
• Friend Like Me – Aladdin (1992)
• Gonna Fly Now – Rocky (1976)
• The Sound of Music – The Sound of Music (1965)
• You’re the One That I Want – Grease (1978)

Scores

• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Alien (1979)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Batman (1989)
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Omen (1976)
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)

Characters

• Anita (Rita Moreno) – West Side Story (1961)
• Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) – Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Batman/Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) – The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)
• Capt. Quint (Robert Shaw) – Jaws (1975)
• Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) – Basic Instinct (1992)
• Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) – The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) – Back to the Future (1985)
• Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
• HAL 9000 (Douglas Rain) – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) – The Pink Panther (1963)
• Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El (Christopher Reeve) – Superman (1978)
• Yoda (Frank Oz) – The Star Wars Trilogy (1977-1983)