2023 Windie Award Nominations
THE “BARBENHEIMER” PHENOMENON’S TWIN BILLING OF BARBIE AND OPPENHEIMER COMBINES FOR 25 TOTAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2023 WINDIE AWARDS PRESENTED BY CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS
Celebrating their eighth year with a new logo and redesigned website, the Chicago Indie Critics have announced the nominees for their Windie Awards. The voting film critic members completed ballots this week to select Windie nominees in 25 categories. The CIC members will commence a final round of voting ending on January 12, 2024. The 2023 Windie winners will be announced on the evening of January 20, 2024. The group is hosting an invitation-only private Awards Party at Chicago Filmmakers on Hollywood Avenue in Chicago.
Topping all films with 13 stellar Windie nominations is Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. The Warner Bros. tentpole and colorful explosion of cinema and comedy was nominated for Best Studio Film, Best Director for Gerwig, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera, and in the artistic categories of cinematography, production design, costumes, makeup, original score, sight unseen performance, and two original songs. Following right behind was Christopher Nolan’s explosive dramatic opus Oppenheimer with 12 Windie nominations, including selections for Best Studio Film, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Supporting Actress for Emily Blunt, and Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for Nolan himself.
The next closest films for total Windie nominations were Poor Things with 10 nominations and The Holdovers with 8. Those two join Barbie and Oppenheimer in the Best Studio Film with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In the other top film category, the five nominees for the Best Independent Film of the year (budgeted $30 million and under) include All of Us Strangers, Anatomy of a Fall, The Iron Claw, Past Lives, and The Zone of Interest. Altogether, 22 films received multiple Windie nominations, and 37 films overall were represented across all categories.
As a special category of local recognition, the Chicago Indie Critics annually presents the Impact Award. The distinction celebrates a group or person whose work during the past year or beyond had a positive influence on the Chicagoland film community. This year’s Impact Award nominees include Rebecca Fons of The Gene Siskel Film Center, Morgan Harris of the Acacia Consulting Group, critic Dann Gire and author Raymond Benson of the “Dan and Raymond Movie Club,” the Music Box Theatre programming team of Katie Rife, Will Morris, and Ryan Oestreich, and the beloved Music Box Theatre organist Dennis Scott.
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2023 WINDIE AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Sarah Harvey
Anatomy of a Fall
Producers: Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
The Iron Claw
Producers: Sean Durkin, Tessa Ross, Angus Lamont, Derrin Schlesinger, and Juliette Howell
Past Lives
Producers: Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and David Hinojosa
The Zone of Interest
Producers: James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska
BEST STUDIO FILM
Barbie
Producers: David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner
The Holdovers
Producers: Mark Johnson, Bill Block, and David Hemingson
Oppenheimer
Producers: Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, and Emma Thomas
Poor Things
Producers: Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Andrew Lowe, and Ed Guiney
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Producers: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Producers: Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
The Boy and the Heron
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Godzilla Minus One
Producers: Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Minami Ichikawa, and Keiichiro Moriya
When Evil Lurks
Producers: Roxanna Ramos and Fernando Diaz
The Zone of Interest
Producers: James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony
Producers: Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, and Joedan Okun
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Producers: R.J. Cutler, Kimberly Ferdinando, Nicole Newnham, Molly O’Brien, Elise Pearlstein, and Trevor Smith
Silver Dollar Road
Producers: Raoul Peck, Blair Foster, Rémi Grellety, and Hebert Peck
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King, and Will Cohen
20 Days in Mariupol
Producers: Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Derl McCrudden and Michelle Mizner
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Elemental
Producer: Denise Ream
Nimona
Producers: Karen Ryan, Julie Zackary, and Roy Lee
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Producers: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Producers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver
BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Celine Song, Past Lives
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
The Iron Claw – Sean Durkin
Past Lives – Celine Song
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig
Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
BEST ACTOR
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Charles Melton, May December
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
America Ferrera, Barbie
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.
Julianne Moore, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
BEST ENSEMBLE
American Fiction
Casting director: Jennifer Euston
Asteroid City
Casting director: Douglas Aibel
The Holdovers
Casting director: Susan Shopmaker
Oppenheimer
Casting director: John Papsidera
Poor Things
Casting director: Dixie Chassey
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie – Susan Greenwood and Katie Spencer
The Color Purple – Paul Denham Austerberry and Larry Dias
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk
Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong
Poor Things – Shona Heath and James Price
BEST COSTUMES
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
The Color Purple – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Priscilla – Stacey Battat
Wonka – Lindy Hemming
BEST MAKEUP
Barbie – Ivana Primorac
The Iron Claw – Natalie Shea Rose and Elle Favorule
Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Lori McCoy-Bell
Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, and Josh Weston
Priscilla – Jo-Ann MacNeil and Cliona Furey
BEST EDITING
The Holdovers – Kevin Tent
The Iron Claw – Matthew Hannam
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“What Was I Made For?” – Barbie
Written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell
“Keep It Movin’” – The Color Purple
Written by Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, and Morten Ristorp
“Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, and Michael Jelenic
“A World of Your Own” – Wonka
Written by Neil Hannon, Simon Faraby, and Paul King
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould
Godzilla Minus One – Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick
Oppenheimer – Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, and Dave Drzewiecki
Poor Things – Simon Hughes
BEST STUNTS
The Iron Claw – Hiro Koda and Chavo Guerrero Jr.
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Stephen Dunleavy, Scott Rogers, and Jeremy Marinas
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Wade Eastwood and Rudolf Vrba
Polite Society – Crispin Layfield and Rob Lock
Sisu – Oula Kitti
BREAKOUT ARTIST
Charles Melton
Dominic Sessa
Cailee Spaeny
Celine Song
Sophie Wilde
SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE
Helen Mirren, Barbie
Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
IMPACT AWARD
Local award given to individuals who have made a positive impact on Chicago cinema
Rebecca Fons – Gene Siskel Film Center
Dann Gire and Raymond Benson – “Dan and Raymond Movie Club”
Morgan Harris – Acacia Media Group
Katie Rife, Will Morris, and Ryan Oestreich – Music Box Theatre programming
Dennis Scott – Music Box Theatre organist
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NOMINATIONS BY THE NUMBERS:
13: Barbie
12: Oppenheimer
10: Poor Things
8: The Holdovers
6: Killers of the Flower Moon, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5: The Iron Claw, Past Lives
4: Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro
3: American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, The Color Purple, The Zone of Interest
2: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret., Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, May December, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Priscilla, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Wonka
1: All of Us Strangers, American Symphony, Asteroid City, The Creator, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, Elemental, John Wick: Chapter 4, Nimona, Polite Society, Silver Dollar Road, Sisu, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 20 Days in Mariupol, When Evil Lurks
