30th annual cadet film awards 2023.

top 10 films of 2023

1. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
2. The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
3. Talk To Me (Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou)
4. The Creator (Gareth Edwards)
5. Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
6. The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
7. Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan)
8. Society of the Snow (J.A. Bayona)
9. Past Lives (Celine Song)
10. Flora and Son (John Carney)

Honourable mentions: Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese), Blackberry (Matthew Johnson), Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki), Drift (Anthony Chen), Saltburn (Emerald Fennell), Monica (Andrea Pallaoro), Somewhere in Queens (Ray Romano).

best director
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Gareth Edwards – The Creator
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives
J.A. Bayona – Society of the Snow
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

best lead actor
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Anthony Hopkins – Freud’s Last Session
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Christian Friedel – The Zone of Interest

best lead actress
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Cynthia Erivo – Drift
Eve Hewson – Flora and Son
Trace Lysette – Monica
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Sophie Wilde – Talk To Me

best supporting actor
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Glen Howerton – Blackberry
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
John Magaro – Past Lives
Joe Bird – Talk To Me

best supporting actress
Alia Shawkat – Drift
Penelope Cruz – Ferrari
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest

best adapted screenplay
Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller – BlackBerry
Sam Esmail – Leave the World Behind
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Ava DuVernay – Origin
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

best original screenplay
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Chloe Domont – Fair Play
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik – May December
Celine Song – Past Lives

best original score
Herdís Stefánsdóttir – Knock at the Cabin
Martin Phipps – Napoleon
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Anthony Willis – Saltburn
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
Mica Levi – The Zone of Interest

best original song (vocal or instrumental)
“Dance the Night” – Barbie
“What Was I Made For?” – Barbie
“It Would Be” – Drift
“High Life” – Flora and Son
“Can You Hear the Music” – Oppenheimer
“Found” – Society of the Snow

best ensemble
Air
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Knock at the Cabin
Oppenheimer

best cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt – The Killer
Darius Khondji – Napoleon
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Shabier Kirchner – Past Lives
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn
Łukasz Żal – The Zone of Interest

best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interestbest production design
Barbie
The Creator
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

best costume design
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

best makeup and hairstyling
Golda
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

best sound
The Creator
Ferrari
The Killer
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest

best visual effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Leave the World Behind
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow

best documentary feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

best animated feature
The Boy and the Heron

best feature directorial debut
Celine Song – Past Lives

best breakthrough performer
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

best poster
The Zone of Interest

best scene
“Descending into Darkness” – The Zone of Interest

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.