Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. [4]
| 6th Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 30, 2023 |
| Official website | hollywoodcriticsassociation |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
| Most awards | Past Lives (3) |
| Most nominations | Air Past Lives (7) |
The winners of the 6th Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, were revealed on June 30, 2023, on the association's official Twitter page. [1]
The nominations were announced on June 27, 2023. Air and Past Lives led the nominations with seven each, followed by Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. with six; Asteroid City , BlackBerry , John Wick: Chapter 4 , and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse received three apiece. [1] [2] [3]
Past Lives received the most awards with three wins, including Best Actress (Greta Lee), followed by Air and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with two wins each; the latter won Best Picture and Best Director. [4] [5] [6]
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. [4]
The following films received multiple awards:
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 3 | Past Lives |
| 2 | Air |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
The following films received multiple nominations:
Greta Jiehan Lee is an American actress. She had supporting roles in the Netflix comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–2022) and the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2021–present). She gained prominence for her starring role in the romantic drama film Past Lives (2023), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) is a 501 c6 membership-based non-profit organization of critics, entertainment journalists, content creators, industry influencers, and creatives. The vision and mission of the HCA is to amplify diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and culture within the world of entertainment. It was founded in 2016 as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society and renamed in 2019 to Hollywood Critics Association. In 2023, Hollywood Critics Association ceased operations and a new organization called Hollywood Creative Alliance took its place, with its awards called the Astra Awards.
Kemp Powers is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his play One Night in Miami and the 2020 film adaptation of the same name, as well as for co-directing the animated films Soul (2020) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). His screenplay for One Night in Miami... earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 93rd Academy Awards, while his work on Soul made him the first African-American to co-direct a Disney animated feature.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a 2023 American coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Judy Blume. The film stars Abby Ryder Fortson as the title character, along with Rachel McAdams, Elle Graham, Benny Safdie, and Kathy Bates.
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The winners of the 5th Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, were revealed on July 1, 2022, on the HCA's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube pages.
May December is a 2023 American dark comedy drama film directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch, based on a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. It stars Natalie Portman as an actress who travels to meet and study the life of Gracie, the controversial woman she is set to play in a film—a woman infamous for the 24-year-long relationship with her husband Joe, which began when he was 13 years old and she was 36.
American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David.
Past Lives is a 2023 American romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song in her feature directorial debut. Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro, it follows two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives. The plot is semi-autobiographical and inspired by real events from Song's life.
A Thousand and One is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by A. V. Rockwell in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross, Aven Courtney, and Aaron Kingsley Adetola. Set between the 1990s and 2000s, it focuses on a single mother who decides to kidnap her son out of the foster care system to raise him herself, as the two struggle with life in a constantly changing New York City.