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\n{For more information, contact: Michael Krause, Luminary Communications, mkrause@luminarycomm.com}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
New York, New York, January 3, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 For the past 17 years, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has presented annual EDA Awards, representing professional women critics’ collective perspectives on movies and cinema culture in the movie awards arena where female critics and critical opinion are still greatly underrepresented. AWFJ honors female creatives in non-gender specific awards categories and in unique Female Focus categories designated for women only.<\/p>\n
“2023 was an exceptional year with so many women playing major creative roles in high profile projects,” AWFJ President Jennifer Merin was quoted as saying. “AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we are delighted that this year’s AWFJ EDA Awards honor women creatives in six of our ten non-gendered BEST OF categories, as well as in all of our Female Focus categories. We hope this female forward trend will continue in 2024.”<\/p>\n
In 2023, THE ZONE OF INTEREST picked up awards for both Best Film and Best International Film, BARBIE captured four awards, including Best Director for Greta Gerwig, who also shared Best Original Screenplay Award with Noah Baumbach, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Ensemble Cast\/Casting Director (tie). Among other awards, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON won awards for Best Actress (Lily Gladstone), Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto), Best Editor (Thelma Schoonmaker) and Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance (Lily Gladstone).<\/p>\n
Below, list of f nominees, with WINNERS in RED:<\/p>\n
OFFICIAL 2023 EDA AWARDS WINNERS<\/p>\n
Best of\u00a0 Awards<\/h2>\n
Best Film \u2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n
AMERICAN FICTION
\nANATOMY OF A FALL
\nBARBIE
\nTHE HOLDOVERS
\nKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
\nOPPENHEIMER
\nPAST LIVES
\nTHE ZONE OF INTEREST<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nBest Director \u2013<\/h3>\n
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE<\/span><\/strong>
\nJonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
\nMartin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
\nCeline Song – PAST LIVES
\nJustine Triet \u2013 ANATOMY OF A FALL<\/p>\nBest Screenplay, Original \u2013<\/h3>\n
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
\nBARBIE – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach<\/span><\/strong>
\nTHE HOLDOVERS – David Hemingson
\nMAY DECEMBER – Samy Burch
\nPAST LIVES – Celine Song<\/p>\nBest Screenplay, Adapted<\/h3>\n
AMERICAN FICTION – Cord Jefferson<\/span><\/strong>
\nKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
\nOPPENHEIMER – Christopher Nolan
\nPOOR THINGS – Tony McNamara
\nTHE ZONE OF INTEREST – Jonathan Glazer<\/p>\nBest Documentary (Tied) \u2013<\/h3>\n
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
\nAMERICAN SYMPHONY<\/span><\/strong>
\nBEYOND UTOPIA
\nFOUR DAUGHTERS
\nSMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBest Animated Film \u2013<\/h3>\n
THE BOY AND THE HERON – Hayao Miyazaki<\/span><\/strong>
\nNIMONA – Troy Quane and Nick Bruno
\nROBOT DREAMS – Pablo Berger
\nSPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K Thompson
\nTEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES – Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears<\/p>\nBest Actress \u2013<\/h3>\n
Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON<\/span><\/strong>
\nSandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
\nGreta Lee – PAST LIVES
\nMargot Robbie – BARBIE
\nEmma Stone – POOR THINGS<\/p>\nBest Actress, Supporting \u2013<\/h3>\n
Danielle Brooks – THE COLOR PURPLE
\nAmerica Ferrera – BARBIE
\nSandra Huller – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
\nRosamund Pike – SALTBURN
\nDa’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBest Actor \u2013<\/h3>\n
Bradley Cooper – MAESTRO
\nPaul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
\nCillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
\nAndrew Scott – ALL OF US STRANGERS
\nJeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBest Actor, Supporting \u2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Stirling K Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
\nRobert Downey Jr – OPPENHEIMER
\nRyan Gosling – BARBIE<\/span><\/strong>
\nCharles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
\nMark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS<\/p>\nBest Ensemble Cast and Casting Director (Tied) \u2013<\/h3>\n
AMERICAN FICTION – Jennifer Euston<\/strong><\/span>
\nBARBIE – Lucy Brava and Allison Jones<\/strong><\/span>
\nTHE HOLDOVERS – Susan Shopmaker
\nKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Ellen Lewis
\nOPPENHEIMER – John Papsidera<\/p>\nBest Cinematography \u2013<\/h3>\n
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Rodrigo Prieto<\/span><\/strong>
\nMAESTRO – Matthew Labatique
\nOPPENHEIMER – Hoyte Van Hoytema
\nPOOR THINGS – Robbie Ryan
\nTHE ZONE OF INTEREST – Lukasz Zal<\/p>\nBest Editing \u2013<\/h3>\n
ANATOMY OF A FALL – Laurent Senechal
\nKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Thelma Schoonmaker<\/span><\/strong>
\nMAESTRO – Michelle Tesoro
\nOPPENHEIMER – Jennifer Lame
\nTHE ZONE OF INTEREST – Paul Watts<\/p>\nBest International Film \u2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n
ANATOMY OF A FALL – France
\nFALLEN LEAVES – Finland
\nPAST LIVES – South Korea
\nTHE TEACHER’S LOUNGE – Germany
\nTHE ZONE OF INTEREST – UK and Poland<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEDA Female Focus Awards<\/h2>\n
EDA Female Focus: Best Woman Director \u2013 Director’s Name and Title Film \u2013<\/h3>\n
Ava DuVernay – ORIGIN
\nEmerald Fennell – SALTBURN
\nGreta Gerwig – BARBIE
\nCeline Song – PAST LIVES
\nJustine Triet – ANATOMY OF A FALL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER<\/p>\n
Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
\nEmerald Fennell – SALTBURN
\nGreta Gerwig (with Noah Baumbach) – BARBIE
\nCeline Song – PAST LIVES<\/span><\/strong>
\nJustine Triet (with Arthur Harari) – ANATOMY OF A FALL<\/p>\nEDA Female Focus: Best Animated Female \u2013<\/h3>\n
Ariana Debose – WISH – Asha
\nAyo Edebiri – TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM – April; Neil
\nLeah Lewis – ELEMENTAL – Ember
\nChloe Grace Moretz – NIMONA – Nimona
\nHailee Steinfeld – SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE – Gwen Stacy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEDA Female Focus: Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance \u2013<\/h3>\n
Abby Ryder Fortson -ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
\nLily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON<\/span><\/strong>
\nGreta Lee – PAST LIVES
\nDa’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
\nCailee Spaeny – PRISCILLA<\/p>\nEDA Female Focus: Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry \u2013<\/h3>\n
Fran Drescher – for leading SAG-AFTRA through the actors’ strike and standing strong for an equitable contract.<\/span><\/strong>
\nAva DuVernay – For creating a new financing model, for consistently supporting women in film and for focusing her work on social justice.
\nGreta Gerwig – For all that is BARBIE.
\nLily Gladstone – For championing Native American stories, advocating for diversity and authenticity, and for starring in two exceptional films in 2023.
\nMargot Robbie – For producing and starring in BARBIE, and for continued support for women in film via her LuckyChap production company.<\/p>\nEDA Special Mentions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
EDA Special Mention: Grand Dame for Defying Ageism<\/h3>\n
Annette Bening – NYAD<\/strong><\/span>
\nJulia Louis Dreyfus – YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
\nJodie Foster – NYAD
\nHelen Mirren – GOLDA and FAST X
\nJulianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER<\/p>\nEDA Special Mention: Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference \u2013<\/p>\n
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – Harrison Ford (81) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (38)
\nKILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Leo DiCaprio (49) and Lily Gladstone (37)
\nMISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Tom Cruise (61) and Haley Atwell (41)
\nOPPENHEIMER – Cillian Murphy (47) and Florence Pugh (27)<\/strong><\/span>
\nPOOR THINGS – Mark Ruffalo (56) and Emma Stone (35)<\/p>\nEDA Special Mention: She Deserves a New Agent (Tied) \u2013<\/h3>\n
NOTE: The above title is not a put down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actress is better than the role(s) she’s been given!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Ana de Armas – GHOSTED
\nCandice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen – BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER<\/span><\/strong>
\nToni Colette – MAFIA MAMMA<\/span><\/strong>
\nNia Vardalos – MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3
\nReese Witherspoon – YOUR PLACE OR MINE<\/p>\nEDA Special Mention: Most Daring Performance\u2013<\/h3>\n
Anette Benning – NYAD
\nSandra Huller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
\nSandra Huller THE ZONE OF INTEREST
\nJulianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
\nEmma Stone – POOR THINGS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEDA Special Mention: Time Waster Remake or Sequel \u2013<\/h3>\n
THE EXORCIST BELIEVER<\/span><\/strong>
\nTHE EXPENDIBLES 4
\nTHE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
\nINDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
\nMAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hall of Shame Awards!<\/span><\/h2>\n
Taking note of miscreant(s) and their unacceptable behavior and dirty deeds.<\/span><\/h3>\n
The AMPTP and studio heads for their despicable behavior concerning the WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations and strikes: Drew Barrymore<\/strong> for resuming her show during the WGA strike, resulting in three writers leaving the show; Greta Gerwig<\/strong> for crossing WGA and SAG picket lines (she’s a member of both and although not an actor in BARBIE, she co-wrote it) to promote BARBIE, claiming she was just there as a non-striking director.<\/p>\n
Her co-writer Noah Baumbach respected the picket line. Media gave her a free pass while Black director Justin Simien (not a member of ANY striking guild) was giving flack for attending the Disney premiere of his film THE HAUNTED MANSION. Shame on Greta.<\/span><\/strong>
\nJonathan Majors for domestic violence. <\/span>Danny Masterson,<\/strong> sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after having been found guilty of raping two women.<\/p>\n
\nIn preparation for the awards season, AWFJ tracks femme-helmed and femme-centric films released throughout the year. The 2023 list of EDA Award-eligible femme-helmed and\/or femme-centric films includes almost 500 titles. Many of these female made movies are small budget productions that receive neither wide distribution nor critical consideration. This staggering number of independently produced films indicates the high level of female filmmaker proactivity in contradiction to the grim statistics consistently reported in major studies about female film production. AWFJ advocates for acknowledgment of these films and recognition for their filmmakers.<\/p>\n
The EDAs are named in honor of AWFJ founder Merin\u2019s mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and television actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. A dedicated foot soldier in the industry, Eda was one of the founders of AFTRA and a long-standing Member of AMPAS. EDA is also an acronym for Excellent Dynamic Activism, qualities shared by Eda Reiss Merin, AWFJ members and those honored with EDA Awards.<\/p>\n
About the Alliance of Women Film Journalists<\/strong>
\nA not-for-profit professional association of highly qualified female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women \u2013 both in front of and behind the cameras \u2013 through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.<\/p>\nAWFJ was founded in 2006 by Jennifer Merin, Maitland McDonagh, Joanna Langfield and Jenny Halper. In addition to the year end awards, AWFJ presents EDA Awards at partner festivals, keeps an active and interactive record of fiction feature and documentary films by and\/or about women, and\/or are of particular interest to women because they focus on women\u2019s issues. We welcome information that will allow us to keep our lists updated. Lists are made available to members and the general public on our Web site at AWFJ.org. For further information, contact AWFJ President Jennifer Merin at awfjinc@gmail.com.
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\nGregg W. Morris can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“2023 was an exceptional year with so many women playing major creative roles in high profile projects,” AWFJ President Jennifer Merin was quoted as saying. “AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we are delighted that this year’s AWFJ EDA Awards honor women creatives in six of our 10non-gendered BEST OF categories, as well as in all of our Female Focus categories. We hope this female forward trend will continue in 2024.” (Drew Barrymore, however, was one of three who got a nasty sneer.) \u2013 Article by Gregg W. Morris<\/p>\n