The Paris Film Critics Association (PFCA) is a French film critic organization founded in 2021 by journalist Sam Bobino. The organization votes on the annual Paris Film Critics Association Awards, honoring French and international films and TV series.
Background Its membership comprises film critics and journalists based in Paris. Each year, the organization votes on the Paris Film Critics Association Awards, honoring members of the French and international film industry who have excelled in their fields over the calendar year. These awards are presented each February at a ceremony held in Paris. The PFCA also honors industry veterans with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Award.
Awards 2022 The nominees were announced on 12 January 2022. The winners were announced on 7 February 2022 at an award ceremony held at the Hotel Le Royal Monceau-Raffles in Paris. 50 journalists voted for the awards.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Lost Illusions – Xavier Giannoli Annette – Leos Carax Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi Happening – Audrey Diwan Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Arthur Harari The Card Counter – Paul Schrader Arthur Harari – Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Audrey Diwan – Happening Denis Villeneuve – Dune Julia Ducournau – Titane Leos Carax – Annette Xavier Giannoli – Lost Illusions The Father – Florian Zeller Gagarine – Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh The Swarm – Just Philippot Magnetic Beats – Vincent Maël Cardona Sound of Metal – Darius Marder Pleasure – Ninja Thyberg | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Velvet Queen – Vincent Munier and Marie Amiguet Delphine and Carole – Callisto McNulty Indes galantes – Philippe Béziat The State of Texas vs. Melissa – Sabrina Van Tassel Their Algeria – Lina Soualem The Beatles: Get Back – Peter Jackson |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Benoît Magimel – Peaceful Adam Driver – Annette Anthony Hopkins – The Father Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter Vincent Lindon – Titane Yuya Endo – Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Anamaria Vartolomei – Happening Lady Gaga – House of Gucci Marion Cotillard – Annette Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – The Divide Valérie Lemercier – Aline |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Vincent Lacoste – Lost Illusions Adam Driver – The Last Duel Al Pacino – House of Gucci Karim Leklou – BAC Nord Lambert Wilson – Benedetta Willem Dafoe – The Card Counter | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Olivia Colman – The Father Charlotte Rampling – Benedetta Cécile de France – Lost Illusions Jodie Comer – The Last Duel Meryl Streep – Don't Look Up Tōko Miura – Drive My Car |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
– Paris, 13th District Abdel Bendaher – Ibrahim Alseni Bathily – Gagarine Filippo Scotti – The Hand of God Sami Outalbali – A Tale of Love and Desire Thimotée Robart – Les Magnétiques | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Agathe Rousselle – Titane Aïssatou Diallo Sagna – The Divide Daphné Patakia – Benedetta Lucie Zhang – Paris, 13th District – A Tale of Love and Desire |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Don't Look Up – Adam McKay & David Sirota Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Arthur Harari & Vincent Poymiro A Hero – Asghar Farhadi Aline – Brigitte Buc & Valérie Lemercier The Divide – Catherine Corsini Annette – Leos Carax, Ron Mael & Russell Mael | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Happening – Audrey Diwan & Marcia Romano The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller Dune – Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth & Jon Spaihts Paris, 13th District – Jacques Audiard, Céline Sciamma & Léa Mysius Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe Lost Illusions – Xavier Giannoli & Jacques Fieschi |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Annette – Caroline Champetier Lost Illusions – Christophe Beaucarne Dune – Greig Fraser West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński Titane – Ruben Impens Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Tom Harari | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
BAC Nord – Simon Jacquet Lost Illusions – Cyril Nakache Titane – Jean-Christophe Bouzy Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Laurent Sénéchal Petrov's Flu – Yuri Karikh Annette – Nelly Quettier |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Annette – Ron Mael & Russell Mael / Sparks Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat Dune – Hans Zimmer Paris, 13th District – Rone The Velvet Queen – Warren Ellis, Nick Cave | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Summit of the Gods'' – Patrick Imbert Encanto – Jared Bush & Byron Howard – Florence Miailhe Luca – Enrico Casarosa Where Is Anne Frank – Ari Folman Sing 2'' – Garth Jennings & Christophe Lourdelet Claude Lelouch
2023 The nominees were announced on 19 January 2023. The winners were announced on 5 February 2023 at an award ceremony held at the theater . 80 journalists voted for the awards.
The Night of the 12th – Dominik Moll The Beasts – Rodrigo Sorogoyen Armageddon Time – James Gray Avatar: The Way of Water – James Cameron Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook Pacifiction – Albert Serra Saint Omer – Alice Diop James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water Albert Serra – Pacifiction Dominik Moll – The Night of the 12th Gaspar Noé – Vortex Jean-Jacques Annaud – Notre-Dame on Fire Jerzy Skolimowski – EO Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Forever Young Falcon Lake – Charlotte Le Bon Bruno Reidal – Joyland – Saim Sadiq The Worst Ones – Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret The Sixth Child – Rodeo – | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert – Peter Jackson Rookies – Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai Ennio – Giuseppe Tornatore Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By – André Bonzel The Super 8 Years – Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot Michael Cimino, God Bless America – Jean-Baptiste Thoret Patrick Dewaere, My Hero – Alexandre Moix |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Benoît Magimel – Pacifiction Austin Butler – Elvis Bastien Bouillon – The Night of the 12th Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin Denis Ménochet – The Beasts Gérard Depardieu – Maigret Louis Garrel – The Innocent | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Virginie Efira – Paris Memories Virginie Efira – Other People's Children Adèle Exarchopoulos – Zero Fucks Given Ana de Armas – Blonde Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer Laure Calamy – Full Time Noémie Merlant – The Innocent |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Roschdy Zem – The Innocent Anthony Hopkins – Armageddon Time Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza Bouli Lanners – The Night of the 12th Finnegan Oldfield – Final Cut Louis Garrel – Forever Young Tom Hanks – Elvis | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Anouk Grinberg – The Innocent & The Night of the 12th Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Carey Mulligan – She Said Dominique Blanc – The Origin of Evil Isabelle Adjani – Masquerade Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once Sara Giraudeau – The Sixth Child |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
– Peter von Kant Adam Bessa – Harka Alyosha Reinert – Softie Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza – Bruno Reidal Eden Dambrine – Close Paul Kircher – Winter Boy | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Nadia Tereszkiewicz – Forever Young Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer Kayije Kagame – Saint Omer Mallory Wanecque – The Worst Ones Marion Barbeau – Rise Rebecca Marder – A Radiant Girl |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Boy from Heaven – Tarik Saleh Armageddon Time – James Gray The Beasts – Rodrigo Sorogoyen & Isabel Peña The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson The Innocent – Louis Garrel & Tanguy Viel Saint Omer – Amrita David, Alice Diop & Marie NDiaye | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Night of the 12th – Dominik Moll & Gilles Marchand Farewell, Mr. Haffmann – Fred Cavayé & Sarah Kaminsky The Colors of Fire – Pierre Lemaitre Undercover – Thierry de Peretti & Jeanne Aptekman The Sixth Child – Léopold Legrand & Catherine Paillé Between Two Worlds – Emmanuel Carrère & Hélène Devynck White Noise – Noah Baumbach |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Pacifiction – Artur Tort Armageddon Time – Darius Khondji Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter Elvis – Mandy Walker Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen Vortex – Benoit Debie | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Decision to Leave – Kim Sang-bum Athena – Benjamin Weill Avatar: The Way of Water – David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua & Stephen E. Rivkin Bullet Train – Elisabet Ronaldsdottir Elvis – Matt Villa & Jonathan Redmond Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat Full Time – Irène Drésel EO – Paweł Mykietyn A Tale of Love and Desire – Benjamin Biolay The Night of the 12th – Olivier Marguerit Nope – Michael Abels The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Pacifiction – Sebastian Vogler Avatar: The Way of Water – Dylan Cole & Ben Procter Elvis – Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy Licorice Pizza – Florencia Martin Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell Notre-Dame on Fire – Jean Rabasse Nope – Ruth De Jong |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be – Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre Turning Red – Domee Shi Ernest & Celestine – Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess – Michel Ocelot My Father's Secrets – Véra Belmont My Afghan Family – Michaela Pavlatova Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The White Lotus'' House of the Dragon Irma Vep Reign Supreme Black Butterflies Severance Tokyo Vice'' Jean-Jacques Annaud Roger Corman
2024 The nominees were announced on 9 January 2024. The winners were announced on 4 February 2024.
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet Babylon – Damien Chazelle All Your Faces – Jeanne Herry Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan Kidnapped – Marco Bellocchio The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Damien Chazelle – Babylon Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Thomas Cailley – The Animal Kingdom Marco Bellocchio – Kidnapped Jeanne Herry – All Your Faces Junkyard Dog – Jean-Baptiste Durand Aftersun – Charlotte Wells Bernadette – Léa Domenach How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker The Rapture – Iris Kaltenback All to Play For – Delphine Deloget Vincent Must Die – Stéphan Castang
Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania La Rivière – Dominique Marchais Little Girl Blue – Mona Achache Our Body – Claire Simon On the Adamant – Nicolas Philibert All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras Antarctica Calling – Luc Jacquet |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
Arieh Worthalter – The Goldman Case Benjamin Lavernhe – Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer Koji Yakusho – Perfect Days Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers Raphaël Quenard – Yannick Vincent Lacoste – Along Came Love | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall Cate Blanchett – Tár Catherine Deneuve – Bernadette Hafsia Herzi – The Rapture Léa Drucker – Last Summer Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Marion Cotillard – Little Girl Blue |- | style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|