Utah Film Critics Association Awards · Utah Film Critics Association

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 The Brutalist Brady Corbet
2023 Past Lives Celine Song
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2020 One Night in Miami... Regina King
2019 1917 Sam Mendes
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2017 Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu
2013 Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson
2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
2010 The Social Network David Fincher

Best Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 Sing Sing Colman Domingo
2023 All of Us Strangers Andrew Scott
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell
2021 Pig Nicolas Cage
2020 Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2018 First Reformed Ethan Hawke
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Andy Serkis
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2015 The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton
2013 12 Years a Slave Chiwetel Ejiofor
2012 The Master Joaquin Phoenix
2011 50/50 Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2010 127 Hours James Franco

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 The Substance Demi Moore
2023 Poor Things Emma Stone
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh
2021 CODA Emilia Jones
2020 Nomadland Frances McDormand
2019 Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson
2018 Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher
2017 The Shape of Water Sally Hawkins
2016 La La Land Emma Stone
2015 Room Brie Larson
2014 Gone Girl Rosamund Pike
2013 Blue Is the Warmest Color Adèle Exarchopoulos
2012 Silver Linings Playbook Jennifer Lawrence
2011 My Week with Marilyn Michelle Williams
2010 Black Swan Natalie Portman

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 Sing Sing Clarence Maclin
2023 The Holdovers Dominic Sessa
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan
2021 The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee
2020 One Night in Miami... Leslie Odom Jr.
2019 The Irishman Joe Pesci
2018 Paddington 2 Hugh Grant
2017 The Florida Project Willem Dafoe
2016 Moonlight Mahershala Ali
2015 Creed Sylvester Stallone
2014 Whiplash J.K. Simmons
2013 About Time Bill Nighy
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Dwight Henry
2011 Drive Albert Brooks
2010 The Fighter Christian Bale

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 The Piano Lesson Danielle Deadwyler
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Stephanie Hsu
2021 Mass Ann Dowd
2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Maria Bakalova
2019 Little Women Florence Pugh
2018 The Favourite Olivia Colman
2017 Stronger Tatiana Maslany
2016 Fences Viola Davis
2015 Spy Rose Byrne
2014 A Most Violent Year Jessica Chastain
2013 Her Scarlett Johansson
2012 Les Misérables Anne Hathaway
2011 Win Win Amy Ryan
2010 Animal Kingdom Jacki Weaver

Best Ensemble

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 September 5
2023 The Iron Claw

Best Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 His Three Daughters Azazel Jacobs
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin

Best Cinematography

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 Nickel Boys Jomo Fray

Best Animated Feature

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 The Wild Robot
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2022 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2021 Flee
2020 Wolfwalkers
2019 I Lost My Body
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2017 Coco
2016 Kubo and the Two Strings
2015 Inside Out
2014 The Lego Movie
2013 Frozen
2012 ParaNorman
2011 Rango
2010 Toy Story 3

Best International Film

Year Winner Recipients
2025 No winner (nominees only)
2024 Red Rooms
2023 The Zone of Interest
2022 RRR
2021 Flee
2020 Another Round
2019 Parasite
2018 Roma
2017 Thelma
2016 The Handmaiden
2015 Timbuktu
2014 We Are the Best!
2013 Blue Is the Warmest Color
2012 Headhunters
2011 A Separation
2010 Micmacs

Best Original Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Past Lives Celine Song
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
2018 Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2016 Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan
2015 Inside Out Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone
2013 The World's End Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
2012 Looper Rian Johnson
2011 50/50 Will Reiser

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig
2022 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate
2021 CODA Siân Heder
2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Hampton Fancher, Michael Green
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
2015 The Martian Drew Goddard
2014 Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
2013 Before Midnight Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater
2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
2011 The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie