• “THE BEAST” DOMINATES FFCC AWARDS WITH THREE WINS, “DUNE: PART TWO” WINS TWO  

    December 21, 2024: A loose adaptation of a Henry James short story took the Florida Film Critics Circle’s top prize in its 2024 awards. “The Beast,” a visionary, sci-fi tinged portrait of doomed love across three different time periods, won Best Picture. The French-Canadian co-production also nabbed Best Director honors for Bertrand Bonello and Best […]

  • “The Boy and the Heron” flies high with Florida Film Critics

    December 21, 2023: For the first time in its history, the Florida Film Critics Circle awarded an animated film its top prize: The Boy and the Heron won Best Picture. Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in a decade, a somber, fiercely felt meditation on loss and its ripple effects, also secured Best Animated Film and Best […]

The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is an organization of film critics and writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida.

Features & News

Hans Morgenstern tangles with ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ in 2-part intervierw with director, in-depth Reverse Shot review

FFCC Vice Chair Hans Morgenstern spoke to Colombian writer/director Ciro Guerra about his mystical masterpiece and Oscar-nominated film Embrace of the Serpent in a two-part. His in-depth review can also be read in Reverse Shot.

Monica Pena, director of ‘Hearts of Palm,’ interviewed by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC Vice Chair Hans Morgenstern spoke to writer/director Monica Peña about her surreal second feature film Hearts of Palm ahead of its world premiere at the 33rd Miami International Film Festival.

Most Anticipated Films by Women at Miami International Film Festival 2016

FFCC Critic Juan Barquin puts together a list of female-directed films to check out at the Miami International Film Festival this year.

Miami International Film Festival’s Director of Programming interviewed by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC Vice Chair Hans Morgenstern spoke with Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival’s director of programming, Jaie Laplante, about his picks for the cinephiles, as the festival kicks off today.

FFCC members on Andrew Haigh’s ’45 Years’

FFCC members on Andrew Haigh’s low-key domestic drama 45 Years, starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay.