• “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

Hou Hsiao-hsien, director of The Assassin, two-part interview by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC member Hans Morgenstern spoke to Hou Hsiao-hsien, the director of The Assassin, which will have its Florida premiere this Sunday, Oct. 25, at Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival’s GEMS event.

FFCC members on ‘Back in Time’

FFCC members review Back in Time, a look at the immense cultural impact of the Back to the Future trilogy, specifically the DeLorean time machine.

FFCC members on ‘Bridge of Spies’

FFCC provide their takes on Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ fourth collaboration, the Cold War drama Bridge of Spies.

FFCC members review Sebastian Schipper’s ‘Victoria’

FFCC members review Sebastian Schipper’s ‘one-shot’ crime feature, Victoria.

A conversation with three Miami filmmakers by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC member Hans Morgenstern spoke with Carla Forte, Jillian Mayer and Monica Peña, three distinctive voices that are putting Miami’s independent film scene on the global map, in the Miami New Times. All three Miami-based filmmakers are the subjects of a retrospective at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, which begins this Friday and culminates in a conversation with them led by […]