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Online Film Critics Society
Abbreviation	OFCS
Formation	January 1997
Founder	Harvey S. Karten
Type	Film criticism
Membership	284 (2020)
Official language	English

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The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who publish their work on the World Wide Web. The organization was founded in January 1997 by Harvey S. Karten, an early online critic who discovered that membership in the New York Film Critics Circle was open only to journalists working for newspapers and magazines.^[2] Online critics have generally found it difficult to gain acceptance for their work, and one role of the OFCS is to provide professional recognition to the most prolific and successful online critics.^[3]

Since 1997, the OFCS has given out annual awards that recognize the best films in about seventeen categories. These awards are noted in the established print media such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and are included in their annual speculation about the ultimate winners of the Academy Awards.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Membership

Critics whose primary media affiliation is a print publication, or radio or television, are excluded; this criterion distinguishes the OFCS from associations, such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is responsible for the annual, widely televised Golden Globe Awards. Applicants for membership in the OFCS must have published at least 100 film reviews over at least two years, and are subject to a peer review process to establish the quality of their work.^[7] Of hundreds of applications that are received, only a "tiny number" are accepted.^[8] As of January 2020, there were 284 members worldwide.^[1]

Its membership includes writers for such film-related websites as Apollo Movie Guide, DVDTalk, eFilmCritic.com, The Moving Arts Film Journal, FilmCritic.com (now defunct), FilmFocus, Film Threat, The Internet Movie Database, and Slant Magazine.

Award ceremonies

Current award categories

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Documentary Film
Best Foreign Language Film (aka Best Film Not in the English Language)
Best Adapted Screenplay (1998–1999, 2001–)
Best Original Screenplay (1998–1999, 2001–)
Best Original Score (1998–2009, 2018–)
Best Cinematography (1998–)
Best Editing (1998–2000, 2002, 2004–)
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker (1999, 2001–)
Best Breakthrough Performance (2000–)
Best Animated Feature (2001–)
Best Costume Design (2002–2003, 2021–)
Best Production Design (2002–2003, 2021–)
Special Achievement Award (1999, 2011–)

Previous award categories

Online Film Critics Society Discontinued Awards

References

^ ^a ^b "OFCS Presents: 23rd Annual Awards for 2019". OFCS. January 6, 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ "Harvey S. Karten". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 17, 2020. When my application for membership in the New York Film Critics Circle was circular-filed (print media only, sorry), I founded the Online Film Critics Society in January 1997 and three years later, NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online).
^ Silverman, Jason (February 28, 2004). "Invasion of the Web Film Critics". Wired. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
^ McNary, David (January 3, 2011). "Online Film Critics laud 'Social Network'". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
^ Whipp, Glenn (January 9, 2012). "Critics choices might foretell Oscar chances". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
^ Feinberg, Scott (January 30, 2012). "SAG Awards Confirm Tremendous Support for 'The Help' -- and 'The Artist' (Analysis)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 17, 2020. This awards season, Plummer has won virtually every major Oscar-precursor best supporting actor award that there is to win: the National Board of Review Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award, and now the Screen Actors Guild Award.
^ "Want to Become a Member?". Online Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
^ Sterritt, David (May 28, 2004). "Online film critics get mixed reviews". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

External links

[ofcs12020-1] "OFCS Presents: 23rd Annual Awards for 2019". OFCS. January 6, 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[2] "Harvey S. Karten". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 17, 2020. When my application for membership in the New York Film Critics Circle was circular-filed (print media only, sorry), I founded the Online Film Critics Society in January 1997 and three years later, NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online).

[3] Silverman, Jason (February 28, 2004). "Invasion of the Web Film Critics". Wired. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[McNary-4] McNary, David (January 3, 2011). "Online Film Critics laud 'Social Network'". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[5] Whipp, Glenn (January 9, 2012). "Critics choices might foretell Oscar chances". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[6] Feinberg, Scott (January 30, 2012). "SAG Awards Confirm Tremendous Support for 'The Help' -- and 'The Artist' (Analysis)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 17, 2020. This awards season, Plummer has won virtually every major Oscar-precursor best supporting actor award that there is to win: the National Board of Review Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award, and now the Screen Actors Guild Award.

[7] "Want to Become a Member?". Online Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-02.

[Sterritt-8] Sterritt, David (May 28, 2004). "Online film critics get mixed reviews". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

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+The '''Online Film Critics Society''' ('''OFCS''') is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who publish their work on the [[World Wide Web]]. The organization was founded in January 1997 by Harvey S. Karten, an early online critic who discovered that membership in the [[New York Film Critics Circle]] was open only to journalists working for newspapers and magazines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harvey S. Karten |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/harvey-s-karten/movies |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 17, 2020 |quote=When my application for membership in the New York Film Critics Circle was circular-filed (print media only, sorry), I founded the Online Film Critics Society in January 1997 and three years later, NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online).}}</ref> Online critics have generally found it difficult to gain acceptance for their work, and one role of the OFCS is to provide professional recognition to the most prolific and successful online critics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Invasion of the Web Film Critics |work=Wired |last=Silverman |first=Jason |date=February 28, 2004 |url=https://www.wired.com/2004/02/invasion-of-the-web-film-critics/ |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>
-The OFCS was founded in 1997. Its membership is worldwide, and includes journalists representing such film-related [[websites]] as ''Apollo Guide,'' ''[[Glenn Erickson|DVD Savant]],'' ''eFilmCritic.com,'' ''FilmCritic.com,'' ''[[FilmFocus]], ''[[Film Threat]], ''[[The Internet Movie Database]],'' ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'', ''Slant Magazine'', and ''[[TV Guide]]'' Online.
+Since 1997, the OFCS has given out annual awards that recognize the best films in about seventeen categories. These awards are noted in the established print media such as ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', and are included in their annual speculation about the ultimate winners of the [[Academy Awards]].<ref name=McNary >{{cite news |title=Online Film Critics laud 'Social Network' |first=David |last=McNary |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/online-film-critics-laud-social-network-1118029615/ |date=January 3, 2011 |work=Variety |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Critics choices might foretell Oscar chances |last=Whipp |first=Glenn |date=January 9, 2012 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/critics-choices-might-foretell-oscar-chances-1118048074/ |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SAG Awards Confirm Tremendous Support for 'The Help' -- and 'The Artist' (Analysis) |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=January 30, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |quote=This awards season, Plummer has won virtually every major Oscar-precursor best supporting actor award that there is to win: the National Board of Review Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Award, the Online Film Critics Society Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award, and now the Screen Actors Guild Award. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/sag-awards-confirm-tremendous-support-285742 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>
-==Current Award categories==
+==Membership==
+Critics whose primary media affiliation is a print publication, or radio or television, are excluded; this criterion distinguishes the OFCS from associations, such as the [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]], which is responsible for the annual, widely televised [[Golden Globe Awards]]. Applicants for membership in the OFCS must have published at least 100 film reviews over at least two years, and are subject to a peer review process to establish the quality of their work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Want to Become a Member? |publisher=Online Film Critics Society |url=http://www.ofcs.org/want-to-become-a-member/ |access-date=2014-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065517/http://www.ofcs.org/want-to-become-a-member/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> Of hundreds of applications that are received, only a "tiny number" are accepted.<ref name=Sterritt>{{cite news |title=Online film critics get mixed reviews |last=Sterritt |first=David |date=May 28, 2004 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0528/p13s01-almo.html |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> As of January 2020, there were 284 members worldwide.<ref name="ofcs12020">{{cite web |title=OFCS Presents: 23rd Annual Awards for 2019 |url=https://ofcs.org/ofcs-presents-22nd-annual-nominations-for-2018-2-2/ |publisher=OFCS |access-date=17 September 2020 |date=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
+Its membership includes writers for such film-related [[websites]] as ''Apollo Movie Guide'', ''DVDTalk'', ''eFilmCritic.com'', ''[[The Moving Arts Film Journal]]'', ''FilmCritic.com'' (now defunct),  ''[[FilmFocus]]'', ''[[Film Threat]]'', ''[[The Internet Movie Database]]'', and ''[[Slant Magazine]]''.
+==Award ceremonies==
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1997|1997]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998|1998]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1999|1999]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000|2000]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001|2001]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2002|2002]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2003|2003]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2004|2004]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005|2005]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006|2006]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2007|2007]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008|2008]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2009|2009]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2010|2010]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2011|2011]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2012|2012]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2013|2013]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2014|2014]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2015|2015]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2016|2016]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2017|2017]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2018|2018]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2019|2019]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2020|2020]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021|2021]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2022|2022]]
+* [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2023|2023]]
+==Current award categories==
 *[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
 *[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
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 *[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
 *[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary|Best Documentary]]
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film]]
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] (aka Best Film Not in the English Language)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] (1998-1999, 2001-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] (1998–1999, 2001–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (1998-1999, 2001-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (1998–1999, 2001–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] (1998-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] (1998–2009, 2018–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] (1998-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] (1998–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] (1998-2000, 2002, 2004-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] (1998–2000, 2002, 2004–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker|Best Breakthrough Filmmaker]] (1999, 2001-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker|Best Breakthrough Filmmaker]] (1999, 2001–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] (2000-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] (2000–)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] (2001-)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] (2001–)
+*Best Costume Design (2002–2003, 2021–)
+*Best Production Design (2002–2003, 2021–)
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Special Achievement|Special Achievement Award]] (1999, 2011–)
+==Previous award categories==
+*[[Online Film Critics Society Discontinued Awards]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-==Previous Award categories==
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] (1997, 2000)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] (1998-2002)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Review Website|Best Film Review Website]] (1999)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Official Website for a Film|Best Official Website for a Film]] (1999)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Special Merit|Special OFCS Award]] (1999)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best DVD|Best DVD]] (2000-2001)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best DVD Special Features|Best DVD Special Features]] (2000)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best DVD Commentary|Best DVD Commentary]] (2000)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Film Related Website|Best Film Related Website]] (2000)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] (2002-2003)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] (2002-2003)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] (2002-2003)
-*[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] (2002-2003)
 ==External links==
+* {{official|https://ofcs.org/}}
-*[http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/ OFCS home]
-*[http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards Online Film Critics Society Award] on the [[Internet Movie Database]]
+* [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000511/2020/1/ Online Film Critics Society Awards USA 2020 Awards] at [[IMDb]]
+{{Online Film Critics Society Awards}}
+[[Category:Online Film Critics Society| ]]
-{{film-org-stub}}
-[[Category: Film critics]]
+[[Category:Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
+[[Category:American film awards]]
+[[Category:Awards established in 1997]]
+[[Category:Film critics associations]]
+[[Category:Internet film festivals]]
+[[Category:Organizations established in 1997]]

Online Film Critics Society
Current awards	Best Actor Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Animated Film Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Debut Feature Best Director Best Documentary Film Best Editing Best Ensemble Best Foreign Language Film Best Original Score Best Original Screenplay Best Picture Best Production Design Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Visual Effects
Retired awards	Best Breakthrough Filmmaker Best Breakthrough Performance Best DVD Best DVD Commentary Best DVD Special Features Best Film Related Website Best Film Review Website Best Official Website for a Film Best Screenplay Best Sound
Ceremonies	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the following year)