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Online Film Critics Society

International professional association of online film journalists

Field	Value
name	Online Film Critics Society
abbreviation	OFCS
formation
founder	Harvey S. Karten
extinction
type	Film criticism
tax_id
registration_id
coords
membership	284
membership_year	2020
language	English
owner

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. 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.

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.

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. Of hundreds of applications that are received, only a "tiny number" are accepted. As of January 2020, there were 284 members worldwide.

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

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
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2020
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2024
2025

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–)
Best Visual Effects
Special Achievement Award (1999, 2011–)

Previous award categories

Online Film Critics Society Discontinued Awards

References

"Harvey S. Karten". Rotten Tomatoes.
Silverman, Jason. (February 28, 2004). "Invasion of the Web Film Critics". Wired.
McNary, David. (January 3, 2011). "Online Film Critics laud 'Social Network'". Variety.
Whipp, Glenn. (January 9, 2012). "Critics choices might foretell Oscar chances". Variety.
Feinberg, Scott. (January 30, 2012). "SAG Awards Confirm Tremendous Support for 'The Help' -- and 'The Artist' (Analysis)". The Hollywood Reporter.
"Want to Become a Member?". Online Film Critics Society.
Sterritt, David. (May 28, 2004). "Online film critics get mixed reviews". The Christian Science Monitor.
(January 6, 2020). "OFCS Presents: 23rd Annual Awards for 2019". OFCS.

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