The Women Film Critics Circle recently announced their annual awards winners.
Best Movie About Women: “Lady Bird”
Best Movie By A Woman: “Lady Bird”
Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award): Greta Gerwig – “Lady Bird”
Best Actress: Frances McDormand – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best Actor: Gary Oldman – “Darkest Hour”
Best Young Actress (under 21): Brooklynn Prince – “The Florida Project”
Best Comedic Actress: Allison Janney – “I, Tonya”
Best Foreign Film By Or About Women: “First They Killed My Father”
Adrienne Shelly Award (For A Film That Most Passionately Opposes Violence Against Women): “The Light Of The Moon”
Josephine Baker Award (For Best Expressing The Woman Of Color Experience In America): “Mudbound”
Karen Morley Award (For Best Exemplifying A Woman’s Place In History Or Society, And A Courageous Search For Identity): “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
Courage In Acting (Taking On Unconventional Roles That Radically Redefine The Images Of Women On Screen): Frances McDormand – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Courage In Filmmaking: Dee Rees – “Mudbound”
The Invisible Woman Award (Supporting Performance By A Woman Whose Exceptional Impact On The Film Dramatically, Socially Or Historically, Has Been Ignored): Betty Gabriel – “Get Out”
Best Documentary By Or About Women: “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” & “Jane” (TIE)
Women’s Work (Best Ensemble): “Girls Trip”
Best Female Action Hero: “Wonder Woman”
Best Equality Of The Sexes: “Battle Of The Sexes”
Best Screen Couple: “The Big Sick”
Best Animated Female(s): “Coco”
Best Family Film: “Coco”
The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.
