The Florida Film Critics Circle recently announced their annual awards winners.
Best Picture: “Get Out” (Runner Up: “The Shape of Water”)
Best Director: Christopher Nolan , “Dunkirk” (Runner Up: Guillermo del Toro , “The Shape of Water” & Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (TIE))
Best Actor: Gary Oldman – “Darkest Hour” (Runner Up: Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out”)
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins – “The Shape of Water” (Runner Up: Frances McDormand – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)
Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Runner Up: Richard Jenkins – “The Shape of Water”)
Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf – “Lady Bird” (Runner Up: Allison Janney – “I, Tonya”)
Best Acting Ensemble: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Runner Up: “Mudbound”)
Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Runner Up: Martin McDonagh – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)
Best Adapted Screenplay: James Ivory – “Call Me By Your Name” (Runner Up: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – “The Disaster Artist”)
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – “Blade Runner 2049” (Runner Up: Dan Laustsen , The Shape of Water)
Best Editing: Lee Smith – “Dunkirk” (Runner Up: Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos – “Baby Driver)
Best Documentary: “Faces Places” (Runner Up: “Jane”)
Best Foreign Language Film: “BPM” (Runner Up: “The Square”)
Best Animated Feature: “Coco” (Runner Up: “The Breadwinner”)
Best Breakout Star: Timothée Chalamet , “Call Me By Your Name” (Runner Up: Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out”)
The Memorial Award (Recognizes The Body Of Work Of Contributors To Film Who Passed Away This Year):
Bill Paxton
George A. Romero
Harry Dean Stanton
John Hurt
Jonathan Demme
The Lifetime Achievement Award (Recognizes The Excellence Of Contributors To Film Over The Span Of Their Careers):
Agnes Varda
Christopher Plummer
Daniel Day-Lewis
Roger Deakins
Willem Dafoe
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