Today the Florida Film Critics Circle announced the winners of the best films and performances on film in 2017. How does this writer feel about it? It’s hard. As the vice-chairman this was a difficult year for the group. We had to make several key critics emeritus members including former Miami Herald critics Connie Ogle and Rene Rodriguez. This meant if they chose to vote they were only designated as tie breakers. They were not the only South Florida critics who sat out this year of voting. Also missing from influence were Miami Art Zine’s Ruben Rosario and Reuben Periera of Film Frontier. This led to some tight races and some staunch defenders of opinion. We should have announced winners on Friday, but we were delayed to just now.
Below you will find the full list of winners and my own ballot. Let the difference speak for itself and stay tuned of the IndieEthos personal favorites of 2017 before year’s end. We still also have another key survey to participate in for International Cinephile Society. That won’t happen until early next year.
Here are the winners and how their competition fared:
BEST PICTURE
Dunkirk (WINNER)
Lady Bird (Runners-Up)
Call Me By Your Name
Get Out
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk (WINNER)
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird (Runners-Up)
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name (WINNER)
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour (Runners-Up)
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Robert Pattinson – Good Time
BEST ACTRESS
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya (WINNER)
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Runners-Up)
Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (WINNER)
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project (Runners-Up)
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
Barry Keoghan – The Killing of A Sacred Deer
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me By Your Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney – I, Tonya (WINNER)
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird (Runners-Up)
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
BEST ENSEMBLE
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runners-Up)
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Big Sick
The Shape Of Water
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out (WINNER)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Runners-Up)
Lady Bird
The Big Sick
The Shape Of Water
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name (WINNER)
The Disaster Artist (Runners-Up)
Marjorie Prime
Molly’s Game
The Lost City of Z
Wonderstruck
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runners-Up)
Personal Shopper
The Post
The Shape of Water
Wonderstruck
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Runners-Up)
Dunkirk
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runners-Up)
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Wonderstruck
BEST SCORE
Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runners-Up)
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Jane (WINNER)
Ex Libris: New York Public Library (Runners-Up)
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Faces Places
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Kedi
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BPM (WINNER)
The Square (Runners-Up)
First They Killed My Father
Loveless
The Ornithologist
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco (WINNER)
Loving Vincent (Runners-Up)
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
The LEGO Batman Movie
BEST FIRST FILM
Get Out (WINNER)
God’s Own Country (Runners-Up)
Ingrid Goes West
Molly’s Game
PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD
Timothée Chalamet (WINNER)
Jordan Peele (Runners-Up)
Barry Keoghan
Greta Gerwig
Millicent Simmonds
GOLDEN ORANGE
The cast and crew of The Florida Project
The IndieEthos ballot by Hans Morgenstern:
BEST PICTURE
Lady Bird
BEST ACTOR
Robert Pattinson – Good Time
BEST ACTRESS
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
BEST ENSEMBLE
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lady Bird
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049
BEST SCORE
Phantom Thread
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dawson City: Frozen Time
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Ornithologist
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco
BEST FIRST FILM
Get Out
BREAKOUT AWARD
Timothee Chalamet
