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The Online Film Critics Society announced its 2017 awards and named Get Out by Jordan Peele the Best Picture of 2017. Other top winners include Faces Places for Best Documentary and BPM (Beats Per Minute) for Best Foregin Language Film.
The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is a professional association for online film journalists, historians and scholars.
Faces Places
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GET OUT, FACES PLACES, BPM Win 2017 Online Film Critics Society Awards
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The Online Film Critics Society announced its 2017 awards and named Get Out by Jordan Peele the Best Picture of 2017. Other top winners include Faces Places for Best Documentary and BPM (Beats Per Minute) for Best Foregin Language Film.
The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is a professional association for online film journalists, historians and scholars.
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LADY BIRD Wins Big With Indiana Film Journalists Association, Named Best Film of 2017
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“Lady Bird” scored with the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) awards, taking the top prize of best picture as well as best director and best original screenplay for Greta Gerwig, best Actress for Saoirse Ronan and Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf.
Its five wins are the most for any film in IFJA awards history.
“Faces Places” won the best foreign language film prize; and “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” won best documentary film.
The Original Vision Award, which goes to a film that is especially original or innovative, went to “Loving Vincent.” The Breakout of the Year went to Timothée Chalamet for his work in “Call Me by Your Name” and “Lady Bird.”
The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to “Columbus,” the debut feature film of director Kogonada, which was set and shot in the southern Indiana city noted for its Modernist architecture.
IFJA members issued this statement for the Hoosier Award: “Writer and director Kogonada made the architectural haven of Columbus, Indiana, an integral part of his debut film. As a meditation on time, responsibility and the influence of art on everyday life, ‘Columbus’ shows the introspective side of Hoosiers that is often left out in stereotypical portrayals.”
2017 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
Best Film
Winner: “Lady Bird” Runner-up: “The Shape of Water” Other Finalists (listed alphabetically): “Blade Runner 2049” “Brigsby Bear” “Dunkirk” “The Florida Project” “Get Out” “The Post” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Best Animated Feature
Winner: “Coco” Runner-Up: “Loving Vincent”Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: “Faces Places” Runner-Up: “BPM (Beats Per Minute)”Best Documentary
Winner: “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” Runner-Up: “Liyana”Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” Runner-up: Jordan Peele, “Get Out”Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green, “Logan” Runner-up: Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, “Blade Runner 2049”Best Director
Winner: Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”Best Actress
Winner: Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” Runner-up: Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” Runner-up: Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”Best Actor
Winner: Harry Dean Stanton, “Lucky” Runner-up: Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” Runner-up: Doug Jones, “The Shape of Water”Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance
Winner: Andy Serkis, “War for the Planet of the Apes” Runner-up: Sean Gunn & Bradley Cooper, “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2”Best Ensemble Acting
Winner: “The Florida Project” Runner-up: “The Post”Best Musical Score
Winner: Alexandre Desplat, “The Shape of Water” Runner-up: Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, “Blade Runner 2049”Breakout of the Year
Winner: Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name” and “Lady Bird” Runner-up: Kogonada, “Columbus”Original Vision Award
Winner: “Loving Vincent” Runner-up: “Brigsby BearThe Hoosier Award
Winner: “Columbus” (As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)
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THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Nominations for 2017 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
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Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, leads the nominations for the 2017 Houston Film Critics Society Awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and best director for Guillermo del Toro. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on January 6, 2018.
2017 Houston Film Critics Society Awards Nominations
Best Picture:
The Big Sick Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out Lady Bird Logan The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest Director:
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water” Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk” Jordan Peele, “Get Out” Steven Spielberg, “The Post”Best Actor:
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name” James Franco, “The Disaster Artist” Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” Robert Pattinson, “Good Time” Andy Serkis, “War for the Planet of the Apes”Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Brooklyn Prince, “The Florida Project” Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” Saiorse Ronan, “Lady Bird”Best Supporting Actor:
Willem Defoe, “The Florida Project” Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water” Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Patrick Stewart, “Logan” Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name”Best Supporting Actress:
Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick” Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” Dafne Keen, “Logan” Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”Best Screenplay:
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani “Get Out,” Jordan Peele “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig “The Post,” Elizabeth Hanna and Josh Singer “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonaghBest Cinematography:
“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins “Call Me By Your Name,” Sayombhu Mukdeeprom “Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema “The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen “Wonder Wheel,” Vittoria StoraroBest Animated Film:
“The Breadwinner” “Coco” “Despicable Me 3” “The Lego Batman Movie” “Loving Vincent”Best Original Score:
“Blade Runner 2049,” Ben Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer “Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer “The Post,” John Williams “The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat “War for the Planet of the Apes,” Michael GiacchinoBest Original Song:
“Evermore” (“Beauty and the Beast”) “I Get Overwhelmed” (“A Ghost Story”) “Never Forget” (“Murder on the Orient Express”) “Remember Me” (“Coco”) “Visions of Gideon” (“Call Me By Your Name”)Best Foreign Language Film:
“BPM” “Blade of the Immortal” “First They Killed My Father” “The Square” “Thelma”Best Documentary Feature:
“Faces Places” “Jane” “Kedi” “Step” “The Work”Best Visual Effects:
“Blade Runner 2049” “The Shape of Water” “War for the Planet of the Apes”Best Poster:
“Baby Driver” “It” “Logan Lucky” “Mother” “The Shape of Water”Best Texas Independent Film Award:
“A Ghost Story” “Mr. Roosevelt” “Mustang Island” “The Secret Life of Lance Letscher” “Song to Song”
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GOOD TIME Tops Film Comment Magazine’s 2017 Best-of-Year LISTS
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Josh and Benny Safdie’s Good Time took the top spot among films released in 2017 on Film Comment magazine’s annual end-of-year list. Other top ranking films include Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion, and Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper.
Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, Pedro Pinho’s The Nothing Factory, Sergei Loznitsa’s A Gentle Creature, and Heinz Emigholz’s Streetscapes [Dialogue] received the top rankings.
Published since 1962, Film Comment magazine features in-depth reviews, critical analysis, and feature coverage of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world.
Film Comment’s Top 10 Films Released in 2017:
1. Good Time Josh and Benny Safdie, USA 2. A Quiet Passion Terence Davies, U.K./Belgium 3. Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas, France 4. Get Out Jordan Peele, USA 5. Nocturama Bertrand Bonello, France 6. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman, USA 7. The Death of Louis XIV Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain 8. Faces Places Agnès Varda and JR, France 9. The Lost City of Z James Gray, USA 10. Lady Bird Greta Gerwig, USA Film Comment’s survey also ranks films that have screened and made notable appearances at festivals throughout the year, but remain without U.S. distribution at press time.Film Comment’s Top 10 Unreleased Films of 2017:
1. The Nothing Factory Pedro Pinho, Portugal 2. A Gentle Creature Sergei Loznitsa, France/Germany/Lithuania/The Netherlands 3. Streetscapes [Dialogue] Heinz Emigholz, Germany 4. Milla Valérie Massadian, France 5. Tonsler Park Kevin Jerome Everson, USA 6. Mrs. Fang Wang Bing, France/China/Germany 7. Spoor Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, Poland/Germany/Czech Republic 8. Le Fort des fous Narimane Mari, France/Algeria/Greece/Germany/Qatar 9. 3/4 Ilian Metev, Bulgaria 10. The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder, France/Switzerland “Out of the hundreds of movies released in 2017, our esteemed contributors have distilled the year into an energized and energizing lineup of essential films,” said Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold. “This selection reflects Film Comment’s love for the art and craft of cinema in its many forms, ranging from first-time filmmakers to 43rd-timers. Not to mention film’s many seasons: the top five all opened before the traditional fall frenzy of releases. Read all about it in Film Comment.” THE FILM COMMENT BEST OF 2017: THE COMPLETE LIST OF TOP 20 TITLES
RELEASED IN 2017
1. Good Time Josh and Benny Safdie, USA 2. A Quiet Passion Terence Davies, U.K./Belgium 3. Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas, France 4. Get Out Jordan Peele, USA 5. Nocturama Bertrand Bonello, France 6. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman, USA 7. The Death of Louis XIV Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain 8. Faces Places Agnès Varda and JR, France 9. The Lost City of Z James Gray, USA 10. Lady Bird Greta Gerwig, USA Rankings #11-20 11. The Human Surge Eduardo Williams, Argentina 12. The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki, Finland 13. The Florida Project Sean Baker, USA 14. Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison, USA 15. Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson, USA 16. On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sangsoo, South Korea 17. Wonderstruck Todd Haynes, USA 18. Mudbound Dee Rees, USA 19. BPM: Beats Per Minute Robin Campillo, France 20. The Square Ruben Östlund, SwedenFILMS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION IN 2017
1. The Nothing Factory Pedro Pinho, Portugal 2. A Gentle Creature Sergei Loznitsa, France/Germany/Lithuania/The Netherlands 3. Streetscapes [Dialogue] Heinz Emigholz, Germany 4. Milla Valérie Massadian, France 5. Tonsler Park Kevin Jerome Everson, USA 6. Mrs. Fang Wang Bing, France/China/Germany 7. Spoor Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, Poland/Germany/Czech Republic 8. Le Fort des fous Narimane Mari, France/Algeria/Greece/Germany/Qatar 9. 3/4 Ilian Metev, Bulgaria 10. The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder, France/Switzerland Rankings #11-20 11. Golden Exits Alex Ross Perry, USA 12. Mrs. Hyde Serge Bozon, France 13. The Wandering Soap Opera Raúl Ruiz & Valeria Sarmiento, Chile 14. Life and Nothing More Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain/USA 15. Until the Birds Return Karim Moussaoui, France/Algeria/Germany 16. Good Luck Ben Russell, France/Germany 17. Distant Constellation Shevaun Mizrahi, Turkey/USA 18. The Quartet (Elohim, Abaton, Coda, Ode) Nathaniel Dorsky, USA 19. Drift Helena Wittmann, Germany 20. Untitled Matthew Glawogger & Monika Willi, Austria
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
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Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, leads the nominations for the 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association awards with eight nods, including Best Picture, and Guadagnino for Best Director. Co-stars Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor and young star Timothee Chalamet received dual nominations for Actor and Breakthrough Performer.
Coming in second place in the nomination count with seven was The Shape of Water, visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era romantic fantasy. The film was nominated for Best Picture and del Toro received nods for Director and Original Screenplaywith co-writer Vanessa Taylor; while Sally Hawkins landed in the Best Actress category.
Now in its 30th year, the CFCA will announce its winners during their year-end awards dinner to be held on December 12, 2017.
2017 CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo Del Toro (-) The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig (-) Lady Bird Luca Guadagnino (-) Call Me By Your Name Christopher Nolan (-) Dunkirk Jordan Peele (-) Get Out BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins (-) The Shape of Water Vicky Krieps (-) Phantom Thread Frances McDormand (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie (-) I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan (-) Lady Bird BEST ACTOR Timothee Chalamet (-) Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis (-) Phantom Thread James Franco (-) The Disaster Artist Gary Oldman (-) Darkest Hour Harry Dean Stanton (-) Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mary J. Blige (-) Mudbound Holly Hunter (-) The Big Sick Allison Janney (-) I, Tonya Lesley Manville (-) Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf (-) Lady Bird BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe (-) The Florida Project Armie Hammer (-) Call Me By Your Name Jason Mitchell (-) Mudbound Sam Rockwell (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg (-) Call Me By Your Name BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Hampton Fancher & Michael Green Call My By Your Name (-) James Ivory The Disaster Artist (-) Scott Neustadta & Michael H. Weber Logan (-) Scott Frank, James Mangold & Michael Green Mudbound (-) Virgil Williams & Dee Rees BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Big Sick (-) Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanijani Get Out (-) Jordan Peele Lady Bird (-) Greta Gerwig Phantom Thread (-) Paul Thomas Anderson The Shape of Water (-) Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (-) Martin McDonagh BEST ANIMATED FILM The Breadwinner Coco The LEGO Batman Movie Loving Vincent Your Name BEST DOCUMENTARY Abacus: Small Enough to Jail City of Ghosts Ex Libris: New York Public Library Faces Places Jane Kedi BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BPM (Beats Per Minute) A Fantastic Woman Loveless Raw The Square BEST ART DIRECTION Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water BEST EDITING Baby Driver (-) Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss Call Me By Your Name (-) Walter Fasano Dunkirk (-) Lee Smith The Florida Project (-) Sean Baker Get Out (-) Gregory Plotkin BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Blade Runner 2049 (-) Benjamin Walifisch & Hans Zimmer Dunkirk (-) Hans Zimmer Phantom Thread (-) Johnny Greenwood The Shape of Water (-) Alexandre Desplat War For the Planet of the Apes (-) Michael Giacchino BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Roger Deakins Dunkirk (-) Hoyte Van Hoyteme The Florida Project (-) Alexis Zabe Mudbound (-) Rachel Morrison The Shape of Water (-) Dan Laustsen MOST PROMISING PERFORMER Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Dafne Keen, Logan Jessie Pinnick, Princess Cyd Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth Bria Vinaite, The Florida Project MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER Kogonada, Columbus Jordan Peele, Get Out Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird John Carroll Lynch, Lucky Julia Ducournau, Raw
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT, FACES PLACES, BPM Among 2017 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Winners
Faces Places THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Sean Baker’s coming-of-age film about little rascals growing up in the shadow of Disney World, was named Best Picture of 2017 by San Francisco Film Critics Circle
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Toronto Film Critics Association Names THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Film of 2017
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The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s drama about kids growing up fast in a welfare motel in the shadow of Disney World, was named the year’s Best Picture winner by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Willem Dafoe was chosen Best Supporting Actor for his role as the empathetic motel manager.
Greta Gerwig was named Best Director for her coming-of-age comedic drama, Lady Bird, while the film’s co-star Laurie Metcalf, was chosen Best Supporting Actress.
The TFCA chose Frances McDormand as Best Actress for her portrayal of a driven and tormented mother in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Faces Places, a whimsical journey through France directed by Agnès Varda and muralist JR, was given the Allan King Documentary Film Award.
Art-world satire The Square, directed by Ruben Östlund, was chosen Best Foreign-Language film.
Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner, based on Canadian author Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel about an 11-year-old Afghan girl who provides for her family in difficult times, was named Best Animated Feature.
The membership also chose the three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award: Hello Destroyer directed by Kevan Funk, Werewolf directed by Ashley McKenzie and Wexford Plaza directed by Joyce Wong.
The winner will be named at the 21st TFCA awards gala, to be held in Toronto, on January 9, 2018, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Other awards include the 2017 recipient of the Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award is Inuk director, producer and writer Zacharias Kunuk. Kunuk has earned international acclaim for his dramatic work, including winning the prestigious Caméra d’Or for Best First Feature at Cannes 2001 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. He has chosen Montreal-based Inuk filmmaker and visual artist Isabella Weetaluktuk to receive $50,000 worth of services from Technicolor. She will accept the award at the gala.
Weetaluktuk, a graduate of NSCAD University in Halifax, premiered her short Three Thousand, her first film with the National Film Board, at the 18th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October.
2017 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Runners-up Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Runners-up Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laurie Metcalf “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (VVS Films) Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) BEST DIRECTOR Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jordan Peele, “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL “Get Out” by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Bird” by Greta Gerwig (Elevation Pictures) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” by Martin McDonagh (Fox Searchlight) BEST FIRST FEATURE “Get Out” directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Macbeth” directed by William Oldroyd (D Films) “Werewolf,” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “The Breadwinner” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Coco” (Disney/Pixar) “Window Horses” (Mongrel Media) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM “The Square” (The Archive of Film Inc.) Runners-up “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) “Loveless” (Mongrel Media) ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) Runners-up “Jane” (National Geographic) “Kedi” (Blue Ice Docs) ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS “Hello Destroyer” directed by Kevan Funk (Northern Banner) “Werewolf” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) “Wexford Plaza” directed by Joyce Wong (LevelFILM)
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15 Documentary Feature Films Advance in Oscar Race
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. One hundred seventy films were originally submitted in the category.
The Academy’s Documentary Branch will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films
and WGBH/FRONTLINE
“Chasing Coral,” Exposure Labs in partnership with The Ocean Agency & View Into the Blue
in association with Argent Pictures & The Kendeda Fund
“City of Ghosts,” Our Time Projects and Jigsaw Productions
“Ex Libris – The New York Public Library,” Ex Libris Films
“Faces Places,” Ciné Tamaris
“Human Flow,” Participant Media and AC Films
“Icarus,” Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago
Media Project and Alex Productions
“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” Paramount Pictures and Participant Media
“Jane,” National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions
“LA 92,” Lightbox
“Last Men in Aleppo,” Larm Film
“Long Strange Trip,” Double E Pictures, AOMA Sunshine Films and Sikelia
“One of Us,” Loki Films
“Strong Island,” Yanceville Films and Louverture Films
“Unrest,” Shella Films and Little by Little Films
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“CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” “FACES PLACES,” “BPM,” “LOVELESS” Win 2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Honors
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted Call Me By Your Name the Best Picture of 2017, along with Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, and Best Director for Luca Guadagnino – a tie win with Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water. Best Documentary went to the Faces Places, and Best Foreign-Language Film was a tie win for BPM AND Loveless.
2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
BEST PICTURE
“CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” RUNNER-UP: “THE FLORIDA PROJECT”BEST DIRECTOR
GUILLERMO DEL TORO, “THE SHAPE OF WATER” AND LUCA GUADAGNINO, “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” (TIE)BEST ACTOR
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” RUNNER-UP: JAMES FRANCO (“THE DISASTER ARTIST“)BEST ACTRESS
SALLY HAWKINS “THE SHAPE OF WATER” RUNNER-UP: FRANCES MCDORMAND (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI“)BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILLEM DAFOE “THE FLORIDA PROJECT” RUNNER-UP: SAM ROCKWELL (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI “)BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURIE METCALF “LADY BIRD” RUNNER-UP: MARY J. BLIGE (” MUDBOUND“)BEST SCREENPLAY
JORDAN PEELE “GET OUT” RUNNER-UP: MARTIN MCDONAGH (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI“)BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DENNIS GASSNER “BLADE RUNNER” RUNNER-UP: PAUL D. AUSTERBERRY (“THE SHAPE OF WATER“)BEST EDITING
LEE SMITH “DUNKIRK” RUNNER-UP: TATIANA S. RIEGEL (“I TONYA“)BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DAN LAUSTSEN “THE SHAPE OF WATER” RUNNER-UP: ROGER DEAKINS (“BLADE RUNNER“)BEST MUSIC SCORE
JONNY GREENWOOD “PHANTOM THREAD” RUNNER-UP: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (“THE SHAPE OF WATER“)BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“BPM” AND “LOVELESS” (TIE)BEST DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM
“FACES PLACES” RUNNER-UP: “JANE”BEST ANIMATION
“THE BREADWINNER” RUNNER-UP: “COCO”NEW GENERATION
GRETA GERWIGDOUGLAS EDWARDS INDEPENDENT / EXPERIMENTAL FILM / VIDEO
LEE ANNE SCHMITT “PURGE THIS LAND”CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
MAX VON SYDOW
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2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards: LADY BIRD Voted Best Picture, FACES PLACES Wins Best Documentary
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The New York Film Critics Circle today voted Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird the Best Picture of 2017 along with Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan. Sean Baker was named Best Director for The Florida Project, along with Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe for his performance in the film.
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards gala will be held on January 3, 2018.
2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Picture LADY BIRD Best Director Sean Baker THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson PHANTOM THREAD Best Actress Saoirse Ronan LADY BIRD Best Actor Timothee Chalamet CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Best Supporting Actress Tiffany Haddish GIRLS TRIP Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Cinematographer Rachel Morrison MUDBOUND Best Animated Film Coco Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Faces Places Best Foreign Language Film BPM (Beats Per Minute) Best First Film Jordan Peele GET OUT Special Award Molly Haskell CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
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National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners – THE POST, LADY BIRD, JANE and More…
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The National Board of Review today named THE POST as Best Film of the Year, Greta Gerwig as Best Director of the Year for LADY BIRD, FOXTROT for Best Foreign Language Film, and JANE for Best Documentary.
NBR President Annie Schulhof said, “THE POST is a beautifully crafted film that deeply resonates at this moment in time. We are so thrilled to award it our best film as well as to honor the wonderfully talented Greta Gerwig as our Best Director.”
The National Board of Review’s awards celebrate excellence in filmmaking with categories that include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Performance, and Directorial Debut, as well as signature honors such as the Freedom of Expression and the NBR Spotlight Award.
The honorees will be feted at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, hosted by Willie Geist, on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Cipriani 42nd Street.
Below is a full list of the 2017 award recipients, announced by the National Board of Review:
Best Film: THE POST
Best Director: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD
Best Actor: Tom Hanks, THE POST
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, THE POST
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, THE DISASTER ARTIST
Best Animated Feature: COCO
Breakthrough Performance: Timothée Chalamet, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Best Directorial Debut: Jordan Peele, GET OUT
Best Foreign Language Film: FOXTROT
Best Documentary: JANE
Best Ensemble: GET OUT
Spotlight Award: WONDER WOMAN, Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992
Top Films
BABY DRIVER CALL ME BY YOUR NAME THE DISASTER ARTIST DOWNSIZING DUNKIRK THE FLORIDA PROJECT GET OUT LADY BIRD LOGAN PHANTOM THREADTop 5 Foreign Language Films
A FANTASTIC WOMAN FRANTZ LOVELESS SUMMER 1993 THE SQUARETop 5 Documentaries
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL BRIMSTONE & GLORY ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS FACES PLACES HELL ON EARTH: THE FALL OF SYRIA AND THE RISE OF ISISTop 10 Independent Films
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Call Me By Your Name Call Me by Your Name leads the nominations for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards with eight nods including Best Director and Best Feature.