Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘Dunkirk’ Best Pic, Director; Timothée Chalamet a double winner

The Florida Film Critics Circle has announced its winners for the best films and cinematic performances of 2017 and the awards were, like last year, pretty fairly spread out among an array of films. During the nomination phase, The Shape of Water dominated most categories with ten nominations. But after the final votes came in for the 2017 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, the fantasy/romance/monster movie was nowhere to be found in the final tally.

Dunkirk was the Best Picture winner with Christopher Nolan also grabbing Best Director. It was also a runner-up in four other categories: Ensemble, Cinematography, Art Direction and Score – the last three losing to Blade Runner 2049, which walked away with four wins in total.

Timothée Chalamet won two awards: Best Actor and the Pauline Kael Breakthrough Award both for his performance in Call Me By Your Name, which also earned the Best Adapted Screenplay award.

Here is the full list of winners from the Florida Film Critics Circle.

BEST PICTURE

Dunkirk (WINNER)
Lady Bird (Runner-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 (Runner-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 (Runner-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 (Runner-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 (Runner-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 (Runner-Up)
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound

BEST ENSEMBLE

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runner-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 (Runner-Up)
Lady Bird
The Big Sick
The Shape Of Water

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me By Your Name (WINNER)
The Disaster Artist (Runner-Up)
Marjorie Prime
Molly’s Game
The Lost City of Z
Wonderstruck

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runner-Up)
Personal Shopper
The Post
The Shape of Water
Wonderstruck

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Runner-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 (Runner-Up)
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Wonderstruck

BEST SCORE

Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Dunkirk (Runner-Up)
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Jane (WINNER)
Ex Libris: New York Public Library (Runner-Up)
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Faces Places
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Kedi

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BPM (WINNER)
The Square (Runner-Up)
First They Killed My Father
Loveless
The Ornithologist

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Coco (WINNER)
Loving Vincent (Runner-Up)
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
The LEGO Batman Movie

BEST FIRST FILM

Get Out (WINNER)
God’s Own Country (Runner-Up)
Ingrid Goes West
Molly’s Game

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD

Timothée Chalamet (WINNER)
Jordan Peele (Runner-Up)
Barry Keoghan
Greta Gerwig
Millicent Simmonds

GOLDEN ORANGE

The cast and crew of The Florida Project

The Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of 25 writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida: www.floridafilmcritics.com. Bill Gibron of PopMatters.com and FilmRacket.com has served as chairman since March 2013.

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