Georgia Film Critics go for ‘Parasite,’ ‘1917’ and “Glasgow”

The Georgia Film Critics Association has chosen Parasite as the best film of 2019, also giving it Best Director, Original Screenplay and Foreign Language Film.

1917 took three technical awards: Cinematography, Production Design and Original Score while “Glasgow” from Wild Rose and written by Mary Steenburgen, won Original Song.

Here is the full list of winners.

Best Picture: Parasite

Best Director: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

Best Actor: Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Best Supporting Actress: Florence Pugh, Little Women

Best Original Screenplay: Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary: Apollo 11
Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite

Best Ensemble: Little Women

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917
Best Production Design: Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales, 1917
Best Original Score: Thomas Newman, 1917
Best Original Song: “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” – Caitlin Smith, Mary Steenburgen, Kate York (Wild Rose)

Breakthrough Award: Florence Pugh (Fighting With My Family, Little Women, Midsommar)

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema: The Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz)

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