Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards: ‘ROMA’ wins 5

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Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply personal story ROMA, has won five awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalist, the group announced today.

The Favourite and Can You Ever Forgive Me? were other multiple winners and the group’s female-specific categories like Bravest Performance (Olivia Colman in The Favourite) and Actress Defying Age and Ageism (Viola Davis in Widows) highlight the orgs choices.

Here is the full list of winners (and in two categories, losers).

Best Film
ROMA

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón – ROMA

Best Screenplay, Original
THE FAVOURITE – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara

Best Screenplay, Adapted
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? – Nicole Holofcener, Jeff White

Best Documentary
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Morgan Neville

Best Animated Film
SPIDERMAN INTO SPIDER-VERSE – Bob Perischerri, Peter Ramsay, Rodney Rothman

Best Actress
Olivia Colman – THE FAVOURITE

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Regina King – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – FIRST REFORMED

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard E. Grant – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director
BLACK PANTHER – Sarah Finn, Casting Director

Best Cinematography
ROMA – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Editing
ROMA – Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough

Best Non-English-Language Film
ROMA – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Marielle Heller – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Best Woman Screenwriter
Deborah Davis – THE FAVOURITE (with Tony McNamara)

Best Animated Female
Elastagirl, INCREDIBLES 2, Holly Hunter

Best Breakthrough Performance
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – LEAVE NO TRACE

Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry

Rachel Morrison for paving the road for women cinematographers with her Oscar nomination for MUDBOUND and scoring as DP on BLACK PANTHER.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Viola Davis – WIDOWS

Bravest Performance
Olivia Colman – THE FAVOURITE

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Jennifer Lawrence – RED SPARROW

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT – Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson

Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made
OVERBOARD

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

Alleged Abusers Weinstein, Moonves, CK, Rush, Franco, Singer, Rose, Lauer, et al

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