Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) Winners
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) have chosen The Shape of Water as the best film of 2017. They also awarded the film their Best Director prize over their sole female nominee, Greta Gerwig). Gerwig was given the group’s Best Woman Director and Woman Screenwriter awards for Lady Bird.
Nomination leader Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri managed just a single win, Frances McDormand for Best Actress. Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) picked up another Best Actor win and Jordan Peele (Get Out) earned their Original Screenplay award. Call Me By Your Name was their Adapted Screenplay winner. The Florida Project was a double winner; Willem Dafoe for Supporting Actor and Brooklynn Prince for Breakthrough Performance.
“This year was an important year for women to feel empowered to speak out and be heard,” states EDA AWARDS and AWFJ founder and film critic Jennifer Merin. “The need for gender parity and gender diversity in the movie industry is patently clear, and the time to stop sexual harassment in all industries is now. These goals are fundamental to AWFJ’s mission and it’s core values. I am thrilled that for this year’s awards, our AWFJ members voted to honor such a diverse array of talent and to recognize those who are leading with their voices to put an end to long time misconduct making the 2017 EDA Awards particularly relevant when art and film must be the vanguard of social progress.”
Here is the full list of nominees and winners.
Best Film
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
THE SHAPE OF WATER – winner
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro – THE SHAPE OF WATER – winner
Greta Gerwig — LADY BIRD
Martin McDonagh — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Christopher Nolan — DUNKIRK
Jordan Peele – GET OUT
Best Screenplay, Original
GET OUT — Jordan Peele – winner
LADY BIRD — Greta Gerwig
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI — Martin McDonagh
Best Screenplay, Adapted
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME — James Ivory – winner
MOLLY’S GAME — Aaron Sorkin
MUDBOUND — Dee Rees
Best Documentary
DAWSON CITY FROZEN IN TIE
FACES PLACES – winner
JANE
KEDI
STEP
Best Animated Film
THE BREADWINNER
COCO – winner (tie)
LOVING VINCENT – winner (tie)
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins — THE SHAPE OF WATER
Frances McDormand — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – winner
Margot Robbie — I, TONYA
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige — MUDBOUND
Allison Janney — I, TONYA
Laurie Metcalf — LADY BIRD – winner
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet — CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Daniel Kaluuya — GET OUT
Gary Oldman — DARKEST HOUR – winner
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe –PROJECT FLORIDA – winner
Sam Rockwell — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Michael Stuhlbarg — CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director
MUDBOUND — Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram – winner
THE POST – Ellen Lewis
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI — Sara Finn
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins – BLADE RUNNER 2049 – winner
Hoyte van Hoytema — DUNKIRK
Dan Laustsen — THE SHAPE OF WATER
Best Editing
Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss — BABY DRIVER
Lee Smith — DUNKIRK – winner
Sidney Wolinsky– THE SHAPE OF WATER
Best Non-English-Language Film
BPM
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER
THE SQUARE – winner
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EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.
Best Woman Director
Kathryn Bigelow — DETROIT
Greta Gerwig — LADY BIRD – winner
Patty Jenkins — WONDER WOMAN
Angelina Jolie — FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER
Dee Rees — MUDBOUND
Angela Robinson — PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN
Agnes Varda — FACES PLACES
Best Woman Screenwriter
Greta Gerwig — LADY BIRD – winner
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer — THE POST
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams — MUDBOUND
Best Animated Female
Mama Imelda — COCO
Marguerite Gachet — LOVING VINCENT
Parvana — THE BREADWINNER – winner
Best Breakthrough Performance
Tiffany Haddish –GIRL’S TRIP
Brooklynn Prince — THE FLORIDA PROJECT – winner
Florence Pugh — LADY MACBETH
Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD
Patty Jenkins for WONDER WOMAN
Angelina Jolie for FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER and THE BREADWINNER
Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd and all who spoke out against sexual harassment – winner
EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Annette Bening — FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL
Frances McDormand — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
AGNES VARDA — FACES PLACES – winner
Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award
I LOVE YOU, DADDY — Chloe Grace
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent (name actress and film)
Dakota Johnson for 50 SHADES DARKER
Jennifer Lawrence for MOTHER!
Kate Winslet for WONDER WHEEL and THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US – winner
Bravest Performance
Sally Hawkins — THE SHAPE OF WATER – winner (tie)
Frances McDormand — THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Margot Robbie — I, TONYA – winner (tie)
Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made
BAYWATCH
THE MUMMY – winner
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
AWFJ Hall of Shame Award
Darren Aronovsky and all associated with MOTHER!
Louis CK and all associated with I LOVE YOU,, DADDY
Showbiz Sexual Tormentors: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, et al. – winner
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS: AWFJ, a not-for-profit corporation, is an international association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to raising the volume on women’s voices in the film community by broadening opportunities for women who write about film and supporting films by and about women – both in front of and behind the cameras – through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting EDA awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies. More information about AWFJ, including the membership list, can be accessed at www.awfj.org or sending inquiries to awfjinc@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE EDA AWARDS: The AWFJ presents EDA Awards to honor women’s achievements in front of and behind the cameras. In addition to the annual end of the year awards, AWFJ presents EDA Awards for Best Female-Directed Films at select film festivals,including IDFA, Whistler Film Festival, DOXA. Edinburgh Film Festival. St. Louis International Film Festival and others. The EDAs are named in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and screen actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. A dedicated foot soldier in the industry, Eda was one of the founders of AFTRA and a long standing member of AMPAS.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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