‘Get Out’ Tops Washington DC Critics; Gary Oldman and Christopher Nolan Nab Their First Wins

The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association has named Get Out their best film of 2017. Writer/Director/Producer Jordan Peele also picked a win for his original screenplay.

It was also the first wins of the season for Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) in Best Actor and Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) in Best Director. Each entered this awards season as frontrunners in their respective categories but had not earned any individual critics’ wins until today. Other big winners today were Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Post and Coco.

Blade Runner 2049 was the biggest winner today with three awards: Original Score, Production Design and Cinematography and The Shape of Water, which went in with the most nominations ended up with zero wins.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Film
Get Out

Best Director
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)

Best Actor
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Best Actress
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actress
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

Best Acting Ensemble
The Post

Best Youth Performance
Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project)

Best Voice Performance
Anthony Gonzalez (Coco)

Best Motion Capture Performance
Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes)

Best Original Screenplay
Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees (Mudbound)

Best Animated Feature
Coco

Best Documentary
Jane

Best Foreign Language Film
BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Best Production Design
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner; Set Decorator: Alessandra Querzola (Blade Runner 2049)

Best Cinematography
Roger A. Deakins, ASC, BSC (Blade Runner 2049)

Best Editing
Paul Machliss, ACE; Jonathan Amos, ACE (Baby Driver)

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
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