Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Love Get Out, The Shape of Water, Call Me By Your Name

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) has chosen Get Out as the Best Picture of 2017. The film also won the group’s Original Screenplay award and their genre prize for Best Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy film.

The Shape of Water won two awards, Best Director for Guillermo del Toro and Best Actress for Sally Hawkins and Call Me By Your Name also picked up two – Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet and Adapted Screenplay (in a tie with Logan). Frontrunners Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) won the supporting categories.

Here is the full list of winners.

BEST PICTURE: Get Out
BEST DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
BEST ACTOR: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
BEST ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Get Out
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Call Me By Your Name and Logan (TIE)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Coco
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: In the Fade
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Jane
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR/FANTASY: Get Out
BEST LGBTQ FILM: Call Me By Your Name

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