The Winners have been announced! The San Diego Film Critics Society, of which Moviewallas is a proud member, went through their year-end voting earlier this week. They picked their choices from nominations that had been announced last Friday.
And here are the winners. James McCoy as Best Actor, Male, for SPLIT, a film that was released earlier this year and which was hardly on any other critics groups mind. Sally Hawkins as Best Actor, Female, for THE SHAPE OF WATER, in which she plays a mute cleaner in the 1950s who has to contend with a creature brought in captivity to the premises. Sally Hawkins’ closest rival for the prize? Herself! As Hawkins picked up first runner-up prize as well for her role in MAUDIE.
The mysterious, unpredictable, but compellingly thought provoking Norwegian thriller THELMA, was awarded Best Foreign Film, beating out the likes of more established films like THE SQUARE and THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE. First time independent feature director, Greta Gerwig picked up the Best Director prize, besting established players such as Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan. Timothee Chalamet, who has burst onto the scene with his understated but undeniably affecting performance in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME was presented with the Best Breakthrough Artist prize. And the wonderfully versatile Michael Stuhlbarg, also from the same film (and also THE POST, and THE SHAPE OF WATER) was declared the winner for Best Body Of Work.
The San Diego Film Critics Society, which prides itself on its selection of awardees who are far from the beaten track, continued their streak in 2017 as well. Here is a full listing of the 2017 winners:
Best Picture: GET OUT
Runner Up: LADY BIRD
Best Director: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD
Runner Up: Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK
Best Actor: James McAvoy, SPLIT
Runner Up: James Franco, THE DISASTER ARTIST
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, MAUDIE
Runner Up: Sally Hawkins, THE SHAPE OF WATER
Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Runner Up: Willem Dafoe, THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Best Supporting Actress: Tie
Allison Janney I, TONYA
Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD
Best Comedic Performance: Daniel Craig, LOGAN LUCKY
Runner Up: James Franco, THE DISASTER ARTIST
Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele, GET OUT
Runner Up: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, THE DISASTER ARTIST
Runner Up: Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, MUDBOUND
Best Documentary: JANE
Runner Up: THE WORK
Best Animated Film: MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
Runner Up: THE BOSS BABY
Best Foreign Language Film: THELMA
Runner Up: BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)
Best Editing: Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss, BABY DRIVER
Runner Up: Lee Smith, DUNKIRK
Best Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema, DUNKIRK
Runner Up: Darius Khondji, THE LOST CITY OF Z
Best Production Design: Paul D. Austerberry, THE SHAPE OF WATER
Runner Up: Alessandora Querzola and Dennis Gassner, BLADE RUNNER 2049
Best Visual Effects: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
Runner Up: Tie
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DUNKIRK
Best Costume Design: Tie
Jacqueline Durran, BEAUTY and the BEAST
Mark Bridges, PHANTOM THREAD
Best Use of Music: BABY DRIVER
Runner Up: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Breakthrough Artist: Timothee Chalamet
Runner Up: Barry Keoghan
Best Ensemble: MUDBOUND
Body of Work: Michael Stuhlbarg – THE POST, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, THE SHAPE OF WATER
