‘The Favourite’ leads 2018 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations Posted by FFCC on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Miami, FL — The Florida Film Critics Circle has announced its nominees for the best films and cinematic performances of 2018. Yorgos Lanthimos’ darkly comic tale of love and power in 18th century England, The Favourite, leads consideration with nine nominations. It is up for recognition in such high profile categories as Best Picture and Best Director.

Two films came in second place with eight nominations: If Beale Street Could Talk, the latest film from Miami-born director Barry Jenkins, and Damien Chazelle’s First Man. All three films share nominations in the Best Picture, Best Art Direction/Production Design and Best Cinematography categories. The three movies all are being considered for screenwriting, with The Favourite in competition for Best Original Screenplay contest, while First Man and If Beale Street Could Talk compete for Best Adapted Screenplay. First Man also joins Beale Street in the running for Best Score, and First Man is the only one of these films under consideration for Best Visual Effects.

All three movies were also recognized in the acting categories, which is how the The Favourite came out on top, leading with four nominations for acting. The entire cast of The Favourite has been nominated in the Best Ensemble category, but the women of the film all also received individual nominations, placing Olivia Colman in the Leading Actress group, while Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz both landed in the Supporting Actress group. If Beale Street Could Talk, meanwhile, also received a nomination for Best Ensemble and features two actresses: Regina King for Best Supporting Actress and KiKi Layne in the Pauline Kael Breakout Award – recognizing breakout performances in cinema each year – alongside Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher and Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie. Claire Foy, meanwhile, is the only actor nominated for First Man, in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma earned five nominations, including Best Director and Best Cinematography for the Mexican filmmaker. It’s also competing for Best Picture, Best Art Direction/Production Design, and Best Foreign Language Film. Its fellow nominees for Best Foreign Language Film – Burning, Cold War, and Shoplifters – are all nominated in additional action and production categories. Finally, the only film with four nominations is You Were Never Really Here. Writer-Director Lynne Ramsay is nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is under consideration for the Best Actor prize and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is nominated for the film’s score.

A complete list of all the nominees can be found below. The winners will be announced on Friday, December 21st.

The Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of 26 writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida. Hans Morgenstern of IndieEthos.com and Miami New Times has served as chair of the organization since May of 2018.

BEST PICTURE

First Man

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

The Favourite

The Rider

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale – Vice

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close – The Wife

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Natalie Portman – Vox Lux

Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Toni Collette – Hereditary

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman

Hugh Grant – Paddington 2

Mahershala Ali – Green Book

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Steven Yeun – Burning

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Claire Foy – First Man

Emma Stone – The Favourite

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Sakura Ando – Shoplifters



BEST ENSEMBLE

BlacKkKlansman

Crazy Rich Asians

If Beale Street Could Talk

Support the Girls

The Favourite

BEST DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Damien Chazelle – First Man

Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters

Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

Peter Farrelly – Green Book

Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade

Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski – A Quiet Place

Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara – The Favourite

Paul Schrader – First Reformed

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Josh Singer, James R. Hansen – First Man

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Linus Sandgren – First Man

Łukasz Żal – Cold War

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Robbie Ryan – The Favourite

James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Annihilation

Avengers: Infinity War

First Man

Isle of Dogs

Ready Player One

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

Annihilation

First Man

If Beale Street Could Talk

Paddington 2

Roma

The Favourite

BEST SCORE

Justin Hurwitz – First Man

Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk

Jonny Greenwood – You Were Never Really Here

Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow – Annihilation

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Free Solo

Monrovia, Indiana

Shirkers

Won’t you Be my Neighbor?

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Burning

Cold War

Roma

Shoplifters

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mirai

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST FIRST FILM

Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade

Ari Aster – Hereditary

Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Ofir Raul Graizer – The Cakemaker

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD

Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade

KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk

Thomasin Mckenzie – Leave No Trace