The Hollywood Foreign Press Association weren’t the only ones making an announcement today! The Women Film Critics Circle also announced their picks for the best of 2019!
And here they are:
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
- Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
- Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Runner-up: Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
BEST ACTRESS
- Tie: Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) and Lupita Nyong’o (US)
Runner-up: Renée Zellweger (Judy)
BEST ACTOR
- Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- Varda by Agnès (dir. Agnès Varda)
Runner-ups: Maiden (dir. Alex Holmes) and Honeyland (dir. Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov)
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
- Marriage Story
Runner-up: The Aeronauts
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
- Anna (Frozen 2)
Runner-up: Bo Peep (Toy Story 4)
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
- (TIE) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Noémie Merlant/Adèle Haenel) and Marriage Story (Scarlett Johansson/Adam Driver)
Runner-up: Hustlers (Jennifer Lopez/Constance Wu)
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
- (TIE) Bombshell (dir. Jay Roach) and The Nightingale (dir. Jennifer Kent)
Runner-up: Hustlers (dir. Lorene Scafaria)
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
- Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Queen & Slim (dir. Melina Matsoukas)
KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
- Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Jane Fonda
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alfre Woodard
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