The Women Film Critics Circle has announced their nominations for the best of 2017! The winners will be named next week!
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
- “A Quiet Passion”
- “Lady Bird”
- “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- “The Florida Project”
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
- “Detroit”
- “First They Killed My Father”
- “Lady Bird”
- “Mudbound”
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER [Screenwriting Award]
- Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
- Maggie Greenwald, “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- Dee Rees, “Mudbound”
- Angela Workman, “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
BEST ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Sally Hawkins, “The Shape Of Water”
- Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Cynthia Nixon, “A Quiet Passion”
BEST ACTOR
- Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
- Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
- Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
- Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (Under 21)
- Seo-Hyun Ahn, “Okja”
- Mckenna Grace, “Gifted”
- Brooklynn Prince, “The Florida Project”
- Millicent Simmonds, “Wonderstruck”
BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS
- Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip”
- Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
- Margo Robbie, “I, Tonya”
- Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- “A Fantastic Woman”
- “First They Killed My Father”
- “In The Fade”
- “Thelma”
*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women:
- “Maudie”
- “The Light Of The Moon”
- “The Rape Of Recy Taylor”
- “Wind River”
*JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
- “Girls Trip”
- “Mudbound”
- “Step”
- “The Rape Of Recy Taylor”
*KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
- “Battle Of The Sexes”
- “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
- “Mudbound”
- “The Post”
COURAGE IN ACTING [Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen]
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Michelle Rodriguez, “The Assignment”
- Charlize Theron, “Atomic Blonde”
COURAGE IN FILMMAKING
- Amma Asante, “A United Kingdom”
- Kathryn Bigelow, “Detroit”
- Angelina Jolie, “First The Killed My Father”
- Dee Rees, “Mudbound”
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD [Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]
- Jessica Chastain, “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
- Betty Gabriel, “Get Out”
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Cynthia Nixon, “A Quiet Passion”
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
- “Faces Places”
- “Jane”
- “Step”
WOMEN’S WORK: BEST ENSEMBLE
- “A Quiet Passion”
- “Girls Trip”
- “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST FEMALE ACTION HERO
- “Atomic Blonde”
- “In The Fade”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
- “Atomic Blonde”
- “Battle Of The Sexes”
- “Professor Marston And The Wonder Women”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
- “Maudie”
- “Professor Marston And The Wonder Women”
- “The Big Sick”
- “The Shape Of Water”
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE(S)
- “Coco”
- “Loving Vincent”
- “The Breadwinner”
- “Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming”
BEST FAMILY FILM
- “Coco”
- “Beauty And The Beast”
- “The Breadwinner”
- “Wonder”