By Matt Neglia
The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2018. The winners will be announced December 21st 2018.
Click below to see the nominations.
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
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, Troy 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
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