NEWS: Atlanta Film Critics Circle Announces Annual Award Winners

The recently established Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) released its awards for this year's top films, performers and other stand-outs in a host of critical categories. As one of the organization's founding members, I'm proud of these wide-ranging choices - especially our pick for the year's best film: Get Out.

While not all of these winners were my personal favorites, they're all quality selections that prove my colleagues and I have differing tastes and opinions. That makes for an exciting awards season! The complete list of winners is below...


TOP 10 2017 FILMS

1. Get Out
2. Dunkirk
3. Lady Bird
4. The Shape of Water
5. Call Me by Your Name
6. The Florida Project
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. The Big Sick
9. Baby Driver
10. The Post

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLESally Hawkins in The Shape of Water

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTORChristopher Nolan for Dunkirk

BEST SCREENPLAY
Jordan Peele for Get Out

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Tie: Jane

and Kedi

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
BPM (Beats Per Minute)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema for Dunkirk

AFCC BREAKTHROUGH AWARD
Jordan Peele for Get Out











ABOUT THE AFCC:
Composed of a dynamic mix of Atlanta-based critics working in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, the newly launched Atlanta Film Critics Circle solidifies Atlanta’s status as a Top 10 film market with a robust media presence and a booming film production industry. Georgia is currently number 1 in feature film production over any other market according to FilmL.A. Inc.

Co-founded by Michael Clark and Felicia Feaster, founding members (in alphabetical order) of AFCC are: Ed Adams (Kaleidoscope Reviews), Christopher Campbell (Movies.com), Michael Clark (The Gwinnett Daily Post), Jake Cole (Slant.com), Jim Farmer (Out on Film), Felicia Feaster (Burnaway, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Travel Channel.com), Matt Goldberg (Collider.com), Jonathan Hickman (Newnan Times-Herald), Curt Holman (Creative Loafing, Living Intown Magazine), Will Leitch (New York Magazine, Paste Magazine, The New Republic), Emma Loggins (Fanbolt), Michael McKinney (the CW), Steve Murray (ArtsATL), Kyle Pinion (Comicsbeat.com, GeekRex.com), Eleanor Ringel-Cater (The Atlanta Business Chronicle), Gil Robertston (Kaleidoscope Reviews), Matt Rodriguez (Shakefire.com), Elijah Sarkesian (Outtakes ATL), Josh Sewell (Times-Georgian, Douglas County Sentinel), Jeff Stafford (ArtsATL), Dean Treadway (Movie Geeks United), Jim Vorel (Paste Magazine), Steve Warren (InSite), Drew Wheeler (Athens Flagpole).

For more information about AFCC or our annual award winners, please contact Felicia Feaster at ffeaster@bellsouth.net