The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society has unveiled its list of winners for the Best of 2017. After revealing their nominees a few weeks ago, the critical body voted on the best of the best and the winners are below.
Highlights include Guillermo del Toro scoring a Best Director victory for his The Shape of Water, along with a Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Score. That Fox film was the top winner with four victories. They were followed closely behind in the groundbreaking debut of this critics organization with Lady Bird, Baby Driver and Get Out each scoring three victories each.
Want to know more about the LAOFCS, here’s a tease. “Krisily Kennedy, Scott Mantz, and Scott Menzel founded the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society in late 2016. The primary goal of the society was to create a critics group that appropriately reflects a varied history and perspective of people from various races and gender. The intention was to create a critics group that was as diverse as the city in which it is based.”
For more on the group, check out their page on Facebook, Twitter and the website, LAOFCS.org.
And here, ladies and gentlemen, are the winners of the inaugural Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society best of 2017. Look for the awards to be handed out at the LAOFCS Gala on January 10, 2018.
Best Picture:
The Shape of Water
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Best Actor:
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Best Supporting Actress:
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Best Supporting Actor – TIE
Patrick Stewart, Logan
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
Best Original Screenplay:
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Male Director:
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Best Female Director:
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Best Animated Film:
Coco
Best Foreign Film:
The Square
Best Documentary: TIE
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jane
Best Visual Effects:
War for The Planet of the Apes
Best Cinematography:
Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Best Blockbuster:
Wonder Woman
Best Independent Film:
Lady Bird
Best First Feature:
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Comedy or Musical:
The Big Sick
Best Action/War:
Baby Driver
Best Sci-Fi/Horror:
Get Out
Best Actor or Actress 23 and Under:
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Stunt Work:
Baby Driver
Best Score:
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Best Editing:
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
Best Visual Effect Performance:
Andy Serkis, War for the Planet of the Apes
Special Awards:
Trailblazer Award: Jessica Chastain
LAOFCS Achievement Award: Hugh Jackman