It was announced today by President Albert McGhee, of the Southeastern Film Critic’s Association, that the movie “Get Out” is their selection for Best Film for 2017. In addition thirteen other categories of the best for 2017 and their top 10 were also voted on and the results are included here as well.
Best Film : “GET OUT”
Runner-Up: “The Shape Of Water”
Best Actor: Gary Oldman for “Darkest Hour”
Runner-Up: James Franco for “The Disaster Artist”
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for “The Shape Of Water”
Runner-Up: Frances McDormand for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing , Missouri”
Male Supporting actor: Sam Rockwell for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Runner-Up: Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project
Female Supporting Actress: Lauria Metcalf for “Lady Bird”
Runner-Up: Allison Janney for I, Tonya
Best Ensemble Cast: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Runner-Up: “The Post”
Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro for “The Shape Of Water”
Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele “Get Out”
Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig “Lady Bird”
Best Adapted Screenplay James Ivory-“Call Me By Your Name”
Runner-Up: Virgil Willams “Mudbound”
Best Documentary “Jane”
Runner Up: “Faces Places”
Best Foreign language Film: “First They Killed My Father”
Runner-Up: “The Square”
Best Animated film: “Coco”
Runner-Up: “Loving Vincent”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Dunkirk”-Hoyte Van Hoytema
Runner Up: Roger Deakins “Blade Runner 2049”
The Gene Wyatt award for The film that
best evokes the spirit of the south: “Mudbound”
Runner-Up: “The Florida Project”
SEFCA TOP 10 Movies of 2017
1. Get Out
2. The Shape Of Water
3. Dunkirk
4. Lady Bird
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
6. The Post
7. The Florida Project
8. Call Me By Your Name
9. Darkest Hour
10. The Disaster Artist
Writer, critic, film editor John Delia, Sr. has been on all sides of the movie business from publications to film making. He has worked as a film critic with ACED Magazine for more than 20 years and other publications for a total of 40 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Florida. John is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and Critics Association of Central Florida Send John a message at jdelia@acedmagazine.com
