AWFJ 2017 EDA Awards winners announced

And the winners are…

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film: The Shape of Water

Best Director: Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

Best Screenplay, Original: Jordan Peele – Get Out

Best Screenplay, Adapted: James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name

Best Documentary: Faces Places (Visages, Villages)

Best Animated Film: Coco AND Loving Vincent (tie)

Best Actress: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best Actor: Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director: Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram – Mudbound

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049

Best Editing: Lee Smith – Dunkirk

Best Non-English-Language Film: The Square

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

These awards honor women only.

Best Woman Director: Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird

Best Woman Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird

Best Animated Female: Parvana – The Breadwinner

Best Breakthrough Performance: Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry: Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, and all who spoke out against sexual harrassment

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Agnes Varda – Faces Places (Visages, Villages)

Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Lead and the Love Interest Award: Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich – I Love You, Daddy

Actress Most in Need Of a New Agent: Kate Winslet – Wonder Wheel, The Mountain Between Us

Bravest Performance: Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water AND Margot Robbie – I, Tonya (tie)

Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made: The Mummy

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award: sexual tormentors: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, et al

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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists — of which I am a member — has announced the nominees for its 2017 EDA Awards. Links here go to my reviews, with reviews to come for most if not all those I haven’t yet reviewed. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 9th.

And the nominees are:

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.

Best Film
Call Me by Your Name
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out

Best Screenplay, Original
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Screenplay, Adapted
James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game
Dee Rees – Mudbound

Best Documentary
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Faces Places (Visages, Villages)
Jane
Kedi
Step

Best Animated Film
The Breadwinner
Coco
Loving Vincent

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director
Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram – Mudbound
Ellen Lewis – The Post
Sara Finn – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen – The Shape of Water

Best Editing
Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss – Baby Driver
Lee Smith – Dunkirk
Sidney Wolinsky – The Shape of Water

Best Non-English-Language Film
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
First They Killed My Father
The Square

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

These awards honor women only.

Best Woman Director
Kathryn Bigelow – Detroit
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman
Angelina Jolie – First They Killed My Father
Dee Rees – Mudbound
Angela Robinson – Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
Agnes Varda – Faces Places (Visages, Villages)

Best Woman Screenwriter
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Liz Hannah – The Post
Dee Rees – Mudbound

Best Animated Female
Mama Imelda – Coco
Marguerite Gachet – Loving Vincent
Parvana – The Breadwinner

Best Breakthrough Performance
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman
Angelina Jolie – First They Killed My Father, The Breadwinner
Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, and all who spoke out against sexual harrassment

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Agnes Varda – Faces Places (Visages, Villages)

Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Lead and the Love Interest Award
Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich – I Love You, Daddy
Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem – mother!
Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis, Sarah Wright – The Mummy, American Made, respectively

Actress Most in Need Of a New Agent
Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades Darker
Jennifer Lawrence – mother!
Kate Winslet – Wonder Wheel, The Mountain Between Us

Bravest Performance
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya

Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made
Baywatch
The Mummy
Murder on the Orient Express

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award
Darren Aronovsky and all associated with mother!
Louis CK and all associated with I Love You, Daddy
sexual tormentors: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, et al