2017 National Society of Film Critics Awards

The 52nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2018, honored the best in film for 2017.^[1][2][3]

52nd NSFC Awards

January 6, 2018

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Best Film:
Lady Bird

Winners

Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

Greta Gerwig, Best Director and Best Screenplay winner

Daniel Kaluuya, Best Actor winner

Sally Hawkins, Best Actress winner

Willem Dafoe, Best Supporting Actor winner

Laurie Metcalf, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Picture

1. Lady Bird (41)
2. Get Out (39)
3. Phantom Thread (28)

Best Director

1. Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird (37)
2. Jordan Peele – Get Out / Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread (36)

Best Actor

1. Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (44)
2. Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread (34)
3. Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name (24)

Best Actress

1. Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water and Maudie (49)
2. Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird (44)
3. Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri / Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion (24)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project (62)
2. Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, and The Post (25)
3. Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (23)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird (74)
2. Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread (36)
3. Allison Janney – I, Tonya (24)

Best Screenplay

1. Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird (50)
2. Jordan Peele – Get Out (49)
3. Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread (31)

Best Cinematography

1. Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049 (40)
2. Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk (39)
3. Alexis Zabé – The Florida Project (36)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Graduation – Cristian Mungiu (35)
2. Faces Places – Agnès Varda (30)
3. BPM (Beats per Minute) – Robin Campillo (29)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Faces Places – Agnès Varda (70)
2. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library – Frederick Wiseman (34)
3. Dawson City: Frozen Time – Bill Morrison (32)

Film Heritage Award

• One Way or Another: Black Women's Cinema, 1970–1991, curated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music Cinématek.
• Special commendation to Dan Talbot for his pioneering work as an exhibitor and distributor, in bringing worldwide cinema to the United States.

Special Citation

• Agnieszka Holland's Spoor, a film awaiting American distribution

Dedication

This year's National Society of Film Critics awards are dedicated to Richard Schickel, the legendary film critic and historian, author of 37 books and director of 37 documentaries, and a founding member of the Society, who died on February 18, 2017.^[1][4][5]

References

1. "Lady Bird leads 2017 awards". National Society of Film Critics. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
2. Evans, Greg (January 6, 2018). "'Lady Bird' Named Best Picture By National Society of Film Critics – Complete List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
3. Lewis, Hilary (January 6, 2018). "'Lady Bird' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
4. Dagan, Carmel (February 19, 2017). "Richard Schickel, Influential Time Magazine Film Critic, Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
5. "History". National Society of Film Critics. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

External links

• Official website