The Detroit Film Critics Society announced their winners this morning with Sean Baker’s The Florida Project winning three out of its four nominations including Best Picture, Baker won for Best Director, and Willem Dafoe continues on his winning streak with Best Supporting Actor.
Best Actress went to Frances McDormand for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya. The Disaster Artist’s James Franco scooped Best Actor.
Founded in Spring 2007, the Detroit Film Critics Society consists of a group of nineteen film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New York City.
BEST FILM
Winner: The Florida Project
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Sean Baker, The Florida Project
BEST ACTOR
Winner: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: The Post
BREAKTHROUGH
Winner: Jordan Peele, Writer/Director (Get Out)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: The LEGO Batman Movie
BEST USE OF MUSIC
Winner: Baby Driver
