San Diego Critics Name Leave No Trace Picture, Director

The San Diego Film Critics have shaken things up a wee bit, in so far as it goes, by awarding the season’s only big win for a female filmmaker – Debra Granik for Leave No Trace. Granik also just won Best Director from the Los Angeles Film critics.  

Best Picture: LEAVE NO TRACE (Runner Up: GREEN BOOK)
Best Director: Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE (Runner Up: Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK)
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED (Runner Up: Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK)
Best Actress: Glenn Close, THE WIFE (Runner Up: Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?)
Best Supporting Actor: TIE – Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? & Timothée Chalamet, BEAUTIFUL BOY
Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Kidman, BOY ERASED (Running Up: Nina Arianda, STAN & OLLIE)
Best Comedic Performance: Hugh Grant, PADDINGTON 2 (Runner Up: Jesse Plemons, GAME NIGHT)
Best Original Screenplay: Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE (Runner Up: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, Fabien Nury, THE DEATH OF STALIN (Runner Up: Joel Edgerton, BOY ERASED)
Best Documentary: THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS (Runner Up: FREE SOLO)
Best Animated Film: ISLE OF DOGS (Runner Up: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE)
Best Foreign Language Film: SHOPLIFTERS (Runner Up: CAPERNAUM)
Breakthrough Artist: Thomasin McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE (Runner Up: Charlie Plummer, LEAN ON PETE)
Best Ensemble: GAME NIGHT (Runner Up: THE FAVOURITE)