After sixteen years, the Utah film critics are still a bit baffling. Apart from a handful of Oscar contenders, they went far left field with the choices of Ghost Story for Best Picture, Andy Serkis in Best Actor, and Tatiana Maslany in Best Supporting Actress.

Award Tallies

(2) Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water

The Awards

Best Film

A Ghost Story (RU: Dunkirk)

Best Animated Feature

Coco (RU: The Lego Batman Movie)

Best Director

Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk (RU: David Lowery – A Ghost Story)

Best Actor

Andy Serkis – War for the Planet of the Apes (RU: James Franco – The Disaster Artist)

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water (RU: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project (RU: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actress

Tatiana Maslany – Stronger (RU: Allison Janney – I, Tonya)

Best Original Screenplay

Get Out (RU: TIE: Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Blade Runner 2049 (RU: The Disaster Artist)

Best Original Score

The Shape of Water (RU: Blade Runner 2049)

Best Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049 (RU: Dunkirk)

Best Non-English Language Film

Thelma (RU: TIE: A Fantastic Woman, Raw)

Best Documentary

Jane (RU: Chasing Coral)

Utah Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2002 (16)