Precursor: 6th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2017)

A strong race for Best Picture has emerged with the North Carolina critics who have put all five of the top nominees into the Best Picture category with Three Billboards leading by one. These selections roughly match other selections, so there isn’t much new here.

Nominations Tallies

(6) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(5) The Florida Project, The Post
(4) Get Out, The Shape of Water
(3) Dunkirk, Lady Bird, Mudbound

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Florida Project
Get Out
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Feature

The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

Best Director

Sean Baker – The Florida Project
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Steven Spielberg – The Post

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Tom Hanks – The Post
Kaluuya, Daniel – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Meryl Streep – The Post

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer – All The Money in the World
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart – Logan

Best Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best Original Screenplay

The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay

Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
The Lost City of Z
Molly’s Game
Mudbound

Best Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Best Special Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Foreign Language Film

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Faces Places
First They Killed My Father
Frantz
Okja
Raw
The Square
Thelma

Best Documentary

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Jane
Kedi
Last Men in Aleppo

Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award

(To an artist or film with a special connection to North Carolina.)
Emily V. Gordon (born and raised in Winston-Salem and a graduate of UNC-Greensboro, Gordon is recognized for writing and co-producing The Big Sick)

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (documentary profiles the popular North Carolina musicians)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (the studio drama was filmed in part in North Carolina).