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Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2017: List of winners, nominees

Awards: Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Edition: 11th
Date: January 6, 2018
Venue: Midtown Arts and Theater Complex Houston, Houston, Texas, United States


SPECIAL AWARDS

Best Poster: "The Shape of Water"
Nominated:
"Baby Driver"
"It"
"Logan Lucky"
"Mother!"


SINGING AND SONGWRITING AWARDS

Best Original Song: "Remember Me" for "Coco" (written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, performed by Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Anthony Gonzalez, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade)
Nominated:
"Evermore" for "Beauty and the Beast" (written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice, performed by Dan Stevens)
"I Get Overwhelmed" for "A Ghost Story" (written and performed by Dark Rooms)
"Visions of Gideon" for "Call Me By Your Name" (written and performed by Sufjan Stevens)


TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for "The Shape of Water"
Nominated:
Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer for "Blade Runner 2049"
Hans Zimmer for "Dunkirk"
John Williams for "The Post"
Michael Giachhino for "War for the Planet of the Apes"

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for "Blade Runner 2049"
Nominated:
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom for "Call Me By Your Name"
Hoyte van Hoytema for "Dunkirk"
Dan Laustsen for "The Shape of Water"
Vittorio Storaro for "Wonder Wheel"

Best Visual Effects: "Blade Runner 2049"
Nominated:
"The Shape of Water"
"War for the Planet of the Apes"


ACTING AWARDS

Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Nominated:
Willem Dafoe for "The Florida Project"
Richard Jenkins for "The Shape of Water"
Patrick Stewart for "Logan"
Michael Stuhlbarg for "Call Me By Your Name"

Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney for "I, Tonya"
Nominated:
Holly Hunter for "The Big Sick"
Dafne Keen for "Logan"
Laurie Metcalf for "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer for "The Shape of Water"

Best Actor: James Franco for "The Disaster Artist"
Nominated:
Timothee Chalamet for "Call Me By Your Name"
Daniel Kaluuya for "Get Out"
Robert Pattinson for "Good Time"
Andy Serkis for "War for the Planet of the Apes"

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for "The Shape of Water"
Nominated:
Frances McDormand for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Brooklyn Prince for "The Florida Project"
Margot Robbie for "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan for "Lady Bird"


FILMMAKING AWARDS

Texas Independent Film Award: "A Ghost Story"
Nominated:
"Mr. Roosevelt"
"Mustang Island"
"The Secret Life of Lance Letscher"
"Song to Song"

Best Animated Feature Film: "Coco"
Nominated:
"The Breadwinner"
"Despicable Me 3"
"The Lego Batman Movie"
"Loving Vincent"

Best Documentary Feature: "Jane"
Nominated:
"Faces Places"
"Kedi"
"Step"
"The Work"

Best Foreign Language Film: "Thelma" (Norway)
Nominated:
"BPM (Beats Per Minute)" (France)
"Blade of the Immortal" (Japan)
"First They Killed My Father" (Cambodia)
"The Square" (Sweden)

Best Screenplay: Greta Gerwig for "Lady Bird"
Nominated:
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani for "The Big Sick"
Jordan Peele for "Get Out"
Elizabeth Hanna, Josh Singer for "The Post"
Martin McDonagh for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Director: Greta Gerwig for "Lady Bird"
Nominated:
Guillermo del Toro for "The Shape of Water"
Christopher Nolan for "Dunkirk"
Jordan Peele for "Get Out"
Steven Spielberg for "The Post"

Best Picture: "Lady Bird"
Nominated:
"The Big Sick"
"Call Me By Your Name"
"Dunkirk"
"The Florida Project"
"Logan"
"The Post"
"The Shape of Water"
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"


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