OFCS Best Picture winner Get Out |
Jordan Peele's Get Out has scored an early awards season success by taking the prize for Best Picture from the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS). The writer/director also won Best Original Screenplay in the awards, which were announced today. "“We’d like to pass on a huge congratulations to Jordan Peele and his entire team for the incredible debut feature," said a spokesperson for the society's governing committee. "Changing the gaze of ‘outsider horror’ was a masterstroke that blended genre and social issues into a potent cocktail. The effects of Get Out stay with you long after viewing."
Also prominent among the winners was Dunkirk, which saw Christopher Nolan take Best Director and Lee Smith take Best Editing, while James Ivory won Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name, which also saw Timothée Chalamet named Breakout Star of the year.
Those award winners in full:-
Best Picture
Best Director
- Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Best Actor
- Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Best Actress
- Sally Hawkins - The Shape Of Water
Best Supporting Actress
- Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actor
- Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Ensemble
Best Animated Feature
- Coco
Best Foreign Film
Best Documentary
Best Editing
- Lee Smith - Dunkirk
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins - Blade Runner 2049
Best Original Screenplay
- Jordan Peele - Get Out
Best Adapted Screenplay
- James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
Breakout Star
- Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name