"Get Out" Named Best Film By North Carolina Film Critics Association

The North Carolina Film Critics Association, an organization I have been a member of for several years, revealed its 2017 award winners today, with Jordan Peele's Get Outtaking home awards for Best Narrative Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Click here to see the full list of nominees.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Get Out

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Kedi

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Okja
BEST DIRECTOR
Jordan Peele (Get Out)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST ACTOR
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jordan Peele (Get Out)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (TIE)
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist)
Aaron Sorkin (Molly’s Game)

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
This award recognizes a film, artists, or performer with a special connection to North Carolina. In 2017, the Tar Heel Award was dedicated to long time North Carolina film critic Ken Hanke.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (the studio drama was filmed in part in North Carolina).