THE WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERS 2019
Awards season has always been our favorite time of year, but it's been especially rewarding since we've had the honor of joining the Women Film Critics Circle. We are so proud of our mission and message, and we are especially pleased with this year's results. And here they are:
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Runner-up: Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
BEST ACTRESS
Tie: Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) and Lupita Nyong'o (US)
Runner-up: Renée Zellweger (Judy)
BEST ACTOR
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Varda by Agnès (dir. Agnès Varda)
Runner-ups: Maiden (dir. Alex Holmes) and Honeyland (dir. Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov)
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
Marriage Story
Runner-up: The Aeronauts
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
Anna (Frozen 2)
Runner-up: Bo Peep (Toy Story 4)
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
Tie: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Noémie Merlant/Adèle Haenel) and Marriage Story (Scarlett Johansson/Adam Driver)
Runner-up: Hustlers (Jennifer Lopez/Constance Wu)
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
Tie: Bombshell (dir. Jay Roach) and The Nightingale (dir. Jennifer Kent)
Runner-up: Hustlers (dir. Lorene Scafaria)
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Queen & Slim (dir. Melina Matsoukas)
KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
Harriet (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Jane Fonda
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alfre Woodard
WFCC PAULINE KAEL SPECIAL JURY AWARDS 2019
Criticism is the only thing that stands between the audience and advertising.' - Pauline Kael
BEST FEMALE ACTION HEROES
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet Runner-Up: Keira Knightley, Official Secrets
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD [Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]
Janelle Monae, Harriet Runner-Up: Anna Paquin, The Irishman
MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Penny Fleck, Joker - Directed by Todd Phillips
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