The 2017 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations

By Matt Neglia

The Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) have announced their nominees for the best in film for 2017. The winners will be announced January 6th 2019.

Click below to see the nominees.

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

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

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

Actress
Sally Hawkins - "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Brooklyn Prince - "The Florida Project"
Margot Robbie - "I, Tonya"
Saiorse Ronan - "Lady Bird"

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

Supporting Actress
Holly Hunter - "The Big Sick"
Allison Janney - "I, Tonya"
Dafne Keen - "Logan"
Laurie Metcalf - "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer - "The Shape of Waterr"

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

Cinematography
"Blade Runner 2049" - Roger Deakins
"Call Me By Your Name" - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
"Dunkirk" - Hoyte van Hoytema
"The Shape of Water" - Dan Laustsen
"Wonder Wheel" - Vittoria Storaro

Animated Film
"The Breadwinner"
"Coco"
"Despicable Me 3"
"The Lego Batman Movie"
"Loving Vincent"

Original Score
"Blade Runner 2049" - Ben Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer
"Dunkirk" - Hans Zimmer
"The Post" - John Williams
"The Shape of Water" - Alexandre Desplat
"War for the Planet of the Apes" - Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song
"Evermore" ("Beauty and the Beast")
"I Get Overwhelmed" ("A Ghost Story")
"Never Forget" ("Murder on the Orient Express")
"Remember Me" ("Coco")
"Visions of Gideon" ("Call Me By Your Name")

Foreign Language Film
"BPM"
"Blade of the Immortal"
"First They Killed My Father"
"The Square"
"Thelma"

Documentary Feature
"Faces Places"
"Jane"
"Kedi"
"Step"
"The Work"

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

Poster
"Baby Driver"
"It"
"Logan Lucky"
"Mother"
"The Shape of Water"

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

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