The 2018 Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Winners

By Matt Neglia 

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2018.

Click below to see the winners.

BEST FILM 
Winner: “The Hate U Give”
Runner-Up: “Paddington 2”

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):
“Black Panther”
“Eighth Grade”
“First Reformed”
“The Rider”
“Roma”
“Sorry to Bother You”
“A Star Is Born”
“You Were Never Really Here”
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Runner-Up: “Isle of Dogs”
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 
Winner: “Roma”
Runner-Up: “Cold War”
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Runner-Up: “Minding the Gap”
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Schrader, “First Reformed”
Runner-Up: Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade”
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Audrey Wells, “The Hate U Give”
Runner-Up: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters, “A Star Is Born”
 
BEST DIRECTOR 
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Runner-Up: Lynne Ramsay, “You Were Never Really Here”
 
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Amandla Stenberg, “The Hate U Give”
Runner-Up: Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Runner-Up: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
 
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed” 
Runner-Up: Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Runner-Up: Jonah Hill, “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot”
 
BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE 
Winner: Josh Brolin, “Avengers: Infinity War”
Runner-Up: Ben Whishaw, “Paddington 2”
 
BEST ENSAMBLE ACTING
Winner: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Runner-Up: “BlacKkKlansman”
 
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Thom Yorke, “Suspiria”
Runner-Up: Johnny Greenwood, “You Were Never Really Here”
 
BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chloe Zhao, “The Rider” (writer-director)
Runner-Up: Elsie Fisher, “Eighth Grade” (actress)
 
ORIGINAL VISION AWARD
Winner: “Sorry to Bother You”
Runner-Up: “Eighth Grade”
 
THE HOOSIER AWARD*
Winner: “Dead Man’s Line: The True Story of Tony Kiritsis”
(As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category)

*The Hoosier Award, recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories.

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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