By Matt Neglia
The Music City Film Critics Association (MCFCA) – based in Nashville – have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2018.
Click below to see the winners.
BEST FILM
A Star Is Born
BlackKklansman
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Vice
BEST DIRECTOR
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper
BlackKklansman – Spike Lee
Black Panther – Ryan Coogler
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Christian Bale – Vice
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Helena Howard – Madeline’s Madeline
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Toni Collette – Hereditary
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Rafael Casal – Blindspotting
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Gemma Chan – Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST SCREENPLAY
BlackKklansman
First Reformed
Sorry To Bother You
The Favourite
Vice
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Adriano Tardiolo – Happy As Lazzaro
Ed Oxenbold – Wildfire
Na-Kel Smith – Mid-90’s
Sunny Suljic – Mid-90’s
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Helena Howard – Madeline’s Madeline
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Incredibles 2
Isle Of Dogs
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo
Minding The Gap
Science Fair
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
BEST SONG
All The Stars – Black Panther
It’s That Time Of Year – Anna And The Apocalypse
OYAHYTT – Sorry To Bother You
Shallow – A Star Is Born
Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
BEST SCORE
Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Mary Poppins Returns
BEST SOUND INTEGRATION
Annihilation
A Quiet Place
A Star Is Born
Black Panther
Cold War
BEST SOUND
A Quiet Place
A Star Is Born
Black Panther
First Man
Roma
BEST MUSIC FILM
A Star Is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody
Hearts Beat Loud
Mary Poppins Returns
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cold War
First Man
Mandy
Roma
The Favourite
BEST EDITING
BlackKklansman
First Man
Roma
Vice
Widows
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
The Favourite
THE JIM RIDLEY AWARD
*Awarded in honor of the late Jim Ridley for the film that best represents Nashville (Music City) in theme, location, character/actor, and/or music.
A Star Is Born
Blaze
The King
BEST COMEDY
Crazy Rich Asians
Game Night
The Death Of Stalin
The Favourite
Vice
BEST HORROR FILM
A Quiet Place
Halloween
Hereditary
Mandy
Suspiria
BEST ACTION FILM
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
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