By Matt Neglia
The Hawaii Film Critics Society (Known as HFCS and not to be confused with the Houston Film Critics Society, also known as HFCS) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2019.
Click below to see the winners.
BEST PICTURE
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST DIRECTOR
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST ACTOR:
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
BEST ACTRESS
Awkwafina, The Farewell
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Steven Zaillian (from the book by Charles Brandt), The Irishman
BEST ART DIRECTION
Ha-jun Lee, Parasite
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Julian Day, Rocketman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, 1917
BEST EDITING
Fred Raskin, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 4, dir. Josh Cooley
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 11, dir. Todd Douglas Miller
BEST MAKE-UP
Joker
BEST SOUND
Ford v Ferrari
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Hildur Guanadottir, Joker
BEST SONG
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” Rocketman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alita: Battle Angel
BEST STUNT WORK
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, The Peanut Butter Falcon
BEST FIRST FILM
Stephen Merchant, Fighting With my Family
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Long Shot, dir. Jonathan Levine
BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Mark Hamill, Child’s Play
BEST HORROR FILM
Us, dir. Jordan Peele
BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
Joker, dir. Todd Phillips
BEST SCI-FI FILM
Avengers: Endgame, dir. Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Parasite, dir. Bong Joon Ho (South Korea)
BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
Stoke, dir. Zoe Eisenberg and Phillips Payson (Big Island)
WORST FILM OF 2019
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