Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle: 2017 CIFCC Awards Nominations
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle (CIFCC)
Written by:Danielle SolzmanPosted on: December 24, 2017 December 24, 2017
Capping off their second year as a recognized awards-voting body, the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, a group which I helped found and participate as a proud member, has announced their nominees for the second annual CIFCC Awards. The 26 voting members completed ballots with the goal of three final nominees in 21 categories. They will commence a final round of voting ending on December 29, 2017 with winners announced on December 30, 2017.
Leading all films with seven nominations is the acclaimed thriller Get Out from director Jordan Peele. Following closely with six nominations each are the coming-of-age dramedy Lady Bird and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water. There are 31 different films included in 21 total categories for this year's CIFCC Awards.
Two awards of special interest are the Trailblazer and Impact Awards. The Trailblazer Award honors the work of an artist who truly pushed the boundaries of the medium in terms of form and content. Nominated this year are filmmakers Sean Baker (The Florida Project), Jordan Peele (Get Out), and Dee Rees (Mudbound). The Impact Award celebrates a person whose work has had a positive impact on society and the nominees include Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), and Jordan Peele (Get Out).
From this first round of voting, the film critics group has compiled a pair of "10 Best" lists for 2017, one for independent film defined as a budget under $20 million and one for studio films defined as movies with budgets over $20 million:
THE 10 BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS (in alphabetical order):
The Big Sick, Call Me By Your Name, The Florida Project, Get Out, A Ghost Story, Lady Bird, Lucky, Mudbound, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
THE 10 BEST STUDIO FILMS (in alphabetical order):
Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049, Dunkirk, Logan, The Lost City of Z, mother!, Phantom Thread, The Post, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wonder Woman
The complete list of nominees for the 2017 CIFCC Awards:
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
BEST STUDIO FILM
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
The Big Sick- Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out- Jordan Peele
Lady Bird- Greta Gerwig
Call Me By Your Name- James Ivory
The Disaster Artist- Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Mudbound– Dee Rees and Virgil Williams
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Blade Runner 2049- Roger Deakins
Dunkirk- Hoyte van Hoytema
The Shape of Water– Dan Laustsen
Blade Runner 2049- Dennis Gassner
mother!- Philip Messina
The Shape of Water- Paul D. Austerberry
Baby Driver– Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss
Dunkirk– Lee Smith
War for the Planet of the Apes– William Hoy and Stan Salfas
BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND MAKEUP
Darkest Hour– Jacqueline Durran (costumes), Kazuhiro Tsuji, Lucy Sibbick and David Malinowski (makeup)
Phantom Thread– Mark Bridges (costumes), Paul Engelen (makeup)
The Shape of Water– Luis Sequeria (costumes), Jordan Samuel and Paula Fleet (makeup)
Phantom Thread– Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water– Alexandre Desplat
War for the Planet of the Apes- Michael Giacchino
Blade Runner 2049- Richard Clegg, Paul Lambert, Viktor Muller, and John Nelson
Star Wars: The Last Jedi– Richard Bain, Ben Morris, Michael Mulholland, and Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes- Joe Leterri, Dan Lemmon, Eric Winquist, and Dan Cervin
TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Dee Rees, Mudbound
IMPACT AWARD
Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman
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