North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Get Out

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Kedi

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coco

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Okja

BEST DIRECTOR
Jordan Peele (Get Out)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST ACTOR
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jordan Peele (Get Out)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
(TIE) Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist) and Aaron Sorkin (Molly’s Game)

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
This award recognizes a film, artists, or performer with a special connection to North Carolina. In 2017, the Tar Heel Award was dedicated to long time North Carolina film critic Ken Hanke.

Emily V. Gordon (born and raised in Winston-Salem and a graduate of UNC-Greensboro, Gordon is recognized for writing and co-producing The Big Sick)

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (documentary profiles the popular North Carolina musicians)