Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2017 Explained

23rd Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Presenter:	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Location:	Dallas, Texas
Country:	United States
Website:	dfwcritics.com
Previous:	2016
Main:	DFWFCA
Next:	2018

The 23rd Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2017 were announced on December 13, 2017.^[1] These awards "recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas. The organization, founded in 1990, includes 30 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in north Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993.

The Shape of Water was the DFWFCA's most awarded film of 2017, taking five top honors: Best Picture, Best Director (Guillermo del Toro), Best Actress (Sally Hawkins), Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score.

Winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, and Best Musical Score).

Category awards

Best Picture	Best Foreign Language Film
*The Shape of Water* The Post Lady Bird Call Me by Your Name Get Out Dunkirk Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri I, Tonya The Florida Project Darkest Hour	*The Square* • Sweden Thelma • Norway BPM (Beats per Minute) • France First They Killed My Father • Cambodia In the Fade • Germany
Best Actor	Best Actress
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill James Franco – The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman Tom Hanks – The Post as Ben Bradlee	Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Meryl Streep – The Post as Katharine Graham
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Officer Jason Dixon Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name as Oliver Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Sheriff Bill Willoughby	Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson Holly Hunter – The Big Sick as Beth Gardner Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water as Zelda Fuller
Best Director	Best Documentary Film
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Steven Spielberg – The Post Jordan Peele – Get Out	*City of Ghosts* Jane Last Men in Aleppo
Best Animated Film	Best Cinematography
*Coco* Loving Vincent	Dan Laustsen – The Shape of Water Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Best Screenplay	Best Musical Score
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water	Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk

Individual awards

Russell Smith Award

The Florida Project, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"

Notes and References

Web site: DFW Film Critics Name ‘The Shape of Water’ Best Picture of 2017. December 13, 2017. Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 13, 2016.