San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2018 Explained

The 23rd San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 10, 2018.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Leave No Trace

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• A Quiet Place

Best Director

Debra Granik  - Leave No Trace

• Bo Burnham  - Eighth Grade
• Peter Farrelly  - Green Book
• John Krasinski  - A Quiet Place
• Yorgos Lanthimos  - The Favourite

Best Male Actor

Ethan Hawke  - First Reformed

• Christian Bale  - Vice
• Lucas Hedges  - Boy Erased
• Viggo Mortensen  - Green Book
• John C. Reilly  - The Sisters Brothers

Best Female Actor

Glenn Close  - The Wife

• Elsie Fisher  - Eighth Grade
• Lady Gaga  - A Star Is Born
• Melissa McCarthy  - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Carey Mulligan  - Wildlife

Best Male Supporting Actor

Timothée Chalamet  - Beautiful Boy (TIE)
Richard E. Grant  - Can You Ever Forgive Me? (TIE)

• Mahershala Ali  - Green Book
• Joel Edgerton  - Boy Erased
• Sam Elliott  - A Star Is Born

Best Female Supporting Actor

Nicole Kidman  - Boy Erased

• Nina Arianda  - Stan & Ollie
• Zoe Kazan  - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Thomasin McKenzie  - Leave No Trace
• Alia Shawkat  - Blaze

Best Comedic Performance

Hugh Grant  - Paddington 2

• Awkwafina  - Crazy Rich Asians
• Jason Bateman  - Game Night
• Jesse Plemons  - Game Night
• Ryan Reynolds  - Deadpool 2

Best Original Screenplay

Bo Burnham  - Eighth Grade

• Wes Anderson  - Isle of Dogs
• Scott Beck, John Krasinski, and Bryan Woods  - A Quiet Place
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen  - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga  - Green Book

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Fabien Nury, and David Schneider  - The Death of Stalin

• Joel Edgerton  - Boy Erased
• Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini  - Leave No Trace
• Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty  - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• David Lowery  - The Old Man & the Gun

Best Animated Film

Isle of Dogs

• Have a Nice Day
• Incredibles 2
• Ralph Breaks the Internet

Best Documentary

Three Identical Strangers

• Free Solo
• Love, Gilda
• RBG
• Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Best Foreign Language Film

Shoplifters

• Capernaum
• Cold War
• The Guilty
• Roma

Best Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel  - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (TIE)
Joshua James Richards  - The Rider (TIE)

• Alfonso Cuarón  - Roma
• Alexander Dynan  - First Reformed
• Magnus Nordenhof Jønck  - Lean on Pete

Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell  - The Favourite (TIE)
Lindy Hemming  - Paddington 2 (TIE)

• Guy Speranza  - Stan & Ollie
• Mary E. Vogt  - Crazy Rich Asians
• Mary Zophres  - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Editing

Jamie Gross and Dave Egan  - Game Night

• Roderick Jaynes  - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Yorgos Mavropsaridis  - The Favourite
• Christopher Tellefsen  - A Quiet Place
• Patrick J. Don Vito  - Green Book

Best Production Design

Fiona Crombie  - The Favourite

• Hannah Beachler  - Black Panther
• Tim Galvin  - Green Book
• John Paul Kelly  - Stan & Ollie
• Adam Stockhausen  - Ready Player One

Best Visual Effects

Ready Player One

• Black Panther
• Christopher Robin
• Isle of Dogs
• Paddington 2

Best Use of Music in a Film

Bad Times at the El Royale

• Blaze
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Green Book
• A Star Is Born

Best Breakout Artist

Thomasin McKenzie  - Leave No Trace

• Bo Burnham  - Eighth Grade
• Elsie Fisher  - Eighth Grade
• Rami Malek  - Bohemian Rhapsody
• Charlie Plummer  - Lean on Pete

Best Ensemble

Game Night

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Boy Erased
• The Favourite
• Green Book

Best Body of Work

John C. Reilly for Ralph Breaks the Internet, The Sisters Brothers, and Stan & Ollie

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 San Diego Film Critics Society’s Award Nominations . December 7, 2018 . . December 8, 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners . December 10, 2018 . . December 11, 2018.