The New York Film Critics Circle announced its 2018 award winners live on Twitter this morning, naming Roma the Best Film of 2018, along with awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography for Alfonso Cuarón. First Reformed won awards for Best Screenplay: Paul Schrader and Best Actor for Ethan Hawke. Minding the Gap directed by Bing Liu won for Best Documentary, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War won for Best Foreign Language Film, and Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham won the award for Best First Film.
2018 New York Film Critics Award Winners
Best Picture: Roma
Best Film: Roma #NYFCC
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Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón / Roma #NYFCC
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Best Screenplay: Paul Schrader, “First Reformed”
Best Screenplay: First Reformed (Paul Schrader) #NYFCC
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Best Actress: Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Best Actress: Regina Hall / Support the Girls #NYFCC
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Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke / First Reformed #NYFCC
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Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King / If Beale Street Could Talk #NYFCC
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Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant / Can You Ever Forgive Me? #NYFCC
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Best Cinematography: Roma, Alfonso Cuaron
Best Cinematography: Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) #NYFCC
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Best Non-fiction Film: Minding the Gap, director Bing Liu
Best Foreign Language Film: “Cold War,” director Pawel Pawlikowski
Best Non-Fiction Film: Minding the Gap (Bing Liu) #NYFCC
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Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best First Film: Eighth Grade, director Bo Burnham
Best First Film: Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) #NYFCC
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Special Award For Career Achievement: David Schwartz, Chief Film Curator at Museum of the Moving Image for 33 years
Special Award: David Schwartz, stepping down as Chief Film Curator at Museum of the Moving Image after 33 years #NYFCC
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Special Award: Kino Classics Box Set Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers