Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse leads with three awards, including Best Picture
December 16, 2018
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In their annual meeting, the members of the Utah Film Critics Association recognized Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse with three awards, including Best Picture of 2018. The film was also honored as Best Animated Feature, and for the Adapted Screenplay by Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman.
Roma also received three awards: Alfonso Cuarón for Directing and Cinematography, and for Best Non-English Language Feature.
In performance categories, Elsie Fisher was named in the Lead Performance, Female category for Eighth Grade, which also received Original Screenplay honors for Bo Burnham. Ethan Hawke received Best Lead Performance, Male for First Reformed; while Oliva Colman received Best Supporting Performance, Female as Queen Anne in The Favourite. In Best Supporting Performance, Male, there was a tie between Russell Hornsby for The Hate U Give and Hugh Grant for Paddington 2.
Other winners include Annihilation’s Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury for Best Original Score, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? for Best Documentary Feature.
The Utah Film Critics Association is made up of Utah-based film journalists contributing to print, broadcast and online outlets. For membership and other information, visit utahfilmcritics.com.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Best Picture: Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. Runner-up: Roma
Best Achievement in Directing: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma. Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
Best Lead Performance, Male: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed. Runner-up: Christian Bale, Vice
Best Lead Performance, Female: Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade. Runner-up: Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Best Supporting Performance, Female: Olivia Colman, The Favourite. Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
Best Supporting Performance, Male: Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give and Hugh Grant, Paddington 2 (tie)
Best Original Screenplay: Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade. Runner-up: Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay: Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman, Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. Runner-up: Audrey Wells, The Hate U Give
Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma. Runner-up: Rob Hardy, Annihilation
Best Original Score: Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury, Annihilation. Runner-up: Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Documentary Feature: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Runner-up: Minding the Gap
Best Animated Feature: Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Non-English Language Feature: Roma. Runner-up: Burning
