Detroit Film Critics Announce Winners Florida Project Wins Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actor. Franco Takes Best Actor

The Detroit Film Critics Society announced their winners this morning with Sean Baker’s The Florida Project winning three out of its four nominations including Best Picture, Baker won for Best Director, and Willem Dafoe continues on his winning streak with Best Supporting Actor.

Best Actress went to Frances McDormand for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya. The Disaster Artist’s James Franco scooped Best Actor.

Founded in Spring 2007, the Detroit Film Critics Society consists of a group of nineteen film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New York City.

BEST FILM

Winner: The Florida Project

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Sean Baker, The Florida Project

BEST ACTOR

Winner: James Franco, The Disaster Artist

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Allison Janney, I, Tonya

BEST ENSEMBLE

Winner: The Post

BREAKTHROUGH

Winner: Jordan Peele, Writer/Director (Get Out)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: The LEGO Batman Movie

BEST USE OF MUSIC

Winner: Baby Driver