By: Izumi Hasegawa December 10, 2019
We are honored to announce the 2019 Women Film Critic Circle Awards winners below. The Women Film Critic Circle (WFCC), is the first national American association of women critics, supports the protection and accurate representation of women in media. The WFCC is an association of 75 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media, one of which is our own Izumi Hasegawa. Established in 2004, WFCC became the first women critics’ organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir. Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Harriet (Directed by Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire ( Directed by Céline Sciamma)
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Runner-up: Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
BEST ACTRESS
Tie: Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) and Lupita Nyong’o (US)
Runner-up: Renée Zellweger (Judy)
BEST ACTOR
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Directed by Céline Sciamma)
Runner-up: Atlantics (Directed by Mati Diop)
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Varda by Agnès (Directed by Agnès Varda)
Runner-ups: Maiden ( Directed by Alex Holmes) and Honeyland (Directed by Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov)
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
Marriage Story
Runner-up: The Aeronauts
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
Anna (Frozen 2)
Runner-up: Bo Peep (Toy Story 4)
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
Tie: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Noémie Merlant/Adèle Haenel) and Marriage Story (Scarlett Johansson/Adam Driver)
Runner-up: Hustlers (Jennifer Lopez/Constance Wu)
ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
Tie: Bombshell (Directed by Jay Roach) and The Nightingale (Directed by Jennifer Kent)
Runner-up: Hustlers (Directed by Lorene Scafaria)
JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Harriet (Directed by Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Queen & Slim (Directed by Melina Matsoukas)
KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
Harriet (Directed by Kasi Lemmons)
Runner-up: Little Women (Directed by Greta Gerwig)
ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Jane Fonda
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alfre Woodard
For more information on the Women Film Critic Circle, visit their website at
https://wfcc.wordpress.com/
Winner List Compiled by: Izumi Hasegawa -https://twitter.com/HNW_Izumi & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/izumihasegawa/
Edited by: Jody Taylor – https://twitter.com/RealJodyTaylor & https://www.instagram.com/realjodytaylor
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