{"id":16923,"date":"2025-01-07T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/?p=16923"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:05:49","slug":"georgia-film-critics-association-winners-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/georgia-film-critics-association-winners-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Film Critics Association Winners 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiafilmcritics.org\/\">Georgia Film Critics Association<\/a> awards are announced. I&#8217;ve seen more of our nominees (and winners) than I have in previous years, and there&#8217;s a lot going on with these selections. Here are the nominees, what won, and my thoughts as a voting member. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><u><b>2024 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Best Picture<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/anora\/\"><i>&#8220;Anora&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/challengers\/\"><i>&#8220;Challengers&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/conclave\/\"><i>&#8220;Conclave&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/flow\/\"><i>&#8220;Flow&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nickel-boys\/\"><i>&#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/sing-sing\/\"><i>&#8220;Sing Sing&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-substance\/\"><i>&#8220;The Substance&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I mostly love the Top 10, but I&#8217;m a bit surprised about our runner-up. Well, maybe I shouldn&#8217;t be that surprised.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Director<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/anora\/\"><i>&#8220;Anora&#8221;<\/i><\/a>, Sean Baker<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a>, Brady Corbet &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a>, Denis Villeneuve &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nickel-boys\/\"><i>&#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221;<\/i><\/a>, RaMell Ross<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-substance\/\"><i>&#8220;The Substance&#8221;<\/i><\/a>, Coralie Fargeat<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I don&#8217;t anticipate this to be indicative of anything beyond our association&#8217;s love of &#8220;Dune: Part Two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Actor<\/u><br \/>\nAdrien Brody (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/a-complete-unknown\/\"><i>&#8220;A Complete Unknown&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nColman Domingo (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/sing-sing\/\"><i>&#8220;Sing Sing&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\nRalph Fiennes (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/conclave\/\"><i>&#8220;Conclave&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\nKeith Kupferer (<i>&#8220;Ghostlight&#8221;<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3bjachzz31k?si=0PVjfHq7-uhUKr-u\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I love Kupferer&#8217;s nomination, and Domingo&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Actress<\/u><br \/>\nLily-Rose Depp (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nosferatu-2024\/\"><i>&#8220;Nosferatu&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nCynthia Erivo (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nMarianne Jean-Baptiste (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/hard-truths\/\"><i>&#8220;Hard Truths&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\nMikey Madison (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/anora\/\"><i>&#8220;Anora&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\nDemi Moore (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-substance\/\"><i>&#8220;The Substance&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Not a surprising winner, but a nice change up on the runner-up. <\/p>\n<p><u>Best Supporting Actor<\/u><br \/>\nYura Borisoc (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/anora\/\"><i>&#8220;Anora&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nKieran Culkin (<i>&#8220;A Real Pain&#8221;<\/i>) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\nClarence Maclin (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/sing-sing\/\"><i>&#8220;Sing Sing&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nGuy Pearce (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\nDenzel Washington (<i>&#8220;Gladiator II&#8221;<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6iN--N_h_k?si=mtBAuw4LDMudAQf8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Pearce as our runner up is a bit of a surprise, even if the winner is not.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Supporting Actress<\/u><br \/>\nDanielle Deadwyler (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-piano-lesson\/\"><i>&#8220;The Piano Lesson&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\nAunjanue Ellis-Taylor (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nickel-boys\/\"><i>&#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nAriana Grande-Butera (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\nKaty O&#8217;Brian (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/love-lies-bleeding\/\"><i>&#8220;Love Lies Bleeding&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nMargaret Qualley (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-substance\/\"><i>&#8220;The Substance&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\nZoe Salda\u00f1a (<i>&#8220;Emilia P\u00e9rez&#8221;<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e3wMUoyhXaU?si=VZtpZPvRIscgE0jc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I love that Deadwyler is our winner here, as &#8220;The Piano Lesson&#8221; is- sadly- not getting a lot of love.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Original Screenplay<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/anora\/\"><i>&#8220;Anora&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Sean Baker) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/challengers\/\"><i>&#8220;Challengers&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Justin Kuritzkes)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;A Real Pain&#8221;<\/i> (Jesse Eisenberg)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;The Seed of the Sacred Fig&#8221;<\/i> (Mohammad Rasoulof)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;September 5&#8221;<\/i> (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-substance\/\"><i>&#8220;The Substance&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Coralie Fargeat)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Reservations on the ending of &#8220;Brutalist&#8221; aside, the top two make sense.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Adapted Screenplay<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/conclave\/\"><i>&#8220;Conclave\u201d<\/i><\/a> (Peter Staughan) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nickel-boys\/\"><i>&#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/sing-sing\/\"><i>&#8220;Sing Sing&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I&#8217;m glad to see &#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221; win this one.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Cinematography<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Lol Crawley)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Greig Fraser) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell&#8221;<\/i> (\u0110inh Duy H\u01b0ng)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nickel-boys\/\"><i>&#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Jomo Fray)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nosferatu-2024\/\"><i>&#8220;Nosferatu&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Jarin Blaschke) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Both winner and runner-up are great, but man does this feel like a miss neither &#8220;Nickel Boys&#8221; nor &#8220;The Brutalist&#8221; are in those slots.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Production Design<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist\u201d<\/i><\/a> (Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga\/\"><i>&#8220;Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/nosferatu-2024\/\"><i>&#8220;Nosferatu&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Craig Lathrop) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I&#8217;m fine with these two dominating here.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Original Score<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-brutalist\/\"><i>&#8220;The Brutalist&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Daniel Blumberg)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/challengers\/\"><i>&#8220;Challengers&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Trent Reznor &#038; Atticus Ross) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/conclave\/\"><i>&#8220;Conclave&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Volker Bertelmann)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"<i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Hans Zimmer) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-wild-robot\/\"><i>&#8220;The Wild Robot&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Kris Bowers)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: This is looking like a category I&#8217;m going to be very apathetic for this year, considering the big winner so far is a score I&#8217;m not high on.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Original Song<\/u><br \/>\n&#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Love in Oklahoma&#8221; &#8211; Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/twisters\/\"><i>&#8220;Twisters&#8221;<\/i><\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Compress\/Repress&#8221; &#8211; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/challengers\/\"><i>&#8220;Challengers&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n&#8220;El Mal&#8221; &#8211; Cl\u00e9ment Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard (<i>&#8220;Emilia P\u00e9rez&#8221;<\/i>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Kiss the Sky&#8221; &#8211; Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi (<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-wild-robot\/\"><i>&#8220;The Wild Robot&#8221;<\/i><\/a>) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n&#8220;Sick in the Head&#8221; &#8211; M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, Toddla T (<i>&#8220;Kneecap&#8221;<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I like the variety, but I have no strong feelings on any of these.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Ensemble<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/conclave\/\"><i>&#8220;Conclave\u201d<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/dune-part-two\/\"><i>&#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/saturday-night\/\"><i>&#8220;Saturday Night&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/sing-sing\/\"><i>&#8220;Sing Sing&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wicked\/\"><i>&#8220;Wicked&#8221;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Both are deserving, even if I would have reversed the order.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best International Film<\/u><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;All We Imagine as Light&#8221;<\/i> &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/flow\/\"><i>&#8220;Flow&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Kneecap&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/red-rooms\/\"><i>&#8220;Red Rooms&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;The Seed of the Sacred Fig&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I love this win for &#8220;Flow,&#8221; even if I would have loved to see more love for &#8220;Red Rooms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Animated Film<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/flow\/\"><i>&#8220;Flow&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/inside-out-2\/\"><i>&#8220;Inside Out 2&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Memoir of a Snail&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/wallace-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl\/\"><i>&#8220;Wallace &#038; Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-wild-robot\/\"><i>&#8220;The Wild Robot&#8221;<\/i><\/a> &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySQdmYqT8-0?si=TiPPGavMXbpzcjtt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: In a stacked category, these two are the best.<\/p>\n<p><u>Best Documentary Film<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/no-other-land\/\"><i>&#8220;No Other Land&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2024\/11\/a-night-of-inspiring-lives\/\"><i>&#8220;The Remarkable Life of Ibelin&#8221;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Sugarcane&#8221;<\/i> &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Super\/Man: The Christopher Reeve Movie&#8221;<\/i> &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Will &#038; Harper&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLotoTDslj4?si=z87pqcjkbtGOy_l-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: I really like &#8220;Super\/Man,&#8221; but not more than at least two of these.<\/p>\n<p><u>Breakthrough Award<\/u><br \/>\nClarence Maclin<br \/>\nMikey Madison &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\nKaty O&#8217;Brian<br \/>\nRaMell Ross &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\nMaisy Stella<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: In a category of great nominees, there&#8217;s no way this could have missed.<\/p>\n<p><u>Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/civil-war\/\"><i>&#8220;Civil War&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Alex Garland) &#8211; <b>Runner-Up<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Color Book&#8221;<\/i> (David Fortune)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;The Forge&#8221;<\/i> (Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-idea-of-you\/\"><i>&#8220;The Idea of You&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Michael Showalter, Robinne Lee, Jennifer Westfeldt)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Juror #2&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Clint Eastwood, Jonathan A. Abrams) &#8211; <b>WINNER<\/b><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;Makayla&#8217;s Voice: A Letter to the World&#8221;<\/i> (short; Julio Palacio Makayla Cain)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-piano-lesson\/\"><i>&#8220;The Piano Lesson&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Malcolm Washington, Virgil Williams, August Wilson)<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;The Preakness&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (short; Akshay Bhatia)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/saturday-night\/\"><i>&#8220;Saturday Night&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/movie\/the-south-got-something-to-say\/\"><i>&#8220;The South Got Something to Say&#8221;<\/i><\/a> (Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne, Ernie Suggs, DeAsia Paige)<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts: Two of the best known choices as the winners make sense.<\/p>\n<p>Viva La Resistance!<\/p>\n<p>Brian Skutle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\">www.sonic-cinema.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when the winners of the Georgia Film Critics Association awards are announced. I&#8217;ve seen more of our nominees (and winners) than I have in previous years, and there&#8217;s a lot going on with these selections. Here are the nominees, what won, and my thoughts as a voting member. 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