Belfast Named Best Picture by Phoenix Film Critics Society

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast has been named Best Picture by the Phoenix Film Critics Society. The film also won Best Director and Best Screenplay for Branagh, Best Supporting Actor for Ciaran Hinds, and Best Performance by a Youth for Jude Hill.

Full list of winners below.

PFCS TOP TEN (in alphabetical order)
Belfast 
Don’t Look Up 
Dune 
Licorice Pizza 
Mass 
Nightmare Alley 
No Time To Die 
Spencer 
The Power of the Dog 
West Side Story

BEST PICTURE
Belfast 

BEST DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kristen Stewart, Spencer 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story 

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Mass 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast 

BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM OTHER MATERIAL
The Power of the Dog 

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
Mass 

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Mitchells vs. the Machines 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Hand of God 

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Summer of Soul 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
No Time To Die, No Time To Die 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune 

BEST FILM EDITING
Dune 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nightmare Alley 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune 

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH
Jude Hill, Belfast

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.