The first Best Picture win for Portrait of a Lady on Fire comes from an unlikely source. Florida film critics have picked out-of-the-way choices in Best Picture and Director, but have stayed conventional the rest of the time.

Award Tallies

(3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(2) Little Women, Uncut Gems

The Awards

Best Picture

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (RU: 1917)

Best Animated

I Lost My Body (RU: Toy Story 4)

Best Director

Céline Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (RU: Sam Mendes – 1917)

Best Actor

Adam Driver – Marriage Story (RU: Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory)

Best Actress

Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story (RU: Florence Pugh – Midsommar)

Best Supporting Actor

Joe Pesci – The Irishman (RU: John Lithgow – Bombshell)

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern – Marriage Story (RU: TIE: Margot Robbie – Bombshell, Isla Fisher – The Beach Bum)

Best Original Screenplay

Uncut Gems (RU: The Farewell)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Women (RU: The Irishman)

Best Score

Uncut Gems (No Runner-Up)

Best Cinematography

1917 (RU: Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

Best Art Direction/Production Design

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (RU: Ad Astra)

Best Visual Effects

Alita: Battle Angel (RU: TIE: Ad Astra, Aveners: Endgame)

Best Foreign Language

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (RU: Parasite)

Best Documentary

Apollo 11 RU: Honeyland)

Best Ensemble

Little Women (RU: The Farewell)

Best First Film

Queen & Slim (RU: Honeyland)

Best Breakout

Florence Pugh – Midsommar, Fighting with My Family, Little Women (RU: The Farewell)

Golden Orange

Tampa Theatre

Florida Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 1997 (23)