S.F. critics pick ‘Florida Project’

Indie drama “The Florida Project” was the big winner at this year’s San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards meeting; the story of poverty-stricken families struggling near a Disney resort received best picture of the year.

Andy Serkis won the best actor award for his motion capture performance in “War for the Planet of the Apes,” while Margot Robbie won best actress for her comic/dramatic performance in “I, Tonya.” Laurie Metcalf won best supporting actress for “Lady Bird,” and Willem Dafoe won best supporting actor for “The Florida Project.”

Guillermo del Toro won best director for “The Shape of Water.”

While Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” won original screenplay, 89-year-old James Ivory’s “Call Me by Your Name” was honored for adapted screenplay. Roger Deakins won for best cinematography in “Blade Runner 2049,” “The Shape of Water” for best production design, “Phantom Thread” for score and “Baby Driver” for film editing.

Pixar’s “Coco” won best animated feature, best foreign film went to “BPM,” and the portrait of two artists “Faces Places” won best documentary.

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Bratt (“Dolores”) was honored with the Marlon Riggs Award “for courage and innovation in the Bay Area film community,” and the documentary “Brimstone & Glory” won a special citation from the SFFCC.

Among the participants in the voting were The Chronicle’s Mick LaSalle, Peter Hartlaub, Leba Hertz and Walter Addiego, along with contributors Carla Meyer, Ruthe Stein and Pam Grady.

For past San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners and the nominees for each 2017 category, go to http://sffcc.org.