BSFC Winners 2010s

2019 (Dec. 15)

The 2019 BSFC Awards selection is dedicated to the memories of Steve Livernash, David Kleiler, and Vlada Petrić, pillars of the Boston film community who passed away this year.

Best Picture – Little Women
Best Actor – Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Best Actress – Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Best Supporting Actor – Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress – Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Director – Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best Screenplay – Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Best Cinematography – Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Documentary – Honeyland
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – Parasite
Best Animated Film – I Lost My Body
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Best Ensemble Cast – Little Women
Best Original Score – Alexandre Desplat, Little Women

2019 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2018 (Dec. 11)

The 2018 BSFC Awards selection is dedicated to the memory of former BSFC member Stephen Brophy who sadly passed away earlier this year.

Best Picture – If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Actor – John C. Reilly for Stan & Ollie
Best Actress – Melissa McCarthy for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor – Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress – Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Director – Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here
Best Screenplay – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Cinematography – Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Best Documentary – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – Shoplifters
Best Animated Film – Isle of Dogs
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Tom Cross for First Man
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade
Best Ensemble Cast – Shoplifters
Best Original Score – Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk

2018 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2017 (Dec. 10)

Best Picture – Phantom Thread
Best Actor – Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out
Best Actress – Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water
Best Supporting Actor – Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project
Best Supporting Actress – Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird
Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Screenplay – Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Cinematography – Hoyte Van Hoytema for Dunkirk
Best Documentary – Dawson City: Frozen Time
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – The Square
Best Animated Film – Coco
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – David Lowery for A Ghost Story
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Ensemble Cast – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Best Original Score – Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread

2017 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2016 (Dec. 11)

Best Picture – La La Land
Best Actor – Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress – Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Things to Come
Best Supporting Actor – Mahershala Ali for Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress – Lily Gladstone for Certain Women
Best Director – Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Best Screenplay – Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea
Best Cinematography – Chung-hoon Chung for The Handmaiden
Best Documentary – O. J.: Made in America
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – The Handmaiden
Best Animated Film – Tower
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Tom Cross for La La Land
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Robert Eggers for The Witch
Best Ensemble Cast – Moonlight
Best Original Score – Mica Levi for Jackie

2016 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2015 (Dec. 6)

Best Picture – Spotlight
Best Actor – (tie) Paul Dano for Love & Mercy and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant
Best Actress – Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
Best Supporting Actor – Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress – Kristen Stewart for Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Director – Todd Haynes for Carol
Best Screenplay – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer for Spotlight
Best Cinematography – Edward Lachman for Carol
Best Documentary – Amy
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – The Look of Silence
Best Animated Film – (tie) Anomalisa and Inside Out
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Best Ensemble Cast – Spotlight
Best Use of Music in a Film – Love & Mercy

2015 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2014 (Dec. 8)

Best Picture – Boyhood
Best Actor – Michael Keaton for Birdman
Best Actress – Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night
Best Supporting Actor – J. K. Simmons for Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress – Emma Stone for Birdman
Best Director – Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Screenplay – (tie) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo for Birdman & Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman
Best Documentary – Citizenfour
Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – Two Days, One Night
Best Animated Film – The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Sandra Adair for Boyhood
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler
Best Ensemble Cast – Boyhood
Best Use of Music in a Film – Inherent Vice

2014 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2013 (Dec. 8)

Best Picture – 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor – Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress – Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor – James Gandolfini for Enough Said
Best Supporting Actress – June Squibb for Nebraska
Best Director – Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay – Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity
Best Documentary – The Act of Killing
Best Foreign-Language Film – Wadjda
Best Animated Film – The Wind Rises
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill for Rush
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station
Best Ensemble Cast – Nebraska
Best Use of Music in a Film – Inside Llewyn Davis

2013 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2012 (Dec. 9)

Best Picture – Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva for Amour
Best Supporting Actor – Ezra Miller for Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Supporting Actress – Sally Field for Lincoln
Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Screenplay – Tony Kushner for Lincoln
Best Cinematography – Mihai Malaimare Jr for The Master
Best Documentary – How to Survive a Plague
Best Foreign-Language Film – Amour
Best Animated Film – Frankenweenie
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor for Zero Dark Thirty
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – David France for How to Survive a Plague
Best Ensemble Cast – Seven Psychopaths
Best Use of Music in a Film – Moonrise Kingdom

2012 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2011 (Dec. 12)

Best Picture – The Artist
Best Actor – Brad Pitt for Moneyball
Best Actress – Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress – Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids
Best Director – Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Best Screenplay – Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Best Documentary – Project Nim
Best Foreign-Language Film – Incendies
Best Animated Film – Rango
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Christian Marclay for The Clock
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Ensemble Cast – Carnage
Best Use of Music in a Film – Tie: Drive and The Artist

2011 Series, Rediscoveries and Commendations

2010 (Dec. 12)

Best Picture – The Social Network
Best Actor – Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Best Actress – Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor – Christian Bale for The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress – Juliette Lewis for Conviction
Best Director – David Fincher for The Social Network
Best Screenplay – Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins for True Grit
Best Documentary – Marwencol
Best Foreign-Language Film – Mother
Best Animated Film – Toy Story 3
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Jeff Malmberg for Marwencol
Best Ensemble Cast – The Fighter
Best Use of Music in a Film – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network