Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins big at the Golden Globes
- Fatih Akin’s In the Fade has triumphed in the Best Foreign-language Film category
Last night, the 75th Golden Globe Awards took place in Beverly Hills, California, to acknowledge the best films of the year that has just drawn to a close, according to the votes of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. As the predictions had been hinting at recently, Martin McDonagh’s UK-US co-production Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [+see also:
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In the Best Foreign-language Film category, in which four European (co-)productions were competing, the winner was Fatih Akin’s Cannes-awarded In the Fade [+see also:
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Besides these two titles, Europe is also present in the awards list through Gary Oldman’s win in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category for his turn in Joe Wright’s British production Darkest Hour [+see also:
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Here is the full list of winners in the film categories:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [+see also:
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Best Motion Picture – Comedy
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour [+see also:
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
James Franco - The Disaster Artist
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water
Best Original Song
“This Is Me” (The Greatest Showman) - Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Best Animated Feature Film
Coco - Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina
Best Foreign-language Film
In the Fade [+see also:
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