Southeastern Film Critics click ‘Like’ on ‘The Social Network’
The Southeastern Film Critics Association’s 19th awards include ‘The Social Network,’ ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘Winter’s Bone.’
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The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) yesterday named The Social Network the Best Picture of 2010. Director David Fincher’s incisive account of the founding of Facebook earned a total of four awards, with its other victories coming in the categories of Best Ensemble, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Complete list of winners at end of story.
According to SEFCA president Curt Holman of Creative Loafing Atlanta, the association’s 19th annual awards saw ballots from 43 members, all film journalists working in print, radio and on-line media in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
The historical dramedy The King’s Speech won Best Adapted Screenplay and two major acting winners, with Colin Firth taking Best Actor for his role as the speech-impaired King George VI, and Geoffrey Rush winning Best Supporting Actor as his unconventional speech therapist (in a narrow victory over Christian Bale as a crack-addicted ex-boxer in The Fighter). Natalie Portman won Best Actress as Black Swan’s mentally unstable ballerina, and Hailee Steinfeld won Best Supporting Actress as a spunky, vengeful frontier teen in the Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit.
Other winners include Charles Ferguson’s account of the U.S. financial collapse, Inside Job, as Best Documentary; the Korean thriller Mother as Best Foreign Language Film; Pixar’s popular Toy Story 3 as Best Animated Film; and True Grit for Best Cinematography. This year SEFCA introduced awards in the Best Cinematography and Best Ensemble categories for the first time.
In its sixth year, the Wyatt Award went to Winter’s Bone, a drama starring Jennifer Lawrence as a young woman trying to track down her missing father against the backdrop of the rural drug trade. ‘Winter’s Bone’ earned runners-up honors in such categories as Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actress. Named after the late SEFCA member Gene Wyatt, the prize seeks to honor one film each year that best embodies the essence of the South.