Los Angeles Film Critics 2017 Awards: ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Named Best Film

LAFCA acting awards go to Timothée Chalamet, Sally Hawkins, Willem Dafoe and Laurie Metcalf

Call Me By Your Name
Sony Pictures Classics

Luca Guadagnino’s rapturous coming-of-age romance “Call Me by Your Name” has been named the best film of 2017 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which announced its annual awards on Sunday.

Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” was runner-up.

Timothée Chalamet and Sally Hawkins were named best actor and actress for their performances in “Call Me by Your Name” and “The Shape of Water,” respectively, with James Franco the runner-up to Chalamet for “The Disaster Artist” and Frances McDormand runner-up to Hawkins for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

Guadagnino and Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”) tied in the best-director category.

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