The 17th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2018, were announced on January 3, 2019.
For the complete list of nominees, click here.
Best Film
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- BlacKkKlansman
- The Favourite
- Eighth Grade
- Roma
- Black Panther
- Widows
- A Quiet Place
- First Man
- Hereditary
Best Director
- Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
- Runner-up: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Best Actor
- Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
- Runner-up: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Best Actress
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Runners-up (tie): Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade and Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor
- Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Runner-up: Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Best Supporting Actress
- Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Runner-up: Emma Stone, The Favourite
Best Ensemble
- The Favourite
- Runner-up: Widows
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- Bryan Tyree Henry (Hotel Artemis, If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,
White Boy Rick, and Widows) - Runner-up: Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, and Sherlock Gnomes)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade – (for directing and screenwriting)
- Runner-up: Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
- Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
- Runner-up: Linus Sandgren, First Man
Best Film Editing
- Joe Walker, Widows
- Runners-up (tie): Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough, Roma and Yorgos Mavropsaridis, The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Wilmott & Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
- Runners-up (tie): Lee Chang-dong and Oh Jung-mi, Burning (Beoning) and Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Original Screenplay
- Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
- Runner-up: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Best Score
- Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Runner-up: Anna Meredith, Eighth Grade
Best Documentary
- Shirkers
- Runner-up: Free Solo
Best Foreign Language Film
- Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku)
- Runner-up: Burning (Beoning)
Best Animated Film
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Runner-up: Incredibles 2
Best Overlooked Film
- Private Life
- Runner-up: Leave No Trace