Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1996
1st FFCC Awards
Best Film:
Fargo
The 1st Florida Film Critics Circle Awards honoured the best in film for 1996.
Winners
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Best Film:
- Fargo
- Runner-up: Breaking the Waves
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Best Actor:
- Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- Runner-up: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
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Best Actress:
- Frances McDormand - Fargo
- Runner-up: Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
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Best Supporting Actor:
- Edward Norton - The People vs. Larry Flynt, Everyone Says I Love You and Primal Fear
- Runner-up: William H. Macy - Fargo
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Best Supporting Actress:
- Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Runner-up: Joan Allen - The Crucible
- Best Director:
- Best Screenplay:
- Best Cinematography:
- Best Foreign Language Film:
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Best Newcomers:
- Doug Liman (director) and Jon Favreau (actor/writer) - Swingers
- Best Song:
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Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film:
- The 15 African-American men who pooled their resources to finance Get on the Bus.
- The Walt Disney Co., for standing up to protests concerning the content of its films by Chinese authorities and the Southern Baptist Convention.