Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1996
# 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

* Best Film:
   * Fargo
   * Runner-up: Breaking the Waves
* Best Actor:
   * Geoffrey Rush - Shine
   * Runner-up: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
* Best Actress:
   * Frances McDormand - Fargo
   * Runner-up: Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
* Best Supporting Actor:
   * Edward Norton - The People vs. Larry Flynt, Everyone Says I Love You and Primal Fear
   * Runner-up: William H. Macy - Fargo
* Best Supporting Actress:
   * Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt
   * Runner-up: Joan Allen - The Crucible
* Best Director:
   * Joel Coen - Fargo
* Best Screenplay:
   * Joel and Ethan Coen - Fargo
* Best Cinematography:
   * John Seale - The English Patient
* Best Foreign Language Film:
   * Ridicule • France
* Best Newcomers:
   * Doug Liman (director) and Jon Favreau (actor/writer) - Swingers
* Best Song:
   * "That Thing You Do" - That Thing You Do!
* 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.
