Black Reel Awards of 2018

The 18th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2017, took place on February 23, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00p.m. PST). During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 21 categories.

18th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 23, 2018
Location	Washington, D.C.
← 17th Black Reel Award 19th →

The television film categories were moved and presented at the Black Reel Awards for Television.

Get Out led all films with 12 nominations.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Get Out Detroit Girls Trip Marshall Mudbound	Jordan Peele – Get Out Maggie Betts – Novitiate Reginald Hudlin – Marshall Malcolm D. Lee – Girls Trip Dee Rees – Mudbound
Best Actor	Best Actress
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Chadwick Boseman – Marshall Algee Smith – Detroit Keith Stanfield – Crown Heights Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Natalie Paul – Crown Heights Simone Baker– Gook Carmen Ejogo – It Comes at Night Amandla Stenberg – Everything, Everything Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jason Mitchell – Mudbound Idris Elba – Molly's Game Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying Jamie Foxx – Baby Driver Lil Rel Howery – Get Out	Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Betty Gabriel – Get Out Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok
Best Breakthrough Performance, Male	Best Breakthrough Performance, Female
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Nnamdi Asomugha – Crown Heights Sterling K. Brown – Marshall J. Quinton Johnson – Last Flag Flying Lil Rel Howery – Get Out	Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Betty Gabriel – Get Out Natalie Paul – Crown Heights Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
Best Ensemble	Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Billy Hopkins & Ashley Ingram – Mudbound Victoria Thomas – Detroit Terri Taylor – Get Out Mary Vernieu & Michelle Wade Byrd – Girls Trip Victoria Thomas – Marshall	Jordan Peele – Get Out Gerald McMurray and Christine T. Berg – Burning Sands Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver – Girls Trip Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound Maggie Betts – Novitiate
Best Feature Documentary	Best Independent Feature
Step – Amanda Lipitz Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 – John Ridley Strong Island – Yance Ford Whose Streets? – Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis	Crown Heights – Matt Ruskin Burning Sands – Gerald McMurray Gook – Justin Chon Imperial Dreams – Mailk Vitthal The Incredible Jessica James – James C. Strouse
Best Independent Short	Best Independent Documentary
Oscar Micheaux – JD Walker 90 Days – Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams Amelia's Closet – Halima Lucas GEMA – Kenrick Prince See You Yesterday – Stefon Bristol	Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities – Stanley Nelson Jr. Back to Natural: A Documentary Film – Gillian Scott-Ward Quest – Jonathan Olshefski Yemanja: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazil – Donna Roberts & Donna Reed Zo! Making of Skybreak! – Donnie Seales Jr.
Best Foreign Film	World Cinema Motion Picture
The Wound (South Africa) – John Trengove Félicité (France) – Alain Gomis Kati Kati (Kenya) – Mbithi Masya	A United Kingdom – Amma Asante Brown Girl Begins – Sharon Lewis Cargo – Kareem Mortimer
Best Emerging Filmmaker	Best First Screenplay
Jordan Peele – Get Out Maggie Betts – Novitiate Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan – Whose Streets? J. D. Dillard – Sleight Mailk Vithhal – Imperial Dreams	Maggie Betts – Novitiate Gerald McMurray & Christine T. Berg – Burning Sands Malik Vitthal & Ismet Prcic – Imperial Dreams J. D. Dillard & Alex Theurer – Sleight Caroline Jules – TOURMENT d’AMOUR
Best Original or Adapted Song	Outstanding Original Score
"Mighty River (song)" from Mudbound – Mary J. Blige "Best of Me" from La Vie Magnifique de Charlie – Kortnee Price "Jump" from Step – Cynthia Erivo "Stand Up for Something" from Marshall – Common and Andra Day "Sarlight" from Zo! Making of Skybreak! – Zo! and Phonte	Michael Abels – Get Out James Newton Howard – Detroit David Newman – Girls Trip Roger Suen – Gook Marcus Miller – Marshall
Best Voice Performance
Vin Diesel – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kevin Hart – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Jenifer Lewis – Cars 3 Maya Rudolph – The Emoji Movie Maya Rudolph – The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

References

1. . Black Reel Awards (in Korean). December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2021.