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Friday, December 16, 2016

The Week in Awards


In addition to the handing out of the Critics Choice Awards and announcements of the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, there were a slew of critics awards given out over the last week. The awarding bodies include the New York Film Critics Online, Boston Society of Film Critics, Toronto Film Critics Association, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, and San Diego Film Critics Society. Here are their picks (spoiler alert, everyone is going for Mahershala Ali as Supporting Actor):

Best Picture

Moonlight - Toronto Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Hell or High Water - San Diego Film Critics Society

La La Land - Boston Society of Film Critics


Best Director

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight - New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann - Toronto Film Critics Association

Damien Chazelle, La La Land - Boston Society of Film Critics

David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water - San Diego Film Critics Society


Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Elle - New York Film Critics Online, Boston Society of Film Critics (also for Things to Come), San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Natalie Portman, Jackie - Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Sonia Braga, Acquarius - San Diego Film Critics Society

Sandra Huller, Toni Erdmann - Toronto Film Critics Association

Ruth Negga, Loving - African American Film Critics Association


Best Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea - New York Film Critics Online, Boston Society of Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society

Denzel Washington, Fences - San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association

Adam Driver, Paterson - Toronto Film Critics Association


Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences - New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea - Toronto Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics, San Diego Film Critics Society

Lily Gladstone, Certain Women - Boston Society of Film Critics


Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight - Toronto Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online, Boston Society of Film Critics, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, African American Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society


Best Screenplay

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea - Toronto Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, San Francisco Film Critics Circle (Tied for Best Original Screenplay), Chicago Film Critics (for Best Original Screenplay), Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight - New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Film Critics Circle (Tied for Best Original Screenplay)

Park Chan-wook & Jeong Seo-kyeong, The Handmaiden - Chicago Film Critics (for Best Adapted Screenplay)

Eric Heisserer, Arrival - San Francisco Film Critics Circle (for Best Adapted Screenplay)

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water - San Diego Film Critics Society (for Best Original Screenplay)

Whit Stillman, Love & Friendship - San Diego Film Critics Society (for Best Adapted Screenplay)

August Wilson, Fences - African American Film Critics Association


Best Foreign Language Film

The Handmaiden - New York Film Critics Online, Boston Society of Film Critics, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Toni Erdmann - Toronto Film Critics Association

Tanna - African American Film Critics Association

Mountains May Depart - San Diego Film Critics Society


Best Documentary

13th - New York Film Critics Online, African American Film Critics Association

Cameraperson - Toronto Film Critics Association

I Am Not Yor Negro - San Francisco Film Critics Circle

O.J.: Made in America - Boston Society of Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics

Tower - Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Weiner - San Diego Film Critics Society


Best Animated Film

Kubo and the Two Strings - New York Film Critics Online, Chicago Film Critics, San Diego Film Critics Society

Zootopia - Toronto Film Critics Association, African American Film Critics Association, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

The Red Turtle - San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Tower - Boston Society of Film Critics


Best Ensemble

Hell or High Water - San Diego Film Critics Society

Hidden Figures - African American Film Critics Association

Moonlight - Boston Society of Film Critics


Best Debut

The Witch - Toronto Film Critics Association (as Best First Feature)

Robert Eggers, The Witch - New York Film Critics Online (as Best Debut Director), Boston Society of Film Critics (as Best New Filmmaker)


Best Cinematography

James Laxton, Moonlight - New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Linus Sandgren, La La Land - Chicago Film Critics, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Chung-hoon Chung, The Handmaiden - Boston Society of Film Critics


Best Score

Mica Levi, Jackie - Boston Society of Film Critics, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Chicago Film Critics


Best Use of Music

La La Land - New York Film Critics Online


Breakthrough Performance

Ruth Negga, Loving - New York Film Critics Online


Best Production Design

Ryo Seong-hee, The Handmaiden - San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Chicago Film Critics


Best Film Editing

Tom Cross, La La Land - Chicago Film Critics

Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon, Moonlight - (tie) San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Joe Walker, Arrival - (tie) San Francisco Film Critics Circle

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