15th SFFCC Awards December 11, 2016
Picture: Moonlight
Animated Feature: The Red Turtle
Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro
Foreign Language Picture: The Handmaiden
The 15th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2016, were given on December 11, 2016.
Winners
These are the nominees for the 15th SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
Best Film Best Director Moonlight Arrival Hell or High Water La La Land Manchester by the Sea Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Damien Chazelle – La La Land Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Jeff Nichols – Loving Denis Villeneuve – Arrival Best Actor Best Actress Denzel Washington – Fences Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Joel Edgerton – Loving Ryan Gosling – La La Land Tom Hanks – Sully Isabelle Huppert – Elle Amy Adams – Arrival Annette Bening – 20th Century Women Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash Ben Foster – Hell or High Water Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals Viola Davis – Fences Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Naomie Harris – Moonlight Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea Best Screenplay – Adapted Best Screenplay – Original Eric Heisserer – Arrival David Birke – Elle Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung – The Handmaiden Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals August Wilson – Fences Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (TIE) Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (TIE) Damien Chazelle – La La Land Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water Best Animated Feature Best Documentary Film The Red Turtle Finding Dory Kubo and the Two Strings Moana Zootopia I Am Not Your Negro 13th Cameraperson Fire at Sea O.J.: Made in America Best Foreign Language Film Best Cinematography The Handmaiden Elle Neruda The Salesman Toni Erdmann James Laxton – Moonlight Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie Rodrigo Prieto – Silence Linus Sandgren – La La Land Bradford Young – Arrival Best Editing Best Original Score Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – Moonlight (TIE) Joe Walker – Arrival (TIE) Tom Cross – La La Land Jennifer Lame – Manchester by the Sea Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water Mica Levi – Jackie Nicholas Britell – Moonlight Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Hell or High Water Justin Hurwitz – La La Land Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival Best Production Design Seong-hie Ryu – The Handmaiden Craig Lathrop – The Witch Jean Rabasse – Jackie Patrice Vermette – Arrival David Wasco – La La Land
Special awards
Special Citation Award for under-appreciated independent cinema The Fits
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community Joshua Grannell (a.k.a. Peaches Christ)
References
External links The San Francisco Film Critics Circle