San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2016

15th SFFCC Awards

December 11, 2016

Animated Feature:
The Red Turtle

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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 Hell or High Water Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash 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 Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster 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 Hell or High Water	Mica Levi – Jackie Nicholas Britell – Moonlight 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

^ Flores, Marshall (December 9, 2016). "San Francisco Film Critics Circle Nominations!". Awards Daily. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 9, 2016). "San Francisco Film Critics Nominations: Arrival, La La Land, Moonlight, Hell or High Water Get Bay Area Love". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
^ Hartlaub, Peter (December 12, 2016). "SF film critics name 'Moonlight' best picture, director". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

External links

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle

[1] Flores, Marshall (December 9, 2016). "San Francisco Film Critics Circle Nominations!". Awards Daily. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

[2] Anderson, Erik (December 9, 2016). "San Francisco Film Critics Nominations: Arrival, La La Land, Moonlight, Hell or High Water Get Bay Area Love". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

[3] Hartlaub, Peter (December 12, 2016). "SF film critics name 'Moonlight' best picture, director". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

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