The 21st San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2016.

Winners and nominees

Best Film Hell or High Water La La Land Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Nocturnal Animals

Best Director David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water Damien Chazelle – La La Land Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Male Actor Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Adam Driver – Paterson Joel Edgerton – Loving Ryan Gosling – La La Land Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals Chris Pine – Hell or High Water Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic

Best Female Actor Sônia Braga – Aquarius Annette Bening – 20th Century Women Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie Emma Stone – La La Land

Best Male Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (TIE) Ben Foster – Hell or High Water (TIE) Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

Best Female Supporting Actor Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea Judy Davis – The Dressmaker Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Nicole Kidman – Lion

Best Comedic Performance Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys Julian Dennison – Hunt for the Wilderpeople Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Original Screenplay Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water Damien Chazelle – La La Land Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos – The Lobster Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay Whit Stillman – Love & Friendship Luke Davies – Lion Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Eric Heisserer – Arrival Taika Waititi – Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Best Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings April and the Extraordinary World Long Way North Moana Zootopia

Best Documentary Weiner De Palma Gleason O.J.: Made in America Tower

Best Foreign Language Film Mountains May Depart Aquarius The Handmaiden A Man Called Ove Mother Neruda

Best Cinematography Giles Nuttgens – Hell or High Water James Laxton – Moonlight Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals Linus Sandgren – La La Land Bradford Young – Arrival

Best Costume Design Mary Zophres – La La Land Suzy Benzinger – Café Society Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson – The Dressmaker Madeline Fontaine – Jackie Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship

Best Editing Blu Murray – Sully Tom Cross – La La Land Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water Joan Sobel – Nocturnal Animals Joe Walker – Arrival

Best Production Design Jess Gonchor – Hail, Caesar! Jean Rabasse – Jackie Anna Rackard – Love & Friendship Shane Valentino – Nocturnal Animals Patrice Vermette – Arrival David Wasco – La La Land

Best Visual Effects The Jungle Book Arrival Doctor Strange La La Land A Monster Calls

Best Use of Music in a Film Sing Street Everybody Wants Some!! Hell or High Water Jackie La La Land

Breakthrough Artist Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Julian Dennison – Hunt for the Wilderpeople Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! and Rules Don't Apply Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch

Best Ensemble Hell or High Water 20th Century Women Hidden Figures Moonlight Nocturnal Animals

Best Body of Work Michael Shannon for Elvis & Nixon, Loving, Midnight Special, and Nocturnal Animals

References

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