# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2016

12th AFCA Awards
Best Film:
Moonlight
The 12th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2016, were announced on December 28, 2016.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Moonlight La La Land Arrival The Handmaiden Manchester by the Sea Elle Hell or High Water The Lobster Jackie Sing Street | Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Park Chan-wook – The Handmaiden Damien Chazelle – La La Land Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve – Arrival |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Joel Edgerton – Loving Colin Farrell – The Lobster Ryan Gosling – La La Land Denzel Washington – Fences | 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 Ben Foster – Hell or High Water Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals | Viola Davis – Fences Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women Naomie Harris – Moonlight Min-hee Kim – The Handmaiden Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Moonlight – Barry Jenkins 20th Century Women – Mike Mills La La Land – Damien Chazelle The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan | Arrival – Eric Heisserer The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-kyeong Lion – Luke Davies Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Kubo and the Two Strings The Little Prince Moana Tower Zootopia | The Handmaiden The Brand New Testament Elle Things to Come Toni Erdmann |
| Best First Film | Best Documentary |
| The Witch The Birth of a Nation The Edge of Seventeen Krisha Swiss Army Man | Tower 13th I Am Not Your Negro O.J.: Made in America Weiner |
| Best Cinematography | Best Score |
| La La Land – Linus Sandgren Arrival – Bradford Young The Handmaiden – Chung Chung-hoon Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine Moonlight – James Laxton | La La Land – Justin Hurwitz Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson Hell or High Water – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Jackie – Mica Levi The Neon Demon – Cliff Martinez |
| Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Austin Film Award |
| Keith Maitland – Tower Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Sasha Lane – American Honey Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch | Tower – Keith Maitland Loving – Jeff Nichols Midnight Special – Jeff Nichols Slash – Clay Liford Transpecos – Greg Kwedar |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| Ensemble cast of Moonlight and casting director Yesi Ramirez for excellence as an ensemble. Anton Yelchin for his contribution to the cinema of 2016, including performances in Green Room and Star Trek Beyond. His was a brilliant career cut profoundly short. A24 for excellence in production in distribution. Their work gave us Moonlight, Green Room, Swiss Army Man, The Lobster, The Witch, and 20th Century Women, among others. Keith Maitland and his film Tower for revisiting a tragic event in Austin, Texas history in a sensitive and unique manner. ||