# San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016

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