# Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016

The 15th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 5, 2016.

## Winners and nominees

Sources:
Best Film
* La La Land
   * Arrival
   * Hell or High Water
   * Manchester by the Sea
   * Moonlight
Best Director
* Damien Chazelle – La La Land
   * Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
   * Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
   * David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
   * Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Actor
* Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
   * Joel Edgerton – Loving
   * Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
   * Ryan Gosling – La La Land
   * Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress
* Natalie Portman – Jackie
   * Amy Adams – Arrival
   * Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
   * Ruth Negga – Loving
   * Emma Stone – La La Land
Best Supporting Actor
* Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
   * Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
   * Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
   * Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
   * Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
* Viola Davis – Fences
   * Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
   * Naomie Harris – Moonlight
   * Molly Shannon – Other People
   * Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay
* Eric Heisserer – Arrival
   * Luke Davies – Lion
   * Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
   * Patrick Ness – A Monster Calls
   * August Wilson – Fences
Best Original Screenplay
* Damien Chazelle – La La Land
   * Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney – Moonlight
   * Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
   * Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
   * Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Best Ensemble
* Hell or High Water
   * 20th Century Women
   * Fences
   * Manchester by the Sea
   * Moonlight
Best Animated Film
* Kubo and the Two Strings
   * Finding Dory
   * Moana
   * Sausage Party
   * Zootopia
Best Documentary Film
* 13th
   * Gleason
   * I Am Not Your Negro
   * O.J.: Made in America
   * Weiner
Best Foreign Language Film
* Elle • France
   * The Handmaiden • South Korea
   * Julieta • Spain
   * The Salesman • France / Iran
   * Toni Erdmann • Austria / Germany
Best Art Direction
* David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco – La La Land
   * Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
   * Paul Hotte and Patrice Vermette – Arrival
   * Craig Lathrop – The Witch
   * Véronique Melery and Jean Rabasse – Jackie
Best Cinematography
* Linus Sandgren – La La Land
   * Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie
   * James Laxton – Moonlight
   * Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
   * Bradford Young – Arrival
Best Editing
* Tom Cross – La La Land
   * Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – Moonlight
   * Blu Murray – Sully
   * Sebastián Sepúlveda – Jackie
   * Joe Walker – Arrival
Best Original Score
* Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
   * Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
   * Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
   * Mica Levi – Jackie
   * Cliff Martinez – The Neon Demon
Best Youth Performance
* Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
   * Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
   * Sunny Pawar – Lion
   * Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
   * Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch
Best Animated Voice Performance
* Liam Neeson – A Monster Calls
   * Jason Bateman – Zootopia
   * Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana
   * Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Dory
   * Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia
Best Motion Capture Performance
* Mark Rylance – The BFG
   * Liam Neeson – A Monster Calls
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.
* Jackie
   * Jason Bourne
   * Loving
   * Miss Sloane
   * Snowden