The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

The 2016 SFBAFCC Awards — Winners & Nominees

Best Picture

• Arrival
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Manchester by the Sea
• Moonlight — WINNER

Best Director

• Barry Jenkins — Moonlight — WINNER
• Damien Chazelle — La La Land
• Denis Villeneuve — Arrival
• Jeff Nichols — Loving
• Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester by the Sea

Best Actor

• Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea
• Denzel Washington — Fences — WINNER
• Joel Edgerton — Loving
• Ryan Gosling — La La Land
• Tom Hanks — Sully

Best Actress

• Amy Adams — Arrival
• Annette Bening — 20th Century Women
• Isabelle Huppert — Elle — WINNER
• Natalie Portman — Jackie
• Ruth Negga — Loving

Best Supporting Actor

• Ben Foster — Hell or High Water
• Jeff Bridges — Hell or High Water
• Mahershala Ali — Moonlight — WINNER
• Michael Shannon — Nocturnal Animals
• Ralph Fiennes — A Bigger Splash

Best Supporting Actress

• Greta Gerwig — 20th Century Women
• Lily Gladstone — Certain Women
• Michelle Williams — Manchester by the Sea
• Naomie Harris — Moonlight
• Viola Davis — Fences — WINNER

Best Adapted Screenplay

• August Wilson — Fences
• David Birke — Elle
• Eric Heisserer — Arrival — WINNER
• Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung — The Handmaiden
• Tom Ford — Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Screenplay

• Barry Jenkins — Moonlight — WINNER — Tie
• Damien Chazelle — La La Land
• Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester by the Sea — WINNER — Tie
• Taylor Sheridan — Hell or High Water
• Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou — The Lobster

Best Cinematography

• Bradford Young — Arrival
• James Laxton — Moonlight — WINNER
• Linus Sandgren — La La Land
• Rodrigo Prieto — Silence
• Stéphane Fontaine — Jackie

Best Production Design

• Craig Lathrop — The Witch
• David Wasco — La La Land
• Jean Rabasse — Jackie
• Patrice Vermette — Arrival
• Seong-hie Ryu — The Handmaiden — WINNER

Best Original Score

• Jóhann Jóhannsson — Arrival
• Justin Hurwitz — La La Land
• Mica Levi — Jackie — WINNER
• Nicholas Britell — Moonlight
• Nick Cave, Warren Ellis — Hell or High Water

Best Editing

• Jake Roberts — Hell or High Water
• Jennifer Lame — Manchester by the Sea
• Joe Walker — Arrival — WINNER — Tie
• Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders — Moonlight — WINNER — Tie
• Tom Cross — La La Land

Best Animated Feature

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• The Red Turtle — WINNER
• Zootopia

Best International Feature Film

• Elle
• Neruda
• The Handmaiden — WINNER
• The Salesman
• Toni Erdmann

Best Documentary Feature

• 13th
• Cameraperson
• Fire at Sea
• I Am Not Your Negro — WINNER
• O.J.: Made in America