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 / GermanyBest 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
Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:
9 nominations: La La Land and Moonlight
8 nominations: Arrival and Manchester by the Sea
6 nominations: Hell or High Water and Jackie
4 nominations: Fences and A Monster Calls
3 nominations: 20th Century Women, Loving, Nocturnal Animals, and Zootopia
2 nominations: Finding Dory, Lion, Moana, and The Witch
The following films received multiple awards: