San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016

The 21st San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2016.

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