St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2016



13th SLGFCA Awards December 18, 2016

Best Film: 'La La Land '

Best Director: '''Damien Chazelle La La Land'''

The nominees for the 13th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2016. The winners announced on December 18, 2016.

Best Film

 * La La Land
 * Runner-up (tie): Hell or High Water
 * Runner-up (tie): Manchester by the Sea
 * Arrival
 * Moonlight

Best Actor

 * Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
 * Runner-up: Joel Edgerton - Loving
 * Ryan Gosling - La La Land
 * Tom Hanks - Sully
 * Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

Best Supporting Actor

 * Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
 * Runner-up: Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
 * Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
 * Dev Patel - Lion
 * Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Screenplay

 * Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
 * Runner-up: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
 * La La Land - Damien Chazelle
 * Loving - Jeff Nichols
 * Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Best Cinematography

 * La La Land - Linus Sandgren
 * Runner-up: Moonlight - James Laxton
 * Arrival - Bradford Young
 * Café Society - Vittorio Storaro
 * Hail, Caesar! - Roger Deakins

Best Editing

 * Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda
 * Runner-up (tie): Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
 * Runner-up (tie): La La Land - Tom Cross
 * Moonlight - Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
 * Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel

Best Production Design

 * The Handmaiden - Seong-hee Ryu
 * Runner-up (tie): Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig and James Hambidge
 * Runner-up (tie): Jackie - Jean Rabasse
 * Runner-up (tie): La La Land - David Wasco
 * Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor

Best Horror / Science-Fiction Film

 * The Witch
 * Runner-up: Arrival
 * 10 Cloverfield Lane
 * Doctor Strange
 * Don't Breathe

Best Foreign Language Film

 * Elle
 * Runner-up: The Handmaiden
 * A Man Called Ove
 * Our Little Sister
 * Toni Erdmann

Best Animated Feature

 * Zootopia
 * Runner-up: Kubo and the Two Strings
 * April and the Extraordinary World
 * Finding Dory
 * Moana

Best Scene

 * La La Land - Opening dance number, "Another Day of Sun."
 * Runner-up: Hail, Caesar! - "Would that it were so simple."
 * Captain America: Civil War - Battle at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.
 * Deadpool - Opening credits.
 * Manchester by the Sea - Lee (Casey Affleck) and Randi (Michelle Williams) meet on the street.

Best Director

 * Damien Chazelle - La La Land
 * Runner-up (tie): Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
 * Runner-up (tie): Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
 * Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
 * David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water

Best Actress

 * Isabelle Huppert - Elle
 * Runner-up: Natalie Portman - Jackie
 * Amy Adams - Arrival
 * Ruth Negga - Loving
 * Emma Stone - La La Land

Best Supporting Actress

 * Viola Davis - Fences
 * Runner-up: Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
 * Lily Gladstone - Certain Women
 * Greta Gerwig - 20th Century Women
 * Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Best Adapted Screenplay

 * Love & Friendship - Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)
 * Runner-up: Arrival - Eric Heisserer (Screenplay); Ted Chiang (Short Story)
 * Fences - August Wilson (Screenplay and Play)
 * Lion - Luke Davies (Screenplay); Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose (Book)
 * Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford (Screenplay); Austin Wright (Novel)

Best Visual Effects

 * The Jungle Book
 * Runner-up: Doctor Strange
 * Arrival
 * La La Land
 * A Monster Calls

Best Music Score

 * La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
 * Runner-up: Jackie - Mica Levi
 * Arrival - Jóhann Jóhannsson
 * Moonlight - Nicholas Britell
 * The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez

Best Soundtrack

 * Sing Street
 * Runner-up: La La Land
 * Everybody Wants Some!!
 * Moana
 * Trolls

Best Song

 * "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land
 * Runner-up: "City of Stars" - La La Land
 * "How Far I'll Go" - Moana
 * "You're Welcome" - Moana
 * "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street

Best Documentary Feature

 * I Am Not Your Negro
 * Runner-up: Weiner
 * De Palma
 * The Eagle Huntress
 * Gleason

Best Comedy

 * Hail, Caesar!
 * Runner-up: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
 * Deadpool
 * Don't Think Twice
 * Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Action Film

 * Captain America: Civil War
 * Runner-up: Doctor Strange
 * Deadpool
 * Hacksaw Ridge
 * Jason Bourne

Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:
 *  14 nominations: La La Land
 *  8 nominations: Arrival, Moonlight
 *  7 nominations: Manchester by the Sea
 *  4 nominations: Hell or High Water, Jackie
 *  3 nominations: Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Loving
 *  2 nominations: Lion