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
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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

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:


 * 7 wins: La La Land
 * 2 wins: Jackie and Manchester by the Sea