Detroit Film Critics Society - 2016 Award Winners

Lionsgate, 2016.

The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2016 winners in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 17 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Flint, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio. 
 
This year, there are two winners in Best Supporting Actress due to a tie, Viola Davis for FENCES and Greta Gerwig for 20th CENTURY WOMEN share that honor.  Also three categories, Best Actress, Best Breakthrough and Best Documentary, had six nominations due to ties.  MANCHESTER BY THE SEA received the most nominations (eight) and picked up one win for Casey Affleck as Best Actor.  Other top nominees include MOONLIGHT with six nominations and HELL OR HIGH WATER with five nominations and one win for Jeff Bridges as Best Supporting Actor.   20th CENTURY WOMEN had four nominations with two wins – all in acting categories. The big winner is LA LA LAND with five nominations and four winners – Best Picture, Director, Actress, and Screenplay.  See full results below by clicking READ MORE.
 

THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2016
PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
(in alphabetical order)
Winners are below in BOLD
 
 
BEST PICTURE

• THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
• HELL OR HIGH WATER

• MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• MOONLIGHT
• LA LA LAND

 

BEST DIRECTOR

• DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND
• BARRY JENKINS - MOONLIGHT
• KENNETH LONERGAN – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• DAVID MACKENZIE – HELL OR HIGH WATER
• DENZEL WASHINGTON - FENCES

 

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

• AMY ADAMS - ARRIVAL
• ANNETTE BENING – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• REBECCA HALL - CHRISTINE
• RUTH NEGGA – LOVING
• NATALIE PORTMAN - JACKIE

• EMMA STONE – LA LA LAND

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• MAHERSHALA ALI - MOONLIGHT
• JEFF BRIDGES – HELL OR HIGH WATER
• ALDEN EHRENREICH – HAIL, CAESAR!
• RALPH FIENNES – A BIGGER SPLASH
• LUCAS HEDGES – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• VIOLA DAVIS - FENCES
• ELLE FANNING – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• GRETA GERWIG – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• FELICITY JONES – A MONSTER CALLS
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
  
  

BEST ENSEMBLE

• 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
• HELL OR HIGH WATER
• MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• MOONLIGHT

 

BEST BREAKTHROUGH

• MAHERSHALA ALI – MOONLIGHT, HIDDEN FIGURES - ACTOR

• KELLY FREMON CRAIG – THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN – DIRECTOR/WRITER
• LUCAS HEDGES – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA - ACTOR
• BARRY JENKINS – MOONLIGHT – DIRECTOR/WRITER
• TREVANTE RHODES – MOONLIGHT - ACTOR
• TREY EDWARD SHULTS – KRISHA – DIRECTOR/WRITER

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

• DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND
• ERIC HEISSERER - ARRIVAL
• BARRY JENKINS – MOONLIGHT
• KENNETH LONERGAN – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• TAYLOR SHERIDAN – HELL OR HIGH WATER

  

10.  BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 13TH
• GLEASON
• LIFE, ANIMATED

• O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
• TICKLED
• WEINER

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