San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016
The 21st San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12, 2016.Winners and nominees
Best Film
Hell or High Water
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
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
- 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
Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water
Whit Stillman - Love & Friendship
- Luke Davies - Lion
- Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
- Eric Heisserer - Arrival
- Taika Waititi - Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Kubo and the Two Strings
- April and the Extraordinary World
- Long Way North
- Moana
- Zootopia
Best Documentary
Weiner
Mountains May Depart
Giles Nuttgens - Hell or High Water
- James Laxton - Moonlight
- Seamus McGarvey - Nocturnal Animals
- Linus Sandgren - La La Land
- Bradford Young - Arrival
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
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
Michael Shannon for Elvis & Nixon, Loving, Midnight Special, and Nocturnal Animals