Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016

15th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)
Highlights
Best Film	La La Land
Best Director	Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Best Actor	Casey Affleck
Best Actress	Natalie Portman

The 15th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 4, 2016.

Winners and nominees

Damien Chazelle, Best Director winner

Casey Affleck, Best Actor winner

Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner

Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor winner

Viola Davis, Best Supporting Actress winner

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

• August Wilson – Fences
• Luke Davies – Lion
• Patrick Ness – A Monster Calls
• Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Screenplay

• Damien Chazelle – La La Land

• Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
• Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney – Moonlight

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
• The Angry Birds Movie
• Zootopia

Best Documentary Film

• 13th

• I Am Not Your Negro
• Gleason
• O.J.: Made in America
• Weiner

Best Foreign Language Film

• Elle • France

• The Handmaiden • South Korea
• Julieta • Spain
• The Salesman • Iran/France
• Toni Erdmann • Germany/Austria

Best Art Direction

• David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco – La La Land

• Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte – Arrival
• Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Véronique Melery and Jean Rabasse – Jackie
• Craig Lathrop – The Witch

Best Cinematography

• Linus Sandgren – La La Land

• Bradford Young – Arrival
• Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie
• James Laxton – Moonlight
• Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals

Best Editing

• Tom Cross – La La Land

• Joe Walker – Arrival
• Sebastián Sepúlveda – Jackie
• Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – Moonlight
• Blu Murray – Sully

Best Score

• Justin Hurwitz – La La Land

• Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
• Mica Levi – Jackie
• Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
• 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 Voice Performance

• John Leguizamo – Ice Age Collision Course

• Seth Rogen – Sausage Party
• Auli'i 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 andNocturnal Animals
• 2 nominations: Finding Dory, Lion, Moana, Zootopia and The Witch

The following films received multiple awards.

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

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association