MOONLIGHT WINS TOP HONOURS FROM ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

You'll surely understand - Christmas festivities impeded my ability to report upon the incessant developments of the early third of awards season. But I have at last emerged from a turkey-and-wine-induced stupor to announce news of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2016 awards. And it's yet more success for Moonlight - gee, what a surprise. Props to this lot for showing their fellow female-focused 'critics' in the WFCC how to do it with two awards for Isabelle Huppert in Elle, though their Hall of Shame pick is an utterly baffling one in the light of the context and the competition. Remember their nominations? Now you do! All the details below.

AWFJ Awards

Best Film

Moonlight

Best Director

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Best Actress

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best Screenplay, Original

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Best Cinematography

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Best Editing

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)

Best Ensemble Cast - Casting Director

Yesi Ramirez (Moonlight)

Best Animated Film

Zootopia (Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Rich Moore)

Best Documentary

13th (Ava DuVernay)

Best Non-English Language Film

The Handmaiden (Park Chan Wook)

EDA Female Focus Awards

Best Woman Director

Ava DuVernay (13th)

Best Woman Screenwriter

Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women)

Best Animated Female

Auli'i Cravalho - 'Moana' (Moana)

Ginnifer Goodwin - 'Judy' (Zootopia)

Best Breakthrough Performance

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry

Ava DuVernay - for 13th and raising awareness about the need for diversity and gender equality in Hollywood

EDA Special Mention Awards

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle / Things to Come)

Bravest Performance

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Remake or Sequel That Shouldn't Have Been Made

Ben-Hur

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent

Jennifer Aniston (Mother's Day / Office Christmas Party)

Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Lead and the Love Interest

Warren Beatty and Lily Collins (Rules Don't Apply)

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award

Sharon Maguire and Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Baby)