SFFCC AWARDS: MOONLIGHT WINS AND FENCES BREAKS THROUGH

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has announced its award winners for cinema in 2016, having announced its nominees earlier this week. As with so many critics groups, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight is a big hit with the SFFCC, though a couple of ties ensure that there's plenty of room for other films to pick up awards. And Denzel Washington's Fences wins two acting prizes, one for the director and one for his co-star, Viola Davis. All the details below.

Best Picture

Moonlight

Best Director

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Best Actor

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best Screenplay, Original

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Best Cinematography

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Best Film Editing

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)

Joe Walker (Arrival)

Best Production Design

Ryu Seong Hee (The Handmaiden)

Best Original Score

Mica Levi (Jackie)

Best Animated Feature

The Red Turtle

Best Documentary

I Am Not Your Negro

Best Foreign Language Picture

The Handmaiden

Special Citation

The Fits

Marlon Riggs Award

Peaches Christ

2016 SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS

Don't ask me how this happened. Eight nominations apiece from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle for big Oscar favourites and current critical hits Arrival, Moonlight and La La Land... absent Emma Stone in Best Actress. Complacency? Backlash? Or just a matter of taste? Not a matter that I can comprehend, considering that Stone was far and away my favourite thing about La La Land, but hey. Winners will be announced on the 11th of December - two days away, on the same day as the BFCA awards ceremony. Guess which one's gonna yield better results. Guess.

Best Picture

Arrival
Hell or High Water

La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Jeff Nichols (Loving)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Best Actress

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Tom Hanks (Sully)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Ralph Fiennes (A Bigger Splash)

Ben Foster (Hell or High Water)

Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best Screenplay, Original

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

David Birke (Elle)

Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals)

Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Jeong Seo Kyeong and Park Chan Wook (The Handmaiden)

August Wilson (Fences)

Best Cinematography

Stephane Fontaine (Jackie)

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Rodrigo Prieto (Silence)

Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

Bradford Young (Arrival)

Best Film Editing

Tom Cross (La La Land)

Jennifer Lame (Manchester by the Sea)

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)

Jake Roberts (Hell or High Water)

Joe Walker (Arrival)

Best Production Design

Craig Lathrop (The Witch)

Jean Rabasse (Jackie)

Ryu Seong Hee (The Handmaiden)

Patrice Vermette (Arrival)

David Wasco (La La Land)

Best Original Score

Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (Hell or High Water)

Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Johann Johannsson (Jackie)

Mica Levi (Jackie)

Best Animated Feature

Finding Dory

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Best Documentary

13th

Cameraperson

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

O.J.: Made in America

Best Foreign Language Picture

ELle

The Handmaiden

Neruda

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann

Special Citation

The Fits

Krisha

Pushing Dead

SPOTLIGHT WINS BEST PICTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO CRITICS AWARDS

Prizes were spread around with the San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards. Their choice for Best Picture, Spotlight, didn't win any other awards, with only three films managing to win more than one. You can find the group's nominations here, and their awards below:

Best Picture

Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Supporting Actress

Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Best Screenplay, Original

Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)

Best Cinematography

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Film Editing

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Production Design

Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler (Carol)

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Best Documentary

Listen to Me Marlon

Best Foreign Language Picture

Son of Saul

Special Award for Under-Appreciated Independent Cinema

The Forbidden Room

Marlon Riggs Award for Courage & Vision in the Bay Area Film Community

Frank Lee

BROOKLYN AND LOVE & MERCY GET BOOSTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO CRITICS NOMINATIONS

After the disaster that was the San Diego critics nominations announcement, their Californian cousins at the San Francisco Film Critics Circle remedied the situation somewhat with their selection today. Brooklyn and Love & Mercy both made strong showings, Carol featured twice in the Best Actress category leaving room for two Alicia Vikander mentions in Supporting Actress, and there was a welcome sign of support for Tangerine. Winners are due to be voted upon tomorrow, the 13th of December. Have a look at the nominations below:

Best Picture
Brooklyn
Carol
Love & Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight

Best Director
John Crowley (Brooklyn)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Benicio del Toro (Sicario)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Michael Shannon (99 Homes)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)
Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
Mya Taylor (Tangerine)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay, Original
Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch (Tangerine)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)
Andrew Haigh (45 Years)
Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Edward Lachman (Carol)
Lee Ping Bin (The Assassin)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Film Editing
Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
Dino Jonsater (Love & Mercy)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Joe Walker (Sicario)

Best Production Design
Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler (Carol)
Suzanne Cloutier and Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)
Rena DeAngelo, Bernard Henrich and Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)
Jack Fisk and Hamish Purdy (The Revenant)
Colin Gibson, Katie Sherrock and Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
The Boy and the World
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary
Amy
Best of Enemies
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Meru

Best Foreign Language Picture
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
Timbuktu