2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Award Nominations Announced

The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and currently consists of a group of 20 Michigan film critics (as December 2013) 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, and Flint, Michigan.

The winners of the 2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards will be announced Monday, December 19, 2016.

2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards nominees:

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 – 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

  BEST DOCUMENTARY

    13TH
    GLEASON
    LIFE, ANIMATED
    O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
    TICKLED
    WEINER

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