2016 St Louis Film Critics Award Nominations Announced

The St. Louis Film Critics is an association of professional film critics operating in metropolitan St. Louis and adjoining areas of Missouri and Illinois.  Founded in late 2004, the group’s goals (according to the website) are to serve the interests of local film critics, and to promote an appreciation for cinema both as an art form and for its societal, cultural and historical context and impact.

The eligibility requirements for a SLFC Award, according to the group’s website:  a film must have been shown in the greater St. Louis area in a theater or at a film festival or series, or made available to SLFC members by screening or screener during the past year. Films opening in limited run elsewhere for Oscar qualification but which will open in the St. Louis area early in the next year are eligible.

Nominations for the 2016 StLFCA Annual Awards were announced, Monday, December 12, 2016.  The winners were announced Sunday, December 18, 2016.

2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominees

BEST FILM
        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
        David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water
        Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

BEST ACTOR
        Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
        Joel Edgerton - Loving
        Ryan Gosling - La La Land
        Tom Hanks - Sully
        Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

BEST ACTRESS
        Amy Adams - Arrival
        Issabelle Huppert - Elle
        Ruth Negga - Loving
        Natalie Portman - Jackie
        Emma Stone - La La Land

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
        Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
        Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
        Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
        Dev Patel - Lion
        Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
        Viola Davis - Fences
        Lily Gladstone - Certain Women
        Great Gerwig - 20th Century Women
        Naomie Harris - Moonlight
        Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
        Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
        La La Land - Damien Chazelle
        Loving - Jeff Nichols
        Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
        Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
        Arrival - Eric Heisserer (Screenplay); Ted Chiang (Short Story)
        Fences - August Wilson (Screenplay and Play)
        Lion  - Luke Davies (Screenplay); Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose (Book)
        Love and Friendship - Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)
        Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford (Screenplay); August Wright (Novel)

BEST EDITING
        Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
        Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda
        La La Land - Tom Cross
        Moonlight - Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
        Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
        Arrival - Bradford Young
        Café Society - Vittorio Storaro
        Hail, Caesar! - Roger Deakins
        La La Land - Linus Sandgren
        Moonlight - James Laxton

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
        Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig and James Hambidge
        Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor
        The Handmaiden - Seong-hie Ryu
        Jackie - Jean Rabasse
        La La Land - David Wasco

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
        Arrival
        Doctor Strange
        The Jungle Book
        La La Land
        A Monster Calls

BEST MUSIC SCORE
        Arrival - Johann Johannson
        Jackie - Mica Levi
        La La Land - Justin Herwitz
        Moonlight - Nicholas Brittle
        The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez

BEST SOUNDTRACK
        Everybody Wants Some!!
        La La Land
        Moana
        Sing Street
        Trolls

BEST SONG
        "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land
        "City of Stars" - La La Land
        "How Far I'll Go" - Moana
        "You're Welcome" - Moana
        "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street

BEST ACTION FILM
        Captain America: Civil War
        Deadpool
        Doctor Strange
        Hacksaw Ridge
        Jason Bourne

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
        April and the Extraordinary World
        Finding Dory
        Kubo and the Two Strings
        Moana
        Zootopia

BEST COMEDY
        Deadpool
        Don't Think Twice
        Florence Foster Jenkins
        Hail, Caesar!
        Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
        De Palma
        The Eagle Huntress
        Gleason
        I Am Not Your Negro
        Weiner

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
        Elle
        The Handmaiden
        A Man Called Ove
        Our Little Sister
        Toni Erdmann

BEST HORROR / SCIENCE-FICTION FILM
        10 Cloverfield Lane
        Arrival
        Doctor Strange
        Don't Breathe
        The Witch

BEST SCENE
        Captain America: Civil War - Battle at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.
        Deadpool - Opening credits.
        Hail, Caesar! - "Would that it were so simple."
        La La Land - Opening dance number, "Another Day of Sun."
        Manchester by the Sea - Lee (Casey Affleck) and Randi (Michelle Williams) meet on the street.

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