Detroit Film Critics Name "La La Land" Best Picture of 2016

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 were announced Monday, December 19, 2016.

2016 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards winners:

BEST PICTURE
LA LA LAND

BEST DIRECTOR
DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND

BEST ACTOR
CASEY AFFLECK – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

BEST ACTRESS
EMMA STONE – LA LA LAND

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JEFF BRIDGES – HELL OR HIGH WATER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
VIOLA DAVIS – FENCES

BEST ENSEMBLE
20TH CENTURY WOMEN

BEST BREAKTHROUGH
KELLY FREMON CRAIG – EDGE OF SEVENTEEN – DIRECTOR/WRITER

BEST SCREENPLAY
DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND

BEST DOCUMENTARY
O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA

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