Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2016

The 12th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2016, were announced on December 28, 2016.^[1][2][3][4]

12th AFCA Awards

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Best Film:
Moonlight

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Moonlight La La Land Arrival The Handmaiden Manchester by the Sea Elle Hell or High Water The Lobster Jackie Sing Street	Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Park Chan-wook – The Handmaiden Damien Chazelle – La La Land Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Actor	Best Actress
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Joel Edgerton – Loving Colin Farrell – The Lobster Ryan Gosling – La La Land Denzel Washington – Fences	Isabelle Huppert – Elle Amy Adams – Arrival Annette Bening – 20th Century Women Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Ben Foster – Hell or High Water Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals	Viola Davis – Fences Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women Naomie Harris – Moonlight Min-hee Kim – The Handmaiden Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins 20th Century Women – Mike Mills La La Land – Damien Chazelle The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan	Arrival – Eric Heisserer The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-kyeong Lion – Luke Davies Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Kubo and the Two Strings The Little Prince Moana Tower Zootopia	The Handmaiden The Brand New Testament Elle Things to Come Toni Erdmann
Best First Film	Best Documentary
The Witch The Birth of a Nation The Edge of Seventeen Krisha Swiss Army Man	Tower 13th I Am Not Your Negro O.J.: Made in America Weiner
Best Cinematography	Best Score
La La Land – Linus Sandgren Arrival – Bradford Young The Handmaiden – Chung Chung-hoon Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine Moonlight – James Laxton	La La Land – Justin Hurwitz Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson Hell or High Water – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Jackie – Mica Levi The Neon Demon – Cliff Martinez
Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award	Austin Film Award
Keith Maitland – Tower Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Sasha Lane – American Honey Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch	Tower – Keith Maitland Loving – Jeff Nichols Midnight Special – Jeff Nichols Slash – Clay Liford Transpecos – Greg Kwedar
Special Honorary Award
Ensemble cast of Moonlight and casting director Yesi Ramirez for excellence as an ensemble. Anton Yelchin for his contribution to the cinema of 2016, including performances in Green Room and Star Trek Beyond. His was a brilliant career cut profoundly short. A24 for excellence in production in distribution. Their work gave us Moonlight, Green Room, Swiss Army Man, The Lobster, The Witch, and 20th Century Women, among others. Keith Maitland and his film Tower for revisiting a tragic event in Austin, Texas history in a sensitive and unique manner.