Damien Chazelle’s La La Land swept the 2016 St. Louis Film Critics Association awards, winning 6 awards including Best Film, Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Cinematography, Best Music Score, Best Song and Best Scene.
Each year in December, the St. Louis Film Critics Association bestows awards on those films that exhibit excellence in particular categories.
2016 St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Winners
Best Film: La La Land
Best Director: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Best Actor: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis – Fences
Best Original Screenplay: Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
Best Adapted Screenplay: Love and Friendship – Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)
Best Editing: Jackie – Sebastián Sepúlveda
Best Cinematography: La La Land – Linus Sandgren
Best Production Design: The Handmaiden – Seong-hie Ryu
Best Visual Effects: The Jungle Book
Best Music Score: La La Land – Justin Herwitz
Best Soundtrack: Sing Street
Best Song: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
Best Action Film: Captain America: Civil War
Best Animated Feature: Zootopia
Best Comedy: Hail, Caesar!
Best Documentary Feature: I Am Not Your Negro
Best Foreign Language Film: Elle
Best Horror / Science-Fiction Film: The Witch
Best Scene: La La Land – Opening dance number, “Another Day of Sun.”
Complete List of Nominations
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.