AwardsWatch - 2016 Toronto Film Critics Association Winners: Moonlight is Best Pic, Toni Erdmann Wins 3

2016 Toronto Film Critics Association Winners: Moonlight is Best Pic, Toni Erdmann Wins 3

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The 2016 Toronto Film Critics Association has chosen Moonlight as the best picture of 2016 but it was Toni Erdmann who walked away with the most prizes. The German comedy earned Best Director, Actress and Foreign Language Film.

Moonlight also won Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali and Manchester by the Sea also took home two awards, for Screenplay and Michelle Williams in Best Supporting Actress.

Full list of winners below, with runners-up to follow:

Best Picture: Moonlight
Best Director: Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
Best Actor: Adam Driver, Paterson
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Animated Feature: Zootopia
Best Documentary: Cameraperson
Best First Feature: The Witch
Best Foreign Language Film: Toni Erdmann
Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award: Alanis Obomsawin

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