Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) Nominations: Edge of Seventeen Lands Best Pic Nod

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The Detroit Film Critics Society announced their nominations for 2016.  Winners will be announced on Monday, December 19th.

The teen coming of age comedy/drama The Edge of Seventeen scored a Best Picture nomination as well as a nomination for its writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig but strangely snubbed the film’s lead, Golden Globe nominee Hailee Steinfeld (in a field of six, no less).

Winners will be announced on Monday, December 19th.

Here are the nominees in each of the ten categories:

BEST PICTURE

• THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
• HELL OR HIGH WATER
• MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• MOONLIGHT
• LA LA LAND

BEST DIRECTOR

• DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND
• BARRY JENKINS – MOONLIGHT
• KENNETH LONERGAN – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• DAVID MACKENZIE – HELL OR HIGH WATER
• DENZEL WASHINGTON – FENCES

BEST ACTOR

• CASEY AFFLECK – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• JOEL EDGERTON – LOVING
• ANDREW GARFIELD – HACKSAW RIDGE
• RYAN GOSLING – LA LA LAND
• DENZEL WASHINGTON – FENCES

BEST ACTRESS

• AMY ADAMS – ARRIVAL
• ANNETTE BENING – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• REBECCA HALL – CHRISTINE
• RUTH NEGGA – LOVING
• NATALIE PORTMAN – JACKIE
• EMMA STONE – LA LA LAND

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• MAHERSHALA ALI – MOONLIGHT
• JEFF BRIDGES – HELL OR HIGH WATER
• ALDEN EHRENREICH – HAIL, CAESAR!
• RALPH FIENNES – A BIGGER SPLASH
• LUCAS HEDGES – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• VIOLA DAVIS – FENCES
• ELLE FANNING – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• GRETA GERWIG – 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• FELICITY JONES – A MONSTER CALLS
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

BEST ENSEMBLE

• 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
• EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
• HELL OR HIGH WATER
• MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• MOONLIGHT

BEST BREAKTHROUGH

• MAHERSHALA ALI – MOONLIGHT, HIDDEN FIGURES – ACTOR
• KELLY FREMON CRAIG – EDGE OF SEVENTEEN – DIRECTOR/WRITER
• LUCAS HEDGES – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – ACTOR
• BARRY JENKINS – MOONLIGHT – DIRECTOR/WRITER
• TREVANTE RHODES – MOONLIGHT – ACTOR
• TREY EDWARD SHULTS – KRISHA – DIRECTOR/WRITER

BEST SCREENPLAY

• DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND
• ERIC HEISSERER – ARRIVAL
• BARRY JENKINS – MOONLIGHT
• KENNETH LONERGAN – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
• TAYLOR SHERIDAN – HELL OR HIGH WATER

  BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 13TH
• GLEASON
• LIFE, ANIMATED
• O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
• TICKLED
• WEINER

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