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The Phoenix Critics Circle (not the Phoenix Film Critics Society) have chosen their winners for the best in film for 2016. Moonlight is their Best Picture and its director, Barry Jenkins, shares Best Director with La La Land‘s Damien Chazelle.
Down the line looks a lot like what we’ve seen coming down the pike from these regional critics groups with Casey Affleck, Natalie Portman, Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis winning the acting prizes.
Here is the full list of winners:
BEST PICTURE
Moonlight
BEST COMEDY FILM
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Arrival
BEST HORROR FILM
The Witch
BEST MYSTERY OR THRILLER FILM
Hell or High Water
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Handmaiden
BEST DOCUMENTARY
O.J.: Made in America
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Jackie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Fences
BEST DIRECTOR (tie)
Damian Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
BEST SCREENPLAY
Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
BEST SCORE
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
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