Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Chooses Moonlight as Best Pic, Jenkins and Chazelle Tie in Best Director

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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