St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners: La La Lands Sings Its Way to the Top
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The St. Louis Film Critics Association has announced their winners for the Best in Film for 2016 and La La Land has come out on top. The modern-day musical won Best Film, Director, Cinematography, Score, Song and Best Scene.
The group also found its way in the middle of a several runners-up ties and in Production Design a three-way tie for the runners-up and a solo winner. Sorry Hail, Caesar, nothing for you today. Repeat acting wins for Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) and Viola Davis (Fences) continued their respective dominance in this third wave of critics’ picks.
Here is the full list of winners
BEST FILM
Winner: La La Land
Runners-up: Hell or High Water and Manchester by the Sea (tie)
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Runners-up: Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea andDenis Villeneuve – Arrival (tie)
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Runner-up: Joel Edgerton – Loving
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Runner-up: Natalie Portman – Jackie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Runner-up: Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Viola Davis – Fences
Runner-up: Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
Runner-up: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Love and Friendship – Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)
Runner-up: Arrival – Eric Heisserer (Screenplay); Ted Chiang (Short Story)
BEST EDITING
Winner: Jackie – Sebastián Sepúlveda
Runners-up: Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert and La La Land – Tom Cross
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: La La Land – Linus Sandgren
Runner-up: Moonlight – James Laxton
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: The Handmaiden – Seong-hie Ryu
Runners-up: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and James Hambidge; Jackie – Jean Rabasse and La La Land – David Wasco (three-way tie)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: The Jungle Book
Runner-up: Doctor Strange
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Winner: La La Land – Justin Herwitz
Runner-up: Jackie – Mica Levi
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Winner: Sing Street
Runner-up: La La Land
BEST SONG
Winner: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
Runner-up: “City of Stars” – La La Land
BEST ACTION FILM
Winner: Captain America: Civil War
Runner-up: Doctor Strange
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Zootopia
Runner-up: Kubo and the Two Strings
BEST COMEDY
Winner: Hail, Caesar!
Runner-up: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
Runner-up: Weiner
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Elle
Runner-up: The Handmaiden
BEST HORROR / SCIENCE-FICTION FILM
Winner: The Witch
Runner-up: Arrival
BEST SCENE
Winner: La La Land – Opening dance number, “Another Day of Sun”
Runner-up: Hail, Caesar! – “Would that it were so simple.”
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