The New York Film Critics Circle awards were dished out in the Big Apple yesterday and La La Land claimed the top prize on the night, Best Film. Manchester By The Sea bagged Best Original Screenplay for Kenneth Lonergan, Best Supporting Actress for Michelle Williams, and Casey Affleck scored another Best Actor gong for his truly wonderful lead performance.
The stunning Moonlight also won big, bagging Best Director for Barry Jenkins, Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Best Cinematography for DOP James Laxton.
Zootopia/ Zootropolis won Best Animated Feature, while Best Fist Film was shared between Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen and Trey Edwards Shults Krisha.
Here are the winners in full.
Best film: La La Land
Best director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best actress: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Best supporting actress: Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea and Certain Women
Best screenplay: Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Best animated film: Zootopia
Best cinematography: Moonlight, James Laxton
Best first film: (tie) Kelly Fremon Craig’s The Edge of Seventeen and Trey Edwards Shults Krisha
Best foreign film: Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best non-fiction film (documentary): O.J.: Made in America
Special Awards: Editor Thelma Schoonmaker, the other for Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust 25th Anniversary Restoration
