La La Land is the third film in as many days to be honored as best film of the year by different groups, following the Gotham Awards pick of Moonlight and the National Board of Review’s selection of Manchester by the Sea. Awards season is getting interesting.
Complete list of NYFCC picks:
BEST FILM
La La Land
BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
BEST SCREENPLAY
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, both Elle and Things to Come
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Williams, both Manchester by the Sea and Certain Women
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
James Laxton, Moonlight
BEST NON-FICTION FILM
O.J.: Made in America
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Toni Erdmann
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia
BEST FIRST FILM
The Edge of Seventeen and Krisha
SPECIAL AWARDS
Thelma Schoonmaker and Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust 25th Anniversary Restoration