All films released in 2016, winners in bold

Best Performance In A Major Role

• Amy Adams, Arrival
• Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
• Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
• Colin Farrell, The Lobster
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land
• Isabelle Huppert, Elle
• Dev Patel, Lion
• Natalie Portman, Jackie
• Emma Stone, La La Land
• Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Performance In A Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
• Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
• Viola Davis, Fences
• Naomie Harris, Moonlight
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
• Shia LeBeouf, American Honey
• Lupita Nyong’o, Queen Of Katwe
• John C Reilly, The Lobster
• Jack Reynor, Sing Street
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Best Performance by a New or Overlooked Talent

• Garrett Clayton, King Cobra
• Julian Dennison, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
• Min-hee Kim, The Handmaiden
• Louisa Krause, Ava’s Possessions
• Sasha Lane, American Honey
• Madina Nalwanga, Queen of Katwe
• Ruth Negga, Loving
• Ashton Sanders, Moonlight
• Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Sing Street

Best Performance By An Ensemble

• American Honey
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Fences
• The Handmaiden
• Hidden Figures
• Julieta
• Moonlight
• 20th Century Women

Excellence in Cinematic Beauty & Technical Achievement

• Arrival – Bradford Young
• The Handmaiden – Chung-hoon Chung
• La La Land – Linus Sandgren
• Lion – Greig Fraser
• Moonlight – James Laxton
• The Neon Demon – Natasha Braier
• Nocturnal Animals – Seamus McGarvey
• The Witch – Jarin Blaschke

Excellence In Sound Recording, Edit, & Mix

• Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, & Claude La Haye
• Hacksaw Ridge – Andy Wright, Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, & Kevin O’Connell
• La La Land –Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatro, Steven Morrow, Andy Nelson
• Moonlight – Joshua Adeniji, Onnalee Blank, Chris David, & Chris Giles
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Acord, David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, & Stuart Wilson
• Silence – Tom Fleischman, Ric Schnupp, & Philip Stockton
• Swiss Army Man – Beau Borders, Brent Kiser, Stephen Nelson, Andrew Twite

Excellence In Music: Score, Songs, or Soundtrack

• American Honey – Earworm Music
• Ava’s Possessions – Sean Lennon
• Hidden Figures – Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, & Hans Zimmer
• La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
• Moana – Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina, & Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Moonlight- Nicholas Britell & Christine Greene Roe
• Trolls– Christophe Beck, Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback
• Sing Street – Gary Clark, Becky Bentham, & Kieran Lynch

Excellence in Production Design & Art Direction

• Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor, Cara Brower, & Dawn Swiderski
• The Handmaiden – Seong-hie Ryu
• La La Land – David Wasco & Austin Gorg
• The Neon Demon – Elliott Hostetter & Austin Gorg
• Nocturnal Animals – Shane Valentino & Christopher Brown
• Swiss Army Man – Jason Kisvarday & David Duarte

Excellence In Costume Design & Wardrobe

• American Honey –  Alex Bovaird
• Hail, Caesar! –  Mary Zophres
• The Handmaiden –  Sang-gyeong Jo
• Hidden Figures –  Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
• Jackie –  Madeline Fontaine
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Colleen Atwood

Excellence in Hair & Makeup

• Ava’s Possessions – Kaela Dobson & Joelle Troisi
• Hidden Figures – Melissa Forney & Beverly Jo Pryor
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Marie Larkin, Maha, Carol Raskin, & Diana Thomas-Madison
• Suicide Squad – Jo-Ann MacNeil & Vincent Sullivan
• Swiss Army Man – Jason Hamer & Anissa Salazar

Best Analog or Digital Special Effects

• Deadpool – Alex Burdett & Jonathan Rothbart
• Deepwater Horizon– Burt Dalton & Mark Russell
• Dr. Strange – Paul Corbould, Huseyin Caner, Stephane Ceretti, Matthew Crnich, & Anthony Dunifer
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Neil Corbould, James L. Roberts, Hayley J. Williams, Frazer Churchill, Dinesh K. Bishnoi, & Scott Mitchell
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Neil Corbould, Wayne Brinton, Luke Dodd, John Knoll, & Mohen Leo

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble

• Deadpool – Robert Alonzo & Philip J Silvera
• Deepwater Horizon – Kevin Scott
• Hacksaw Ridge – Kyle Gardiner & Mic Rodgers
• Hardcore Henry – Oleg Poddubnyy & Dmitriy Tarasenko
• Suicide Squad – Guy Norris

Excellence in Editing

• American Honey – Joe Bini
• Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter & Amanda Laws
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Mark Day
• The Handmaiden – Jae-Bum Kim & Sang-beom Kim
• I Am Not Your Negro – Alexandra Strauss
• Moonlight – Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders
• O.J.: Made in America – Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, & Ben Sozanski
• Swiss Army Man – Matthew Hannam

Best Original Film Concept or Story

• Arrival – Eric Heisserer & Ted Chiang
• Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev
• The Brand New Testament – Thomas Gunzig & Jaco Van Dormael
• Houston, We Have A Problem – Bostjan Virc & Ziga Virc
• The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou

Best Screenplay Adaptation of Work of Fiction or Nonfiction

• Arrival –  Eric Heisserer
• Elle – David Birke
• Fences –  August Wilson
• Lion – Luke Davies
• King Cobra – Justin Kelly
• Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best Original Screenplay

• The Brand New Testament – Thomas Gunzig & Jaco Van Dormael
• The Fits – Anna Rose Holmer
• Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
• La La Land – Damien Chazelle
• The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
• Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
• 20th Century Women – Mike Mills

Excellence In Directorial Debut

• Childhood of a Leader – Brady Corbet
• The Edge of Seventeen – Kelly Fremon Craig
• Kicks – Justin Tipping
• Swiss Army Man – Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
• The Witch – Robert Eggers

Excellence In Direction: Overlooked or Alternative

• American Honey – Andrea Arnold
• The Edge of Seventeen – Kelly Fremon Craig
• Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
• Tikkun – Avishai Sivan
• Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade

Best Director

• • American Honey –  Andrea Arnold
  • Elle – Paul Verhoeven
  • Hacksaw Ridge – Mel Gibson
  • The Handmaiden – Chan-wook Park
  • Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Lifetime Achievement In Film
Honoring a living legend for contributions to film.

• Meryl Streep

Best Animated Film

• Finding Dory – Lindsey Collins
• Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner
• Moana – Osnat Shurer
• My Life as a Zucchini – Marc Bonny, Armelle Glorennec, Pauline Gygax, Max Karli, Kate Merkt, & Michel Merkt
• Pear Cider & Cigarettes – Cara Speller
• The Red Turtle – Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maraval, Grégoire Sorlat, Toshio Suzuki, & Isao Takahata
• Zootopia – Clark Spencer

Outstanding Film: Short or Experimental

• Lemonade – Onye Anyanwu, Thomas Benski, Kira Carstensen, Danyi Deats, Violaine Etienne, Keenan Flynn, Michael Garza, Scott Horan, Jonathan Lia, Thomas Martin, & Nathan Sherrer
• Manoman – Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl
• Nocturne in Black – Marc Fadel, Ellie Foumbi, Felecia Hunter, & Jimmy Keyrouz
• The Procedure – Carlos Alberto Fernandez Lopez & Christian Palmer
• Slapper – Michael Latham, Luci Schroder, Stephanie Westwood

Outstanding Film: Documentary

• 13th – Spencer Averick, Howard Barish, & Ava DuVernay
• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci, & Nigel Sinclair
• Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson & Marilyn Ness
• Gimme Danger – José Ibáñez, Carter Logan, & Fernando Sulichin
• The Eagle Huntress – Otto Bell, Sharon Chang, & Stacey Reiss
• Fire at Sea – Roberto Cicutto, Paolo Del Brocco, Camille Laemlé, Serge Lalou, Donatella Palermo, Gianfranco Rosi, & Martine Saada
• Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry – Laura Dunn & Jef Sewell
• I Am Not Your Negro – Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck, & Raoul Peck
• Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You – Suzanne Hillinger & Brent Miller
• O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Libby Geist, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Connor Schell, & Caroline Waterlow

Outstanding Film: Comedy

• The Brand New Testament – Daniel Marquet, Olivier Rausin, & Jaco Van Dormael
• Deadpool – Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, & Lauren Shuler
• Hail, Caesar! – Tim Bevan, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, & Eric Fellner
• The Lobster – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, & Lee Magiday
• The Nice Guys – Joel Silver
• Swiss Army Man – Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, & Jonathan Wang
• Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, & Michel Merkt
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – Ian Bryce, Tina Fey, & Lorne Michaels

Outstanding Film: Musical or Music Subject

• Gimme Danger – José Ibáñez, Carter Logan, & Fernando Sulichin
• La La Land – Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, & Marc Platt
• Miles Ahead – Robert Ogden Barnum, Don Cheadle, Pamela Hirsch, Darryl Porter, Daniel Wagner, Vince Wilburn Jr., & Lenore Zerman
• Moana – Osnat Shurer
• Sing Street – Anthony Bregman, John Carney, & Martina Niland

Outstanding Film: Art House Or Limited Release

• American Honey – Thomas Benski, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy, & Alice Weinberg
• The Brand New Testament – Daniel Marquet, Olivier Rausin, & Jaco Van Dormael
• Julieta – Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
• Paterson – Joshua Astrachan & Carter Logan
• Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, & Michel Merkt

Artistic Achievement In Film (Top Prize)

• American Honey – Thomas Benski, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy, & Alice Weinberg
• Arrival – Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, & Aaron Ryder
• The Brand New Testament – Daniel Marquet, Olivier Rausin, & Jaco Van Dormael
• Elle – Saïd Ben Saïd & Michel Merkt
• The Handmaiden – Syd Lim & Chan-wook Park
• Hell or High Water – Peter Berg, Carla Hacken, Sidney Kimmel, & Julie Yorn
• The Lobster – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, & Lee Magiday
• Moonlight – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, & Adele Romanski
• Nocturnal Animals – Tom Ford & Robert Salerno
• Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, & Michel Merkt

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The 1st Annual Aceys for 2016 Films Awards Ceremonies (with hosts Wil Masisak & Emily Lutzker) and presenters from around the known universe. All the winners, nominees, clips for 2016’s best films!

The 2nd Annual Aceys for 2016 Films: Nominations Preview Show (with hosts Wil Masisak & Emily Lutzker and special guests Producer Caitlin Mae Burke (We Could Be King, Obit) & Screenwriter/Producer Mayuran Tiruchelvam (Girl Is In Trouble, Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin).