The Utah Film Critics announced their picks for the best of 2016!
• Best Picture: “La La Land”; runner-up: “Moonlight.”
• Directing: Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”; runner-up, Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
• Lead Actor, Male: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”; runner-up: Joel Edgerton, “Loving”
• Lead Actor, Female: Emma Stone, “La La Land”; runner-up: Ruth Negga, “Loving”
• Supporting Actor, Female: Viola Davis, “Fences”; runners-up: (tie) Naomie Harris, “Moonlight,” Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
• Supporting Actor, Male: (tie) Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight,” John Goodman, “10 Cloverfield Lane”
• Original Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water”; runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
• Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, “Moonlight”; runner-up: Eric Heisserer, “Arrival”
• Cinematography: Linus Sandgren, “La La Land”; runner-up: Bradford Young, “Arrival”
• Original Score: Justin Hurwitz, “La La Land”; runner-up: Johann Johannsson, “Arrival”
• Documentary Feature: “Cameraperson”; runner-up: “Weiner”
• Animated Feature: “Kubo and the Two Strings”; runners-up: (tie) “Moana” and “Zootopia”
• Non-English Language Film: “The Handmaiden” (South Korea); runners-up: (tie) “Elle” (France) and “Toni Erdmann” (Germany)
Through the Shattered Lens 