37th BSFC Awards

December 11, 2016

Best Film:
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La La Land ''La La Land'' is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress, respectively, who meet and fall in love ...

The 37th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in

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, were given on December 11, 2016.

Winners

Casey Affleck at the Manchester by the Sea premiere (30199719155) (cropped)

* Best Film: ** ''

'' * Best Director: ** Damien Chazelle – ''

'' ** Runner-up:

Kenneth Lonergan Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and ' ...

– '' Manchester by the Sea'' * Best Actor: **

Casey Affleck Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. He ...

– '' Manchester by the Sea'' ** Runner-up:

Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his appearance in the ''Star Wars'' films ''Attack of the Clones'' (2002) and ''Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) as a young Owen Lars, a role he reprised i ...

– '' Loving'' * Best Actress: **

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

– ''

Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

'' and '' Things to Come'' ** Runner-up:

Natalie Portman Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, he, נטע-לי הרשלג, ) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving mu ...

– '' Jackie'' * Best Supporting Actor: **

Mahershala Ali Mahershala Ali (; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named him one of th ...

– '' Moonlight'' * Best Supporting Actress: **

Lily Gladstone Lily Gladstone (born August 2, 1986) is an American actress. Biography Raised in Browning, Montana, Gladstone is of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage. Gladstone is also a distant relative of British Prime Minister William Gladstone. After gradu ...

– '' Certain Women'' * Best Screenplay: **

– '' Manchester by the Sea'' ** Runner-up: Jim Jarmusch – '' Paterson'' * Best Original Score: **

Mica Levi Mica Levi (; b. 28 February 1987), also known by their stage name Micachu, is an English singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Levi is classically trained and since 2008 has released experimental pop music with their band Good Sad Happy B ...

– '' Jackie'' * Best Animated Film: ** ''

Tower A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifi ...

'' * Best Foreign Language Film: ** ''

The Handmaiden ''The Handmaiden'' (; ) is a 2016 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel '' Fingersmith'' by Welsh writer Sarah Wa ...

'' ** Runner-up: '' Things to Come'' * Best Documentary: ** '' O.J.: Made in America'' * Best Cinematography: **

Chung Chung-hoon Chung Chung-hoon (born June 15, 1970) is a South Korean cinematographer and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook. He is also known for his other work in film and television, including ''Me and Earl and the ...

– ''

'' ** Runner-up: James Laxton – '' Moonlight'' * Best Editing: ** Tom Cross – ''

'' * Best New Filmmaker: **

Robert Eggers Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, director, and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films '' The Witch'' (2015) and '' The Lighthouse'' (2019), as well as directi ...

– ''

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'' * Best Ensemble Cast: ** '' Moonlight'' ** Runner-up: '' Certain Women''

External links

2016 Winners

References

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