Thursday, March 28, 2024

The 2016 Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Winners

By Matt Neglia The Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS and not to be confused with the Houston Film Critics Society, also known as HFCS) have announced their winners for 2016 for the best in film.

​Click below to see the winners.
BEST FILM:
La La Land

BEST DIRECTOR:
Damien Chazelle, La La Land

BEST ACTOR:
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

BEST ACTRESS:
Viola Davis, Fences

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water (tie)
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Tom Ford (Based on the Novel by Austin Wright), Nocturnal Animals

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Linus Sandgren, La La Land 

BEST EDITING:
Tom Cross, La La Land

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Austin Gorg, La La Land 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Madeline Fontaine, Jackie

BEST MAKE-UP:
Bill Corso, Deadpool

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Arrival (tie)
Doctor Strange  

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land 

BEST SONG: 
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, “Audition (Fools Who Dream),” La La Land  (tie)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Kubo and the Two Strings (dir. Travis Knight) (tie)
Zootopia (dir. Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush)

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
OJ: Made in America (dir. Ezra Edelman)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Handmaiden (dir. Chan-wook Park), (South Korea) (tie)
Neruda (dir. Pablo Larrain),  (Chile)

BEST HAWAII FILM:
Moana (dir. Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker and Chris Williams)

BEST NEW FILMMAKER:
Dan Trachtenberg,  10 Cloverfield Lane

BEST FIRST FILM:
10 Cloverfield Lane (dir. Dan Trachtenberg)

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM:
Hell or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie)

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM:
Arrival (dir. Denis Villeneuve)

BEST STUNTS:
The Magnificent Seven 

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE:
Charlize Theron/ Kubo and the Two Strings

WORST FILM OF THE YEAR:
Fifty Shades of Black  (tie)
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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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