By Matt Neglia
The Hawaii Film Critics Society have announced their nominations for 2016 and they include some of the best nominations of the year, choosing to break away from the pack and go their own way in many categories.
Click below to see the nominations.
Reviews are highlighted in yellow. BEST FILM
La La Land
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Hell Or High Water
Silence
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Martin Scorsese – Silence
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Denzel Washington – Fences
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Chris Pine – Hell Or High Water
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Viola Davis – Fences
Amy Adams – Arrival
Emma Stone – La La Land
Amy Adams – Nocturnal Animals
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Dev Patel – Lion
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Naomi Harris – Moonlight
Lupita N’yongo – Queen of Katwe
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
La La Land
Hell Or High Water
20th Century Woman
Manchester by the Sea
The Nice Guys
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Fences
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Arrival
Silence
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
Knight of Cups
The Neon Demon
BEST EDITING
La La Land
Hacksaw Ridge
Arrival
Moonlight
Hell Or High Water
BEST ART DIRECTION
Jackie
La La Land
Arrival
Nocturnal Animals
The Handmaiden
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
La La Land
The Neon Demon
Hail Caesar!
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Jackie
BEST MAKE-UP
Silence
Deadpool
Star Trek Beyond
The Neon Demon
X-Men: Apocalypse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Arrival
La La Land
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Jungle Book
Doctor Strange
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
La La Land
Moonlight
Jackie
The Neon Demon
20th Century Woman
BEST SONG
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“Audition (Fools Who Dream)”- La La Land
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
“Drive It Like You Stole It”- Sing Street
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia
The Little Prince
Trolls
BEST DOCUMENTARY
De Palma
OJ: Made in America
Amanda Knox
Life Animated
13th
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Handmaiden (South Korea)
The Wave (Norway)
Seasons (France/Germany)
Neruda (Chile)
Elle (France)
BEST HAWAII FILM
Moana
Shorebreak- The Clark Little Story
BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Robert Eggers – The Witch
James Schamus – Indignation
Nicolas Pesce – The Eyes of My Mother
Dan Trachtenberg – 10 Cloverfield Lane
BEST FIRST FILM
Moonlight
Indignation
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Witch
The Eyes of My Mother
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Jane Got A Gun
Little Men
Hell Or High Water
Everybody Wants Some!!
The Nice Guys
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Arrival
10 Cloverfield Lane
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Witch
BEST STUNTS
Hacksaw Ridge
Deadpool
The Magnificent Seven
Captain America: Civil War
Deepwater Horizon
BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Charlize Theron – Kubo and the Two Strings
Dwayne Johnson – Moana
Liam Neeson – A Monster Calls
Rachel McAdams – The Little Prince
Jeff Bridges – The Little Prince
WORST FILM OF THE YEAR
Suicide Squad
Fifty Shades of Black
Mother’s Day
Zoolander 2
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