By Matt Neglia The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) have handed out their awards for the best in film for 2016.
​Click below to see the winners.
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Arrival
Hell or High Water
**La La Land**
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
**O.J.: Made in America**
Weiner
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Sausage Party
**Zootopia**
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Elle
**The Handmaiden**
A Man Called Ove
Toni Erdmann
Things to Come
BEST DIRECTOR
**Damien Chazelle — La La Land**
Barry Jenkins — Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie — Hell or High Water
Chan-woo Park — The Handmaiden
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Chung-hoo Chung — The Handmaiden
James Laxton — Moonlight
Giles Nuttgens — Hell or High Water
**Linus Sandgren — La La Land**
Bradford Young — Arrival
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Arrival
Captain America: Civil War
**Doctor Strange**
Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
BEST ACTOR
**Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea**
Joel Edgerton — Loving
Ryan Gosling — La La Land
Viggo Mortensen — Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington — Fences
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali — Moonlight
**Jeff Bridges — Hell or High Water**
Ben Foster — Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges — Manchester by the Sea
Sam Neill — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening — 20th Century Women
Kate Beckinsale — Love & Friendship
Ruth Negga — Loving
Natalie Portman — Jackie
**Emma Stone — La La Land**
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**Viola Davis — Fences**
Greta Gerwig — 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris — Moonlight
Nicole Kidman — Lion
Michelle Williams — Manchester by the Sea
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle — La La Land
Barry Jenkins — Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester by the Sea
Mike Mills — 20th Century Women
**Taylor Sheridan — Hell or High Water**
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tom Ford — Nocturnal Animals
**Eric Heisserer — Arrival**
Seo-kyeong Jeong and Chan-wook Park — The Handmaiden
Whit Stillman — Love & Friendship
Taika Waititi — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
(To an artist or film with a special connection to North Carolina.)
Anthony Mackie
**Jeff Nichols**
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