Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight keeps chugging through awards season, garnering six prizes from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle including the top prize. The A24 Films title also collected citations for Jenkins’ direction, supporting actor Mahershala Ali and for James Laxton’s cinematography; the film also tied in the screenplay (along with Manchester by the Sea) and film editing (besides Arrival) categories. San Francisco film critics were also taken with Fences, the actors anyway as Denzel Washington and Viola Davis nabbed prizes for playing a married couple in 1950s Pittsburgh; the film (which opens in limited release on December 16th) is adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play.
Check out the full list of winners from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle below:
- PICTURE: Moonlight
- DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
- ACTOR: Denzel Washington, Fences
- ACTRESS: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
- SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Viola Davis, Fences
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: (tie) Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan; Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Arrival – Eric Heisserer
- ANIMATED FEATURE: The Red Turtle
- DOCUMENTARY: I Am Not Your Negro
- FOREIGN FILM: The Handmaiden
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Moonlight – James Laxton
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hee
- FILM EDITING: (tie) Arrival – Joe Walker; Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
- ORIGINAL SCORE: Jackie – Mica Levi
- SPECIAL CITATION FOR UNDER-APPRECIATED INDEPENDENT CINEMA: The Fits
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