LA LA LAND and ARRIVAL Lead the 2016 St. Louis Film Critics Association Nominations

“La La Land,” an original musical about pursuing one’s dreams, garnered 13 nominations, while the science-fiction close encounter “Arrival” earned eight nominations from the St. Louis Film Critics Association Sunday.

The organization will announce their annual awards on Sunday, Dec. 18. Awards are given out in 23 categories.

Best Film nominees also included two haunting, powerful dramas, “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight,” with six nominations apiece. The neo-western thriller “Hell or High Water” earned four, as did the First Lady biopic “Jackie” and the Coen Brothers comedy “Hail, Caesar!.”

Other multiple nominees included the action-comedy “Deadpool,” the sci-fi adventure “Doctor Strange,” the landmark Supreme Court case on interracial marriage “Loving,” the animated musical “Moana,” and the thriller “Nocturnal Animals,” all with three.

SLFCA members work for recognized outlets in print, broadcast and online publications.

For more information about the awards or our group, visit www.stlfilmcritics.org or contact board secretary Lynn Venhaus, 618-917-8175.

Here is a complete list of nominations:

BEST FILM

Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR

Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
David Mackenzie, “Hell or High Water”
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

BEST ACTOR

Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Joel Edgerton, “Loving”
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Tom Hanks, “Sully”

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Greta Gerwig, “20^th Century Women”
Lily Gladstone, “Certain Women”
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water”
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Jeff Nichols, “Loving”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Eric Heisserer, “Arrival”
August Wilson, “Fences”
Luke Davies, “Lion”
Whit Stillman, “Love and Friendship”
Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”

BEST EDITING
Hacksaw Ridge
Jackie
La La Land
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bradford Young, “Arrival”
Vittorio Storaro, “Café Society”
Roger Deakins, “Hail, Caesar!”
Linus Sandgren, “La La Land”
James Laxton, “Moonlight”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
The Handmaiden
Jackie
La La Land
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Arrival
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
La La Land
A Monster Calls
BEST MUSIC SCORE

Johann Johannsson, “Arrival”
Mica Levi, “Jackie”
Justin Herwitz, “La La Land”
Nicholas Brittle, “Moonlight”
Cliff Martinez, “The Neon Demon”

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Everybody Wants Some!!
La La Land
Moana
Sing Street
Trolls

BEST SONG

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” ” “La La Land”
“City of Stars,” “La La Land”
“How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana”
“You’re Welcome,” “Moana
“Drive It Like You Stole It,” “Sing Street”

BEST ACTION FILM

Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

April and the Extraordinary World
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia

BEST COMEDY

Deadpool
Don’t Think Twice
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hail, Caesar!
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

De Palma
The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
I Am Not Your Negro
Weiner

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Elle
The Handmaiden
A Man Called Ove
Our Little Sister
Toni Erdmann

BEST HORROR/SCI-FI
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Don’t Breathe
The Witch
BEST SCENE

Berlin Airport fight, “Captain America: Civil War”
Opening credits, “Deadpool”
“Would that it were so simple” with Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich, “Hail, Caesar!”
Opening traffic jam number, “La La Land”
Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams encounter on street, “Manchester by the Sea”

WORST
The Angry Birds Movie
Masterminds
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Warcraft
Zoolander 2