LA LA LAND takes field-leading 15 ACCA nominations. JACKIE and ARRIVAL tie with 10 nominations

NEW YORK (January 23, 2017) – Awards Circuit announced today its nominees for the 2016 Awards Circuit Community Awards. The awards are voted on annually by Awards Circuit’s community of readers from all over the world.

Damien Chazelle’s modern musical “La La Land” received the most nominations, with 15 total citations, including for Best Picture, Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Actress for Emma Stone.

Pablo Larraín’s biopic “Jackie” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” tied for the second most, with 10 total nominations each. Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” came in third with nine citations.

“Arrival,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Jackie,” “La La Land,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Moonlight,” “Nocturnal Animals,” “Silence” and “Zootopia” were nominated for Best Picture honors.

Voting for the winners will take place from Tuesday, Jan. 24 and end on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The full list of 2016 ACCA nominees is below.

Best Picture

“Arrival” (Paramount Pictures) – Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Karen Lunder, Aaron Ryder
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate) – Terry Benedict, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey, William D. Johnson, Bill Mechanic, Brian Oliver, David Permut, Tyler Thompson
“Hell or High Water” (CBS Films) – Sidney Kimmel, Peter Berg, Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn
“Jackie” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) – Darren Aronofsky, Pascal Caucheteux, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddel
“La La Land” (Summit Entertainment) – Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
“Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions) – Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh
“Moonlight” (A24) – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
“Nocturnal Animals” (Focus Features) – Tom Ford, Robert Salerno
“Silence” (Paramount Pictures) – Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Barbara De Fina, Randall Emmett, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Irwin Winkler
“Zootopia” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Clark Spencer

Best Achievement in Directing

Damien Chazelle – “La La Land”
Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight”
Pablo Larraín – “Jackie”
Kenneth Lonergan – “Manchester by the Sea”
Denis Villeneuve – “Arrival”

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Casey Affleck – “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield – “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling – “La La Land”
Jake Gyllenhaal – “Nocturnal Animals”
Denzel Washington – “Fences”

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams – “Arrival”
Annette Bening – “20th Century Women”
Isabelle Huppert – “Elle”
Natalie Portman – “Jackie”
Emma Stone – “La La Land”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges – “Hell or High Water”
Ben Foster – “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges – “Manchester by the Sea”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – “Nocturnal Animals”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Viola Davis – “Fences”
Naomie Harris – “Moonlight”
Janelle Monáe – “Hidden Figures”
Molly Shannon – “Other People”
Michelle Williams – “Manchester by the Sea”

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle – “La La Land”
Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou – “The Lobster”
Kenneth Lonergan – “Manchester by the Sea”
Noah Oppenheim – “Jackie”
Taylor Sheridan – “Hell or High Water”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese – “Silence”
Tom Ford – “Nocturnal Animals”
Eric Heisserer – “Arrival”
Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight”
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick – “Deadpool”

Best Cast Ensemble

“Fences” – Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Jovan Adepo, Sanniya Sidney
“Hidden Figures” – Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali
“Manchester by the Sea” – Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges, Kyle Chandler
“Moonlight” – Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Andre Holland, Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae
“Nocturnal Animals” – Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Laura Linney

Best Animated Feature

“Finding Dory” (Pixar)
“Kubo and the Two Strings” (Laika)
“Moana” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“The Red Turtle” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Zootopia” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Foreign Language Film

“Elle” – France, dir. Paul Verhoeven
“The Handmaiden” – South Korea, dir. Chan-wook Park
“Neruda” – Chile, dir. Pablo Larraín
“The Salesman” – Iran, dir. Asghar Farhadi
“Toni Erdmann” – Germany, dir. Maren Ade

Best Production Design

Dante Ferretti – “Silence”
Jess Gonchor – “Hail, Caesar!”
Jean Rabasse – “Jackie”
Patrice Vermette – “Arrival”
David Wasco – “La La Land”

Best Original Score

Nicholas Britell – “Moonlight”
Justin Hurwitz – “La La Land”
Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Arrival”
Abel Korzeniowski – “Nocturnal Animals”
Mica Levi – “Jackie”

Best Cinematography

Stéphane Fontaine – “Jackie”
James Laxton – “Moonlight”
Rodrigo Prieto – “Silence”
Linus Sandgren – “La La Land”
Bradford Young – “Arrival”

Best Costume Design

Consolata Boyle – “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Madeline Fontaine – “Jackie”
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – “Love & Friendship”
Mary Zophres – “Hail, Caesar!”
Mary Zophres – “La La Land”

Best Film Editing

Tom Cross – “La La Land”
John Gilbert – “Hacksaw Ridge”
Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – “Moonlight”
Sebastián Sepúlveda – “Jackie”
Joe Walker – “Arrival”

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

“Deadpool” – Bill Corso
“Florence Foster Jenkins” – Daniel Phillips, J. Roy Helland
“Hail, Caesar!” – Jean Black, Julie Hewitt, Cydney Cornell, Pauletta Lewis-Irwin
“Jackie” – Catherine LeBlanc Caraes, Miwod Kim, Odile Fourquin
“La La Land” – Torsten Witte, Barbara Lorenz

Best Achievement in Sound

“Arrival” (Paramount Pictures)
“Deepwater Horizon” (Lionsgate)
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate)
“La La Land” (Summit Entertainment)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Visual Effects

“Arrival” (Paramount Pictures)
“Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel)
“Doctor Strange” (Marvel)
“The Jungle Book” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Original Song

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

Best Documentary Feature

“13th” (Netflix)
“Cameraperson” (Janus Films)
“I Am Not Your Negro” (Magnolia Pictures)
“O.J.: Made in America” (ESPN Films)
“Weiner” (IFC Films)

Best Stunt Ensemble

“Captain America: Civil War” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate)
“Nocturnal Animals” (Focus Features)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Honorable Mentions

“20th Century Women” (A24)
“Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street)
“Deadpool” (20th Century Fox)
“Fences” (Paramount Pictures)
“Hidden Figures” (20th Century F0x)
“Kubo and the Two Strings” (Laika)
“Lion” (The Weinstein Company)
“The Lobster” (A24)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Sing Street” (The Weinstein Company)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kevin O’Connell (Sound Mixer)

Johnny Alba Innovation Award

Pablo Larrain

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Films with Multiple Nominations

“La La Land”- 15
“Arrival”- 10
“Jackie”- 10
“Moonlight”- 9
“Manchester By the Sea”- 7
“Nocturnal Animals”- 7
“Hacksaw Ridge”- 5
“Hell or High Water”- 4
“Silence”- 4
“Deadpool”- 3
“Fences”- 3
“Hail, Caesar!”- 3
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”- 3
“Captain America: Civil War”- 2
“Elle”- 2
“Florence Foster Jenkins” – 2
“Hidden Figures”- 2
“Moana”- 2
“Zootopia”- 2