*Based on what happened earlier today (12-04-16) at the LA Film Critics Association Awards, things are looking good for “Moonlight,” Oscar-wise. The critically acclaimed film took home four LAFCA Awards total, the most of any eligible 2016 film.
Besides Best Picture, “Moonlight” captured Best Director for writer-director Barry Jenkins, Best Supporting Actor for co-star Mahershala Ali, and Best Cinematography for James Laxton’s work behind the camera, reports Deadline.
The article points out that last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, “Spotlight,” also won the same prize at the 2015 LAFCA Award. Same thing for Mark Rylance winning Best Supporting Actor at the 2015 LACFA Awards and then going on to win Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars three months later.
“Moonlight” follows a young black man named Chiron from Miami’s rough Liberty City neighborhood, portrayed by three different actors at three different points in his life – in elementary school, in high school, and in his late 20s. It’s based on the drama school project “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Here is the full list of this year’s LAFCA Awards winners:
New Generation
Trey Edward Shults and Krisha Fairchild, Krisha
Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: The Handmaiden
Runner-Up: Toni Erdmann
Best Picture
Winner: Moonlight
Runner-Up: La La Land
Best Director
Winner: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Runner-Up: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Actress
Winner: Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come
Runner-Up: Rebecca Hall, Christine
Best Actor
Winner: Adam Driver, Paterson
Runner-Up: Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Best Animated Film
Winner: Your Name
Runner-Up: The Red Turtle
Best Screenplay
Winner: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Runner-Up: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
The Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Prize
Winner: The Illinois Parables
Documentary/Non-Fiction
Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
Runner-up: OJ: Made In America
Supporting Actress
Winner: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
Runner-up: Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Editing
Winner: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski, OJ: Made In America
Runner-up: Tom Cross, La La Land
Production Design
Winner: Ryu Seong-hee, The Handmaiden
Runner-up: David Wasco, La La Land
Supporting Actor
Winner: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Runner-up: Issey Ogata, Silence
Music/Score
Winner: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, La La Land
Runner-up: Mica Levi, Jackie
Cinematography
Winner: James Laxton, Moonlight
Runner-up: Linus Sandgren, La La Land
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