By AI Creative Media

The American Film Institute has revealed today its top 10 American films and top 10 American TV programs of the year, ahaed of next week’s Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. AFI recognizes “the year’s most culturally and artistically significant films and television programs.” In addition to the 20 honorees, ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ a nearly eight-hour long TV documentary, receives a special award.

Read below for the full list of this year’s honorees.

AFI Movies of the Year
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Silence
Sully
Zootopia

AFI TV Programs of the Year
The Americans
Atlanta
Better Call Saul
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Stranger Things
This is Us
Veep

AFI Special Award
O.J.: Made in America

By AICreative Media

The Critics’ Choice Awards nominations was recently handed out by The Broadcast Film Critics Association, and “La La Land” landed with 12, the most for this year, while Moonlight and Arrival tied for second place with 10 nods apiece.

Because of the genre-specific nature of the nominations, there are a few actors who managed multiple nominations, including Andrew Garfield (for “Hacksaw Ridge”), Ryan Reynolds (for “Deadpool”), Hailee Steinfeld (for “The Edge of Seventeen”), and Lucas Hedges (for “Manchester by the Sea”).

“This year’s nominees showcase the best that Hollywood has to offer, spanning a wide array of genres, subject matters, time periods, and more,” said BFCA President Joey Berlin.

The awards will be handed out during a ceremony on December 11, which will be broadcast by A&E on from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Below is the snapshot of the nominations, with the full list after the jump:

Best Picture
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Loving”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Sully”

Best Director
Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)
Mel Gibson (“Hacksaw Ridge”)
Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)
Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)
David Mackenzie (“Hell or High Water”)
Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”)
Denzel Washington (“Fences”)

Best Actor
Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Joel Edgerton (“Loving”)
Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”)
Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”)
Tom Hanks (“Sully”)
Denzel Washington (“Fences”)

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By AI Creative Media

The film awards season has officially begun, and “Moonlight” appears to be on a glorious path. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the movie won best feature at the 26th annual Gotham Independent Awards on Monday. “Moonlight”, which chronicles the life of a young black man as he struggles in rough neighborhood of Miami, also won best screenplay, best ensemble and the audience awards, a good start to boost the movie’s momentum towards next year’s Academy Awards.

The 2016 Gotham Independent Film Awards honors the best independent filmmaking, and were hosted by Keegan-Michael Key on Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

In additiona to the competitive awards, the night also paidtributes to actors Amy Adams and Ethan Hawke, director Oliver Stone and producer Arnon Milchan

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Feature
Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert in Elle

Audience Award
Moonlight

Best Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
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By AICreative Media

Nominations for the 32nd annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Nov. 22. Leading the charge this year were “Moonlight,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Jackie,” “American Honey” and “Chronic”, all of which were nominated for best independent features of 2016.

The nominations were announced by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Winners will be announced out on Feb. 25, one day before the Oscars in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

Here’s the complete list of noms:

BEST FEATURE

American Honey
Chronic
Jackie
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

BEST FIRST FEATURE

The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet
Producers: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major

The Fits
Director/Producer: Anna Rose Holmer
Producer: Lisa Kjerulff

Other People
Director: Chris Kelly
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott

Swiss Army Man
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Producers: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang

The Witch
Director: Robert Eggers
Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira

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