title: Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016
text: # Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016
  
  The 20th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2016, were awarded on December 11, 2016, with the exception of the award for Best Canadian Film, which was presented on January 10, 2017.
  
  The winner of the award for Best Canadian Film was Hugh Gibson for his documentary film The Stairs. Gibson received a prize of $100,000, with runners-up Kazik Radwanski and Matt Johnson each awarded $5,000. Unusually, however, the three directors revealed that they had agreed to pool the entire $110,000 in prize money, and split it equally among all three regardless of which film won.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Category | Winners and nominees | Films |
  | - | - | - |
  | Best Film | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
  | Best Film | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea |
  | Best Film | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Canadian Film | Hugh Gibson | The Stairs |
  | Best Canadian Film | Kazik Radwanski | How Heavy This Hammer |
  | Best Canadian Film | Matt Johnson | Operation Avalanche |
  | Best Actor | Adam Driver | Paterson |
  | Best Actor | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea |
  | Best Actor | Peter Simonischek | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Actress | Rebecca Hall | Christine |
  | Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Elle |
  | Best Actress | Natalie Portman | Jackie |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Ralph Fiennes | A Bigger Splash |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Michael Shannon | Nocturnal Animals |
  | Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Williams | Manchester by the Sea |
  | Best Supporting Actress | Viola Davis | Fences |
  | Best Supporting Actress | Naomie Harris | Moonlight |
  | Best Director | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | La La Land |
  | Best Director | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
  | Best Screenplay | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea |
  | Best Screenplay | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Screenplay | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
  | Best First Feature | Robert Eggers | The Witch |
  | Best First Feature | Kelly Fremon Craig | The Edge of Seventeen |
  | Best First Feature | Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | Swiss Army Man |
  | Best Animated Feature | Byron Howard and Rich Moore | Zootopia |
  | Best Animated Feature | Michaël Dudok de Wit | The Red Turtle |
  | Best Animated Feature | Travis Knight | Kubo and the Two Strings |
  | Best Foreign-Language Film | Maren Ade | Toni Erdmann |
  | Best Foreign-Language Film | Park Chan-wook | The Handmaiden |
  | Best Foreign-Language Film | Paul Verhoeven | Elle |
  | Best Documentary Film | Kirsten Johnson | Cameraperson |
  | Best Documentary Film | Gianfranco Rosi | Fire at Sea |
  | Best Documentary Film | Hugh Gibson | The Stairs |
  