The nominations for the 13th WOKJ Motion Picture Awards have been announced. The winners voting has begun! Please don't forget MOST OVERLOOKED category (rules below)!

BEST PICTURE
La La Land
Moonlight
Arrival
The Witch
Zootopia
Sing Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Robert Eggers (The Witch)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

BEST ACTOR
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster)
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams (Arrival)
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch)
Emily Blunt (The Girl on the Train)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Ben Foster (Hell or High Water)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Molly Shannon (Other People)
Lucy Boynton (Sing Street)
Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

BEST ENSEMBLE
Captain America: Civil War
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Sing Street

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals)
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool)
Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)
Jared Bush and Phil Johnston (Zootopia)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
La La Land
Arrival
The Neon Demon
Nocturnal Animals
Kubo and the Two Strings
Sing Street

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"City of Stars" (La La Land)
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (La La Land)
"Another Day of Sun" (La La Land)
"How Far I'll Go" (Moana)
"Can't Stop This Feeling" (Trolls)

BEST EDITING
Arrival
Captain America: Civil War
La La Land
Moonlight
The Neon Demon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Prieto (Silence)
Bradford Young (Arrival)
James Laxton (Moonlight)
Natasha Braier (The Neon Demon)
Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

BEST SOUND
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Arrival
Don't Breathe

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Doctor Strange
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Captain America: Civil War
The Jungle Book
Arrival

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
La La Land
The Neon Demon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jackie
Allied

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Handmaiden
The Neon Demon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
La La Land
Arrival

BEST MAKEUP
Deadpool
The Neon Demon
Sing Street
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Finding Dory
Zootopia
Sausage Party
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Elle
The Handmaiden
Train to Busan

BEST HORROR FILM
Don't Breathe
The Neon Demon
Lights Out
The Conjuring 2
The Witch

FUNNIEST COMEDY
Deadpool
The Nice Guys
Bad Moms
Sausage Party
The Edge of Seventeen

BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR (BEFORE OR BEHIND THE CAMERA)
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch/Morgan/Barry, actress)
Robert Eggers (The Witch, director/writer)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, director/writer)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea, actor)
Tom Holland (Captain America: Civil War, actor)

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Most Overlooked Film (every 2016 film is eligible that got NO MORE than one nom in the major nine categories (Best Picture/Director/Actor/Actress/Ensemble/Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay/Sup. Actor/Sup. Actress) and NOT MORE THAN TWO NOMINATIONS in TOTAL. Nominations in the BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH category don't count towards the film, though, so you can ignore them. Pick THREE films and rank them!


Pick your winners and send the ballot to me



VOTE NOW!!!


DEADLINE: Saturday, February 18th, midnight PST.

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La La Land will receive three acting nominations. This means a random supporting nod for, say, John Legend or J. K. Simmons.

The Handmaiden or Sully is nominated for best picture.

Zootopia is nominated for best director.

Margot Robbie is nominated for best supporting actress.

Batman v Superman receives more nominations than Civil War.

BEST ANIMATED FILM


Finding Dory
Zootopia
Sausage Party
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana



Runner-Up: The Secret Life of Pets (missed by 11 points)

Next up:

Best Foreign Laguage Film

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


Elle
The Handmaiden
Train to Busan



No runner-up for the lack of votes.

Next up:

Best Original Song

Go Im So Humble!

BEST ORIGINAL SONG


"City of Stars" (La La Land)
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (La La Land)
"Another Day of Sun" (La La Land)
"How Far I'll Go" (Moana)
"Can't Stop This Feeling" (Trolls)


Runner-Up: "Drive It Like You Stole It", Sing Street (missed by 4 points)

Coming up:

Best Actress

And the nominees for Best Actress of 2016 are....

and...


Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)

BEST ACTRESS


Amy Adams (Arrival)
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch)
Emily Blunt (The Girl on the Train)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)


Runner-Up: Annette Bening (20th Century Women) (missed by 3 points)

How Far I'll Go! Woo! And Illumination missing! lol

No Natalie Portman!?!?

Emily Blunt couldn't miss if she tried lol.

Seriously, Emily Blunt will be nominated forever. Most nominated actress in WOKJ history?

Best Original Score coming up

Hope one of the 20th Century Women girls get in for Supporting Actress.

Was hoping for You're Welcome in song instead of 3 for La La Land but whatever.

How close was Robbie for actress?