The 2016 KohOscars

The KohOscars Podcast attempts our first redux with a comprehensive retrospective on the year 2016! This episode's committee was comprised of Tom Houseman, Kaleb Koho, Cody Newberry, Cameron Redshaw, and Adelaide Spence. The above the line category nominations were determined live on the show.

Best Picture

Arrival
The Handmaiden
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
The Nice Guys
Silence
Sing Street
Your Name

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
Park Chan-wook - The Handmaiden
David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Lobster
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Martin Scorsese - Silence

Best Actor

Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Colin Farrell - The Lobster
Andrew Garfield - Silence
Ryan Gosling - The Nice Guys
Tom Hanks - Sully
David Johns - I, Daniel Blake
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress

Amy Adams - Arrival
Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
Rebecca Hall - Christine
Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Emma Stone - La La Land
Kim Tae-ri - The Handmaiden

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar!
Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
Issei Ogata - Silence
Dev Patel - Lion
Jack Reynor - Sing Street

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis - Fences
Elle Fanning - 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Felicity Jones - A Monster Calls
Kim Min-hee - The Handmaiden
Rachel Weisz - The Lobster
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
La La Land - Damien Chazelle
The Lobster - Efthimis Filippou & Yorgos Lanthimos
Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonnergan
The Nice Guys - Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi
Sing Street - John Carney & Simon Carmody
Your Name - Makoto Shinkai

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival - Eric Heisserer
The Handmaiden - Chung Seo-kyung & Park Chan-wook
I Am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck
Lion - Luke Davies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins & Terrell Alvin McCraney
My Life as a Zucchini - Celine Sciamma
Silence - Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese

Best Cameo

Anna Farris - Keanu
Tom Holland - Captain America: Civil War
Stan Lee - Captain America: Civil War
Robert Picardo - Hail, Caesar!
Keanu Reeves - Keanu
Seal - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Emma Stone - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Best Voice Performance

Auli'i Cravalho - Moana
Michael Gambon - Hail, Caesar!
Ginnifer Goodwin - Zootopia
James Earl Jones - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jenny Slate - Zootopoa
Charlize Theron - Kubo and the Two Strings
Alan Tudyk - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sausage Party
Trolls
Your Name
Zootopia

Best First Feature

Claude Barras - My Life as a Zucchini
Kelly Fremon Craig - The Edge of Seventeen
Garth Davis - Lion
Travis Knight - Kubo and the Two Strings
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert - Swiss Army Man
Tim Miller - Deadpool
Dan Trachtenberg - 10 Cloverfield Lane

Best Sequel

10 Cloverfield Lane
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Captain America: Civil War
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Trek Beyond
X-Men: Apocalypse

Best Cinematography

American Honey - Robbie Ryan
Arrival - Bradford Young
Hail, Caesar! - Roger Deakins
Knight of Cups - Emmanuel Lubezki
La La Land - Linus Sandgren
Moonlight - James Laxton
Silence - Rodrigo Prieto

Best Film Editing

Arrival - Joe Walker
Hail, Caesar! - Roderick Jaynes
Hell or High Waters - Jake Roberts
La La Land - Tom Cross
The Lobster - Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Moonlight - Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders
Silence - Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Production Design

Allied - Gary Freeman
Arrival - Patrice Vermette
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig
Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor
The Handmaiden - Ryu Seong-hie
La La Land - David Wasco
Silence - Dante Ferretti

Best Original Score

Arrival - Johan Johansson
Hail, Caesar! - Carter Burwell
Knight of Cups - Hanan Townshend
La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
Moonlight - Nicholas Britell
The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez
Silence - Kathryn Kluge & Kim Allen Kluge

Best Original Song

“Another Day of Sun” - La La Land (music by Justin Hurwitz & lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
“Dream Lantern” - Your Name (music & lyrics by Yohjirou Noda)
“Drive It Like You Stole It” - Sing Street (music & lyrics by John Carney & Gary Clark)
“Finest Girl (Bin Laden)” - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (music & lyrics by The Lonely Island)
“How Far I'll Go” - Moana (music & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
“I'm So Humble” - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (music & lyrics by The Lonely Island)
“Up” - Sing Street (music & lyrics by John Carney)