Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996

17th BSFC Awards

December 13, 1996

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Best Film:
Trainspotting

The 17th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1996. The awards were given on 13 December 1996.

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Trainspotting

• Best Actor:
  • Geoffrey Rush – Shine

• Best Actress:
  • Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Edward Norton – The People vs. Larry Flynt, Primal Fear and Everyone Says I Love You

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt

• Best Director:
  • Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies

• Best Screenplay:
  • Stanley Tucci and Joseph Tropiano – Big Night

• Best Cinematography:
  • John Seale – The English Patient

• Best Documentary:
  • Anne Frank Remembered

• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • My Favorite Season (Ma saison préférée) • France

• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci – Big Night

External links

• Past Winners

References

• Boston crix nix most U.S. pix; ‘Night,’ ‘Flynt’ score Variety
• 1996 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database