San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 1996

1st SDFCS Awards

December 28, 1996

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Best Film:
Fargo

The 1st San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society on 28 December 1996, honored the best in film for 1996.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet

• Best Actress:
  • Frances McDormand - Fargo

• Best Director:
  • Joel Coen - Fargo

• Best Film:
  • Fargo

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Ridicule • France

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl - Shine

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces