AFT Awards: Best Cinematography

This is the seventh category of the 10th Annual AFT Film Awards to be announced. The AFT Awards are my own personal choices for the best in film of each year and the best in television of each season. The AFT Film Awards include the traditional Oscar categories and a number of additional specific honors. Nominees are pictured in the order I’ve ranked them. Click here to see previous years of this category.

Runners-up:
20th Century Women, Arrival, Embrace of the Serpent, In a Valley of Violence, Julieta, Moonlight, Sully, The Birth of a Nation, The Light Between Oceans

The winner:
American Honey (Robbie Ryan) made simple moments and backdrops look and feel incredibly poignant, contributing tremendously to the aesthetic of the film and its protagonist’s journey.

Other nominees:
La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
Hell or High Water (Giles Nuttgens)
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (Matthew Libatique)
Lion (Greig Fraser)