2016 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

1st Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 5, 2017
Site	Seattle, Washington
Highlights
Best Picture	Moonlight
Most awards	Moonlight (6)
Most nominations	La La Land / Moonlight (10)

The 1st Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 5, 2017.

The nominations were announced on December 21, 2016.[1]

Winners and nominees

Barry Jenkins, Best Director winner and Best Screenplay co-winner

Casey Affleck, Best Actor in a Leading Role winner

Isabelle Huppert, Best Actress in a Leading Role winner

Mahershala Ali, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner

Viola Davis, Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner

Tarell Alvin McCraney, Best Screenplay co-winner

Byron Howard, Best Animated Feature co-winner

Rich Moore, Best Animated Feature co-winner

Ezra Edelman, Best Documentary Feature winner

Paul Verhoeven, Best Foreign Language Film winner

Bradford Young, Best Cinematography winner

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Best Original Score winner

Anya Taylor-Joy, Best Youth Performance winner

John Goodman, Best Villain winner

Best Picture of the Year Moonlight 13th Arrival Elle The Handmaiden Hell or High Water Jackie La La Land Manchester by the Sea The Witch	Best Director Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Damien Chazelle – La La Land Robert Eggers – The Witch Paul Verhoeven – Elle Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Actor in a Leading Role Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder Logan Lerman – Indignation as Marcus Messner Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson	Best Actress in a Leading Role Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc Amy Adams – Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship as Lady Susan Vernon Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton Kyle Chandler – Manchester by the Sea as Joseph Chandler John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson Lily Gladstone – Certain Women as Jamie / The Rancher Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters as Dr. Jillian Holtzmann Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler
Best Ensemble Cast Moonlight Captain Fantastic Fences Hell or High Water Manchester by the Sea	Best Screenplay Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney Arrival – Eric Heisserer Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan La La Land – Damien Chazelle Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
Best Animated Feature Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight Moana – Ron Clements and John Musker Tower – Keith Maitland	Best Documentary Feature O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman 13th – Ava DuVernay Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson Tickled – David Farrier and Dylan Reeve Weiner – Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
Best Foreign Language Film Elle – Paul Verhoeven The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook The Innocents – Anne Fontaine Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari The Wailing – Na Hong-jin	Best Cinematography Arrival – Bradford Young Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine La La Land – Linus Sandgren Moonlight – James Laxton The Witch – Jarin Blaschke
Best Costume Design The Handmaiden – Cho Sang-kyung Jackie – Madeline Fontaine La La Land – Mary Zophres Love & Friendship – Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh The Witch – Linda Muir	Best Film Editing Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon Arrival – Joe Walker Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts La La Land – Tom Cross
Best Original Score Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson Jackie – Mica Levi La La Land – Justin Hurwitz Moonlight – Nicholas Britell Swiss Army Man – Andy Hull and Robert McDowell	Best Production Design The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hee Arrival – Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Paul Hotte (Set Decoration) Jackie – Jean Rabasse (Production Design); Véronique Melery (Set Decoration) La La Land – David Wasco (Production Design); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Doug Chiang and Neil Lamont (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects Arrival – Louis Morin (TIE) Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, and Vincent Cirelli (TIE) Captain America: Civil War – Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, and Greg Steele The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, and Dan Lemmon Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould	Best Youth Performance Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch as Thomasin Alex Hibbert – Moonlight as Child Chiron / "Little" Royalty Hightower – The Fits as Toni Sunny Pawar – Lion as Saroo Brierley Harvey Scrimshaw – The Witch as Caleb
Best Villain Howard Stambler – 10 Cloverfield Lane (portrayed by John Goodman) Darcy Banker – Green Room (portrayed by Patrick Stewart) Orson Krennic – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn) Norman Nordstrom (a.k.a. "The Blind Man") – Don't Breathe (portrayed by Stephen Lang) Black Phillip – The Witch (portrayed by Charlie and voiced by Wahab Chaudhry)

Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 10 La La Land Moonlight 9 Arrival 7 Manchester by the Sea The Witch 6 Jackie 5 Hell or High Water 4 Elle The Handmaiden 3 Fences Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2 10 Cloverfield Lane 13th Captain Fantastic Love & Friendship

Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 6 Moonlight 3 Arrival 2 Elle The Handmaiden References "The 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016. External links Official website