51st NSFC Awards
January 7, 2017
Best Film:
Moonlight
The 51st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2017, honored the best in film for 2016.[1][2]
Winners
editWinners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:
Best Picture
edit- Moonlight (54)
- Manchester by the Sea (39)
- La La Land (31)
Best Director
edit- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (53)
- Damien Chazelle – La La Land (37)
- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (23)
Best Actor
edit- Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea (65)
- Denzel Washington – Fences (21)
- Adam Driver – Paterson (20)
Best Actress
edit- Isabelle Huppert – Elle and Things to Come (55)
- Annette Bening – 20th Century Women (26)
- Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann (26)
Best Supporting Actor
edit- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (72)
- Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water (18)
- Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals (14)
Best Supporting Actress
edit- Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea (58)
- Lily Gladstone – Certain Women (45)
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight (25)
Best Screenplay
edit- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (61)
- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (39)
- Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water (16)
Best Cinematography
edit- James Laxton – Moonlight (52)
- Linus Sandgren – La La Land (27)
- Rodrigo Prieto – Silence (23)
Best Foreign Language Film
edit- Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade (52)
- The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook (26)
- Elle – Paul Verhoeven (19)
- Things to Come – Mia Hansen-Løve (19)
Best Non-Fiction Film
edit- O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman (64)
- I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck (36)
- 13th – Ava DuVernay (20)
Film Heritage Award
edit- Kino Lorber's 5-disc collection of Pioneers of African-American Cinema
Special Citation
edit- Cristi Puiu's Sieranevada, a film awaiting American distribution
References
edit- ^ "Awards for 2016". National Society of Film Critics. January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ Shanley, Patrick (January 7, 2017). "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 7, 2017.