Winners and nominees for the Seattle Film Critics Society 2016 awards
| WINNER | NOMINEES |
|---|---|
| BEST PICTURE Moonlight (A24)  | ☐ 13th (Netflix) ☐ ARRIVAL (Paramount) ☐ ELLE (Sony Pictures Classics) ☐ THE HANDMAIDEN (Amazon Studios/Magnolia Pictures) ☐ HELL OR HIGH WATER (CBS Films) ☐ JACKIE (Fox Searchlight) ☐ LA LA LAND (Lionsgate) ☐ MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions) ☐ THE WITCH (A24) |
| 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  | ☐ Ryan Gosling – La La Land ☐ Logan Lerman – Indignation ☐ Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic ☐ Denzel Washington – Fences |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Isabelle Huppert – Elle  | ☐ Amy Adams – Arrival ☐ Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship ☐ Natalie Portman – Jackie ☐ Emma Stone – La La Land |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Mahershala Ali – Moonlight | ☐ Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water ☐ Kyle Chandler – Manchester By The Sea ☐ John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane ☐ Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Viola Davis – Fences  | ☐ Lily Gladstone – Certain Women ☐ Naomie Harris – Moonlight ☐ Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters ☐ Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea |
| BEST ENSEMBLE CAST Moonlight | ☐ Captain Fantastic ☐ Hell Or High Water ☐ Fences ☐ Manchester By The Sea |
| BEST SCREENPLAY Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, Tarell 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 and Rich Moore, directors; Jared Bush, co-director  | ☐ Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton, director; Angus MacLane, co-director ☐ Kubo And The Two Strings – Travis Knight, director ☐ Moana – Ron Clements and John Musker, directors ☐ Tower – Keith Maitland, director |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE O.J.: Made In America – Ezra Edelman, director  | ☐ 13th – Ava DuVernay, director ☐ Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson, director ☐ Tickled – David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, directors ☐ Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, directors ☐ |
| BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Elle – Paul Verhoeven, director | ☐ The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook, director ☐ The Innocents – Anne Fontaine, director ☐ Under The Shadow – Babak Anvari, director ☐ The Wailing – Na Hong-jin, director |
| 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 Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh ☐ The Witch – Linda Muir |
| BEST FILM EDITING Moonlight – Nat Sanders, 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, Robert McDowell |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hee | ☐ Arrival – Patrice Vermette (production designer); Paul Hotte (key decorator) ☐ Jackie – Jean Rabasse (production designer); Véronique Melery (set decorator) ☐ La La Land – David Wasco (production designer); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set decorator) ☐ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont (production designers); Lee Sandales (set decorator) |
| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Arrival – Louis Morin (tie) Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vince Cerelli  | ☐ Captain America: Civil War – Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, Greg Steele ☐ The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, Dan Lemmon ☐ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould |
| BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch  | ☐ Alex Hibbert – Moonlight ☐ Royalty Hightower – The Fits ☐ Sunny Pawar – Lion ☐ Harvey Scrimshaw – The Witch |
| VILLAIN OF THE YEAR Howard Stambler – 10 Cloverfield Lane – portrayed by John Goodman  | ☐ Darcy Banker – Green Room – portrayed by Patrick Stewart ☐ Black Phillip – The Witch – portrayed by Charlie and voiced by Wahab Chaudary ☐ 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 |