Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2016

The 29th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 15, 2016. The awards honor the best in film for 2016. The nominations were announced on December 11. Moonlight received the most nominations (11), followed by Jackie (8), Manchester by the Sea (8), and La La Land (7).

Winners and nominees

Barry Jenkins, Best Director winner

Casey Affleck, Best Actor winner

Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner

Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor winner

Michelle Williams, Best Supporting Actress winner

The winners and nominees for the 29th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows:^[1]

Best Actor

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

• Adam Driver – Paterson
• Joel Edgerton – Loving
• Colin Farrell – The Lobster
• Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Actress

Natalie Portman – Jackie

• Amy Adams – Arrival
• Rebecca Hall – Christine
• Isabelle Huppert – Elle
• Emma Stone – La La Land

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Handmaiden – Seo-Kyung Chung and Chan-wook Park

• Arrival – Eric Heisserer
• Elle – David Birke
• Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman
• Silence – Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese

Best Animated Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

• Moana
• The Red Turtle
• Tower
• Zootopia

Best Art Direction/Production Design

The Handmaiden

• Jackie
• La La Land
• The Neon Demon
• The Witch

Best Cinematography

La La Land – Linus Sandgren

• The Handmaiden – Chung-hoon Chung
• Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine
• Moonlight – James Laxton
• Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Best Director

Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Pablo Larraín – Jackie
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Chan-wook Park – The Handmaiden

Best Documentary Film

O.J.: Made in America

• Cameraperson
• Life, Animated
• Tower
• Weiner

Best Editing

La La Land – Tom Cross

• Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter
• Jackie – Sebastián Sepúlveda
• Manchester by the Sea – Jennifer Lame
• Moonlight – Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders

Best Film

Moonlight

• The Handmaiden
• Jackie
• La La Land
• Manchester by the Sea

Best Foreign Language Film

The Handmaiden

• Elle
• Julieta
• Neruda
• Toni Erdmann

Best Original Score

Jackie – Mica Levi

• Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson
• La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
• Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
• The Neon Demon – Cliff Martinez

Best Original Screenplay

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

• Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
• Jackie – Noah Oppenheim
• The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
• Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

• Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar!
• Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
• Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight
• Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

• Viola Davis – Fences
• Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
• Naomie Harris – Moonlight
• Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures

Most Promising Filmmaker

Robert Eggers – The Witch

• Kelly Fremon Craig – The Edge of Seventeen
• Anna Rose Holmer – The Fits
• Travis Knight – Kubo and the Two Strings
• Trey Edward Shults – Krisha

Most Promising Performer

Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

• Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
• Royalty Hightower – The Fits
• Janelle Monae – Hidden Figures and Moonlight
• Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight

References

External links

• Official website