# 2016 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

The 1st Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 5, 2017.
The nominations were announced on December 21, 2016.

## Winners and nominees

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