Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2016 Explained

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).

Number:	29
Award:	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Date:	December 15, 2016
Site:	Chicago, Illinois U.S.
Best Film:	Moonlight
Most Wins:	Manchester by the Sea (4)
Most Nominations:	Moonlight (11)

Winners and nominees

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

Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Moonlight - Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner The Handmaiden - Park Chan-wook and Syd Lim Jackie - La La Land - Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt Manchester by the Sea - Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh	Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Damien Chazelle – La La Land Pablo Larraín – Jackie Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Chan-wook Park – The Handmaiden
Best Actor	Best Actress
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler Adam Driver – Paterson as Paterson Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard Loving Colin Farrell – The Lobster as David Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson	Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy Amy Adams – Arrival as Louise Banks Rebecca Hall – Christine as Christine Chubbuck Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michele Leblanc Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle Ben Foster – Hell or High Water as Tanner Howard Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight as Chiron Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes	Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson Lily Gladstone – Certain Women as Jamie Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures as Mary Jackson
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Manchester by the Sea – Written by Kenneth Lonergan Hell or High Water – Written by Taylor Sheridan Jackie – Written by Noah Oppenheim The Lobster – Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou Moonlight – Written by Barry Jenkins	The Handmaiden – Seo-Kyung Chung and Chan-wook Park based on the novel Fingersmith by author Sarah Waters Arrival – by Eric Heisserer based on the story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang Elle – by David Birke based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian Love & Friendship – by Whit Stillman based on the novel Lady Susan by Jane Austen Silence – by Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese based on the book by Shusaku Endo
Best Animated Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Kubo and the Two Strings - Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner Moana - John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer The Red Turtle - Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki Tower Zootopia - Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer	The Handmaiden (South Korea) in Japanese - Directed by Park Chan-wook Elle (France) in French - Directed by Paul Verhoeven Julieta (Spain) in Spanish - Directed by Pedro Almodovar Neruda (Spain) in Spanish - Directed by Pablo Larrain Toni Erdmann (Germany) by German - Directed by Maren Ade
Best Documentary Film	Best Original Score
- Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow Cameraperson - Kirsten Johnson and Marilyn Ness Life, Animated - Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman Tower - Keith Matiland, Susan Thomson and Megan Gilbride Weiner - Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg	Jackie – Mica Levi Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson La La Land – Justin Hurwitz Moonlight – Nicholas Britell The Neon Demon – Cliff Martinez
Best Production Design	Best Editing
The Handmaiden - Production Designer: Seong-hie Ryu ; Set Decorator: - Jackie - Production Design: Halina Gebarowicz, Mathieu Junot and Emmanuel Prevot; Set Decorator: - La La Land - Production Designer: Austin Gorg; Set Decorator: David Agajanian The Neon Demon - Production Designer: Austin Gorg; Set Decorator: - The Witch - Production Designer: Andrea Kristof; Set Decorator: -	La La Land – Tom Cross Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter Jackie – Sebastián Sepúlveda Manchester by the Sea – Jennifer Lame Moonlight – Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
Best Cinematography
La La Land – Linus Sandgren The Handmaiden – Chung-hoon Chung Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine Moonlight – James Laxton Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
Most Promising Filmmaker	Most Promising Performer
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	Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler Lily Gladstone – Certain Women as Jamie Royalty Hightower – The Fits as Toni Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures as Mary Jackson and Moonlight as Teresa Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight as Chiron

Awards breakdown

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
11	Moonlight
8	Jackie
	Manchester by the Sea
7	La La Land
6	The Handmaiden
3	Arrival
	Elle
2	Silence
	Kubo and the Two Strings
	Hidden Figures
	The Witch
	The Lobster
	Fences
	Certain Women
	The Fits

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
4	Manchester by the Sea
3	Moonlight
	The Handmaiden
2	Jackie
	La La Land

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2016 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nominees. December 11, 2016. December 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203224020/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/component/content/article/148-cfca-nominees-2016. February 3, 2017. dead.