Chicago Film Critics 2016 Winners Announced: Moonlight is Best Picture

The CFCA announced the winners for the 2016 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards today. Read through for the full list of winners.

Best Picture

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Jackie
87%

La La Land
91%

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Moonlight
98%

Best Director

Damien Chazelle

La La Land
91%

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight
98%

Pablo Larraín

Jackie
87%

Kenneth Lonergan

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Chan-wook Park

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Best Actor

Casey Affleck

Manchester by the Sea

Adam Driver

Paterson

Joel Edgerton

Loving

Colin Farrell

The Lobster

Denzel Washington

Fences

Best Actress

Amy Adams

Arrival

Rebecca Hall

Christine

Isabelle Huppert

Elle

Natalie Portman

Jackie

Emma Stone

La La Land

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

Viola Davis

Fences

Lily Gladstone

Certain Women

Naomie Harris

Moonlight

Janelle Monáe

Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams

Manchester by the Sea

Best Original Screenplay

Taylor Sheridan

Hell or High Water
97%

Noah Oppenheim

Jackie
87%

Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou

The Lobster
88%

Kenneth Lonergan

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight
98%

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Heisserer

Arrival
94%

David Birke

Elle
91%

Seo-Kyung Chung & Chan-wook Park

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Whit Stillman

Love & Friendship
97%

Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese

Silence
83%

Best Cinematography

Chung-hoon Chung

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Stéphane Fontaine

Jackie
87%

Linus Sandgren

La La Land
91%

James Laxton

Moonlight
98%

Rodrigo Prieto

Silence
83%

Best Original Score

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Arrival
94%

Mica Levi

Jackie
87%

Justin Hurwitz

La La Land
91%

Nicholas Britell

Moonlight
98%

Cliff Martinez

The Neon Demon
59%

Best Art Direction/Production Design

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Jackie
87%

La La Land
91%

The Neon Demon
59%

The Witch
90%

Best Editing

Nels Bangerter

Cameraperson
99%

Sebastián Sepúlveda

Jackie
87%

Tom Cross

La La Land
91%

Jennifer Lame

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders

Moonlight
98%

Best Foreign-Language Film

Elle
91%

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Julieta
84%

Neruda
93%

Toni Erdmann
93%

Best Documentary

Cameraperson
99%

Life, Animated
94%

O.J.: Made in America
100%

Tower
99%

Weiner
97%

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
97%

Moana
96%

The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge)
93%

Tower
99%

Zootopia
98%

Most Promising Performer

Lily Gladstone

Certain Women

Lucas Hedges

Manchester by the Sea

Royalty Hightower

The Fits

Janelle Monáe

Hidden Figures & Moonlight

Trevante Rhodes

Moonlight

Most Promising Filmmaker

Kelly Fremon Craig

The Edge of Seventeen
94%

Robert Eggers

The Witch
90%

Anna Rose Holmer

The Fits
97%

NTravis Knight

Kubo and the Two Strings
97%

Trey Edward Shults

Krisha
95%