2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

2016 IndieWire Critics Poll
2016 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date	December 19, 2016
Highlights
Best Film	Moonlight
Most awards	Moonlight (6)
Most nominations	Moonlight (10)
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The 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll was the eleventh instance of the IndieWire Critics Poll, an annual poll hosted by the website IndieWire to recognize various film-related achievements, including the year's best film, best director, and best score/soundtrack. The winners of the 2016 poll were announced on December 19, 2016.^[1]^[2]

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Best Picture	Best Director
1st: Moonlight 2nd: Manchester by the Sea 3rd: La La Land 4th: Toni Erdmann 5th: O.J.: Made in America 6th: Paterson 7th: The Handmaiden 8th: Arrival 9th: Hell or High Water 10th: Jackie	1st: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 2nd: Damien Chazelle – La La Land 3rd: Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann 4th: Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea 5th: Chan-wook Park – The Handmaiden 6th: Pablo Larraín – Jackie 7th: Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women (TIE) 7th: Denis Villeneuve – Arrival (TIE) 9th: Paul Verhoeven – Elle 10th: Martin Scorsese – Silence
Best Actor	Best Actress
*1st: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea* as Lee Chandler** 2nd: Adam Driver – Paterson as Paterson 3rd: Colin Farrell – The Lobster as David 4th: Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann as Winfried Conradi / Toni Erdmann 5th: Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson 6th: Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard Loving 7th: Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder 8th: Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash 9th: Vincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man as Thierry Taugourdeau 10th: Ethan Hawke – Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker	*1st: Isabelle Huppert – Elle* as Michèle Leblanc** 2nd: Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy 3rd: Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann as Ines Conradi 4th: Sônia Braga – Aquarius as Doña Clara (TIE) 4th: Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan (TIE) 6th: Amy Adams – Arrival as Louise Banks 7th: Rebecca Hall – Christine as Christine Chubbuck 8th: Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving 9th: Annette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields 10th: Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come as Nathalie Chazeaux
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*1st: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight* as Juan** 2nd: Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle 3rd: Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler 4th: Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton 5th: Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight as Adult Chiron 6th: Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes 7th: Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship as Sir James Martin 8th: André Holland – Moonlight as Adult Kevin 9th: Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Carlos Holt 10th: John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler	*1st: Lily Gladstone – Certain Women* as Jamie** 2nd: Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi 3rd: Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula 4th: Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson 5th: Tilda Swinton – A Bigger Splash as Marianne Lane 6th: Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women as Abigail "Abbie" Porter 7th: Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters as Dr. Jillian "Holtz" Holtzmann 8th: Kristen Stewart – Certain Women as Beth Travis 9th: Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures as Mary Jackson 10th: Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake as Katie Morgan
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
*1st: Manchester by the Sea* – Kenneth Lonergan** 2nd: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins 3rd: Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman 4th: Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan 5th: The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou 6th: Arrival – Eric Heisserer 7th: Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade 8th: Jackie – Noah Oppenheim 9th: Paterson – Jim Jarmusch 10th: La La Land – Damien Chazelle	*1st: Moonlight* – James Laxton** 2nd: La La Land – Linus Sandgren 3rd: Arrival – Bradford Young 4th: The Handmaiden – Chung Chung-hoon 5th: Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine 6th: American Honey – Robbie Ryan 7th: The Neon Demon – Natasha Braier 8th: Knight of Cups – Emmanuel Lubezki 9th: Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson 10th: Nocturnal Animals – Seamus McGarvey
Best Editing	Best Original Score or Soundtrack
*1st: Moonlight* – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon** 2nd: O.J.: Made in America – Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski 3rd: La La Land – Tom Cross 4th: Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter 5th: Jackie – Sebastián Sepúlveda 6th: Manchester by the Sea – Jennifer Lame 7th: Arrival – Joe Walker 8th: The Handmaiden – Jae-Bum Kim, Sang-beom Kim 9th: I Am Not Your Negro – Alexandra Strauss 10th: Nocturnal Animals – Joan Sobel	*1st: Jackie* – Mica Levi** 2nd: La La Land – Justin Hurwitz 3rd: Moonlight – Nicholas Britell 4th: Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson 5th: The Neon Demon – Cliff Martinez 6th: Sing Street 7th: The Childhood of a Leader – Scott Walker 8th: American Honey (TIE) 8th: The Handmaiden – Yeong-wook Jo (TIE) 10th: The Fits – Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Best Documentary	Best First Feature
1st place: O.J.: Made in America 2nd place: Cameraperson 3rd place: I Am Not Your Negro 4th place: 13th 5th place: Weiner 6th place: Fire at Sea 7th place: Tower 8th place: Kate Plays Christine 9th place: De Palma 10th place: No Home Movie	*1st: The Witch* – Robert Eggers** 2nd: Krisha – Trey Edward Shults 3rd: The Edge of Seventeen – Kelly Fremon Craig 4th: Swiss Army Man – Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert 5th: Indignation – James Schamus (TIE) 5th: Kali Blues – Gan Bi 7th: Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg 8th: Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari (TIE) 8th: The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce (TIE) 10th: Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson
Most Anticipated of 2017	Best Undistributed Film
1st place: Blade Runner 2049 2nd place: Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3rd place: Dunkirk 4th place: Phantom Thread 5th place: Baby Driver 6th place: John Wick: Chapter 2 7th place: Alien: Covenant 8th place: The Beguiled 9th place: Wonder Woman 10th place: The Lost City of Z	1st place: Sieranevada 2nd place: Nocturama 3rd place: My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea 4th place: Hermia & Helena 5th place: Yourself and Yours 6th place: Una 7th place: The Lure 8th place: Austerlitz 9th place: Prevenge 10th place: Dark Night
Best Overlooked Film
1st place: The Fits 2nd place: Always Shine 3rd place: Happî awâ 3rd place: Krisha 5th place: Evolution 6th place: Embrace of the Serpent 7th place: Chevalier 7th place: Little Men 9th place: Sand Storm 9th place: Sunset Song

Nominations	Films
10	Moonlight
9	La La Land
8	Jackie
7	Arrival
7	Manchester by the Sea
5	The Handmaiden
5	Toni Erdmann
4	Cameraperson
3	Certain Women
	Hell or High Water
	Nocturnal Animals
	O.J.: Made in America
	Paterson
2	American Honey
	A Bigger Splash
	Elle
	Fences
	The Fits
	I Am Not Your Negro
	Krisha
	The Lobster
	Love & Friendship
	Loving
	The Neon Demon
	Weiner

2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

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