The Boston Society of Film Critics picked the winners for their 2016 Awards on December 10 and announced them on December 11. Damien Chazelle‘s La La Land, one of the Oscar frontrunners for Best Picture, took home three awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing. Two other Oscar hopefuls, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea, and Park Chan-wook’s drama from South Korea, The Handmaiden, all took home two awards of their own. See below for the full list of winners.
Best Picture: La La Land (2016) 91%
Best Actor: Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea (2016) 96%
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert for Elle (2016) 91% and Things to Come (2016) 99%
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali for Moonlight (2016) 98%
Best Supporting Actress: Lily Gladstone for Certain Women (2016) 92%
Best Director: Damien Chazelle for La La Land (2016) 91%
Best Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea (2016) 96%
Best Cinematography: Chung-hoon Chung for The Handmaiden (2016) 96%
Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America (2016) 100%
Best Foreign-Language Film: The Handmaiden (2016) 96%
Best Animated Film: Tower (2016) 99%
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): Tom Cross for La La Land (2016) 91%
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): Robert Eggers for The Witch (2015) 90%
Best Ensemble Cast: Moonlight (2016) 98%
Best Original Score: Mica Levi for Jackie (2016) 88%
