Winners: 2017 National Society of Film Critics

Moonlight was the big winner at the National Society of Film Critic’s annual awards, picking up Best Picture and three other prizes.

Manchester by the Sea scooped three while La La Land left empty handed. Toni Erdmann continued its run towards an Oscar for foreign language film.

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The Society, made up of many of the country’s most distinguished movie critics, held its 51st annual awards voting meeting at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Fifty-four members are eligible to vote, though a few disqualify themselves if they haven’t seen almost every film. Any movie that opened in the U.S. during the year 2016 was eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January 7^th . There is no awards party; scrolls are sent to the winners.

2017 NSFC Awards: The Winners

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

BEST SCREENPLAY
Manchester by the Sea

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Moonlight

BEST PICTURE
Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Toni Erdmann

BEST NON-FICTION FILM
O.J.: Made in America