National Board of Review 2016 winners: Manchester By The Sea outshines Moonlight to take Best Film.
You can view the full National Board Of Review 2016 winners below.
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While Moonlight may have devoured the majority of the top awards at Gotham earlier this week, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea proved to be the top movie for the National Board Of Review. The film, which was highly praised at TIFF on these very pages, bagged the Best Film, Best Actor (for Casey Affleck), and Best Original Screenplay awards. Barry Jenkins did however pick up the Best Director honour for Moonlight.
Amy Adams won Best Actress for Arrival, while Jeff Bridges took supporting actor for Hell Or High Water, and Naomie Harris for best supporting actress for her outstanding turn in Moonlight.
This pretty much levels the field for the run for Best Film at the Oscars so far, with both Moonlight and Manchester By The Sea sharing top honours so far on the awards run. Casey Affleck looks like an absolute cert for the actor categories, but there’s a long way to go until February when the Academy Awards polish things off for the year.
Here are the National Board Of Review 2016 winners in full.
Best Film: Manchester by the Sea
Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress: Amy Adams, Arrival
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence
Best Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower, The Fits
Best Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults, Krisha
Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman
Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America
Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures
Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson
