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  • Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins

    2016 Best Director - Moonlight

  • Kevin J. Walsh, Lauren Beck, Kenneth Lonergan, Kimberly Steward, Matthew Broderick

    Kevin J. Walsh, Lauren Beck, Kenneth Lonergan, Kimberly Steward, Matthew Broderick

    2016 Best Film - Manchester By the Sea

  • Casey Affleck

    Casey Affleck

    2016 Best Actor - Manchester By the Sea

  • Amy Adams

    Amy Adams

    2016 Best Actress - Arrival

  • Jeff Bridges

    Jeff Bridges

    2016 Best Supporting Actor - Hell or High Water

  • Naomi Harris

    Naomi Harris

    2016 Best Supporting Actress - Moonlight

  • Ezra Edelman

    Ezra Edelman

    2016 Best Documentary - O.J.: Made in America

  • Travis Knight

    Travis Knight

    2016 Best Animated Feature - Kubo and the Two Strings

  • Asghar Farhadi

    Asghar Farhadi

    2016 Best Foreign Language Film - The Salesman

  • Riley Keough, Trey Edward Shults

    Riley Keough, Trey Edward Shults

    Presenter; 2016 Best Directorial Debut - Krisha

  • Peter Berg, Mark Wahlberg

    Peter Berg, Mark Wahlberg

    2016 Spotlight Award for Creative Collaboration

  • Aldis Hodge, Astronaut Yvonne Cagle, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali

    Aldis Hodge, Astronaut Yvonne Cagle, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali

    Yvonne Cagle, Presenter; 2016 Best Ensemble - Hidden Figures

  • Royalty Hightower

    Royalty Hightower

    2016 Breakthrough Female Performance - The Fits

  • Lucas Hedges

    Lucas Hedges

    2016 Breakthrough Male Performance - Manchester By the Sea

  • Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks

    Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks

    2016 Best Adapted Screenplay - Silence

  • Kirsten Johnson

    Kirsten Johnson

    2016 Freedom of Expression - Cameraperson

  • Seth Meyers

    Seth Meyers

    Presenter, 2016 Best Documentary - O.J.: Made in America

  • Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Presenter, 2016 Best Director - Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

  • Lucas Hedges, Greta Gerwig

    Lucas Hedges, Greta Gerwig

    2016 Breakthrough Male Performance, Manchester By the Sea; Presenter

  • Amy Adams

    Amy Adams

    2016 Best Actress

  • Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal

    2016 Best Supporting Actor; Presenter

  • Annie Schulhof

    Annie Schulhof

    NBR President

  • Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris

    Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris

  • Willie Geist

    Willie Geist

    Master of Ceremonies

  • Liam Neeson, Adam Driver

    Liam Neeson, Adam Driver

    Presenters, 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay - Silence

  • Kevin Bacon

    Kevin Bacon

    Presenter, 2016 Spotlight Award for Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg

  • Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, Adam Driver

    Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, Adam Driver

    2016 Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Astronaut Yvonne Cagle

    Astronaut Yvonne Cagle

    Presenter, 2016 Best Ensemble

  • J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan

    J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan

    2016 Best Original Screenplay - Manchester By the Sea

  • Chris Messina

    Chris Messina

    Presenter, 2016 Best Actress - Amy Adams

  • Seth Meyers

    Seth Meyers

  • Mahershala Ali

    Mahershala Ali

    2016 Best Ensemble - Hidden Figures Presenter, 2016 Best Supporting Actress - Naomie Harris

  • Amy Adams, Casey Affleck

    Amy Adams, Casey Affleck

  • Quvenzhané Wallis

    Quvenzhané Wallis

    Presenter, 2016 Breakthrough Female Performance - Royalty Hightower, The Fits

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  • Kirsten Johnson

    Kirsten Johnson

    2016 Freedom of Expression - Cameraperson

  • Adam Driver, Martin Scorsese

    Adam Driver, Martin Scorsese

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges

  • Thelma Schoonmaker, Jay Cocks

    Thelma Schoonmaker, Jay Cocks

  • Rebecca Miller

    Rebecca Miller

    Presenter, 2016 Best Foreign Language Film - The Salesman

  • Octavia Spencer, Aldis Hodge

    Octavia Spencer, Aldis Hodge

  • Matthew Broderick

    Matthew Broderick

    Presenter, 2016 Best Film - Manchester By the Sea

  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

    Presenter, 2016 Best Animated Feature - Kubo and the Two Strings

  • Travis Knight

    Travis Knight

    2016 Best Animated Feature - Kubo and the Two Strings

  • Peter Berg, Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg

    Peter Berg, Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg

    2016 Spotlight Award for Creative Collaboration

  • Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig

    Presenter, 2016 Breakthrough Male Performance - Lucas Hedges

  • Quvenzhané Wallis, Royalty Hightower

    Quvenzhané Wallis, Royalty Hightower

  • Trey Edward Shults

    Trey Edward Shults

    2016 Best Directorial Debut - Krisha

  • Lucas Hedges, Greta Gerwig

    Lucas Hedges, Greta Gerwig

  • Ezra Edelman, Willie Geist

    Ezra Edelman, Willie Geist

  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

  • Edie Falco, Greta Gerwig

    Edie Falco, Greta Gerwig

  • Casey Affleck

    Casey Affleck

  • Clay Tweel, Michel Varisco-Gleason

    Clay Tweel, Michel Varisco-Gleason

    Gleason

  • Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese

  • Aldis Hodge, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali

    Aldis Hodge, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali

    2016 Best Ensemble - Hidden Figures

  • Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Maggie Gyllenhaal

  • Kenneth Lonergan, Lucas Hedges

    Kenneth Lonergan, Lucas Hedges

  • Ta-Nehisi Coates, Barry Jenkins

    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Barry Jenkins

  • Chris Messina, Amy Adams

    Chris Messina, Amy Adams

  • Kirsten Johnson, Laura Poitras, Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Kirsten Johnson, Laura Poitras, Maggie Gyllenhaal

  • Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris

    Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris

  • Rebecca Miller, Asghar Farhadi

    Rebecca Miller, Asghar Farhadi

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Maggie Gyllenhaal

  • Liam Neeson, Adam Driver

    Liam Neeson, Adam Driver

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges

  • Mahershala Ali

    Mahershala Ali

  • Willie Geist, Seth Meyers

    Willie Geist, Seth Meyers

  • Naomie Harris, Barry Jenkins

    Naomie Harris, Barry Jenkins

  • Amy Adams

    Amy Adams

  • Riley Keough

    Riley Keough

  • Edie Falco

    Edie Falco

  • Royalty Hightower

    Royalty Hightower

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A select group of knowledgeable film enthusiasts and professionals, academics, young filmmakers and students, the National Board of Review viewed over 260 films in 2016 including studio, independent, foreign-language, animated and documentary selections.

These screenings were frequently followed by in-depth discussions with filmmakers, directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters. Voting ballots were tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.

The National Board of Review honors diverse members of the film community at their annual Awards Gala. Hosted by Willie Geist, the 2016 Awards Gala gala took place on January 4, 2017 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

“Manchester by the Sea is a masterful film which explores love, loss, and redemption in a deeply moving and completely original way,” said NBR President Annie Schulhof. “We were thrilled to award it our Best Film, as well as to honor Barry Jenkins’ singular directorial vision for Moonlight.”

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Manchester by the Sea is a masterful film which explores love, loss, and redemption in a deeply moving and completely original way

– Annie Schulhof, NBR President