Here are the 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees!  I don’t know what the cat’s yawning about; these nominations are actually an interesting mix of the usual suspects (Moonlight, Manchester, La La Land) and a few unexpected but intriguing picks (like 13th and The Witch).

THE 2016 SEATTLE FILM AWARD NOMINEES:

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR:

• 13^th (Netflix)
• ARRIVAL (Paramount)
• ELLE (Sony Pictures Classics)
• THE HANDMAIDEN (Amazon Studios/Magnolia Pictures)
• HELL OR HIGH WATER (CBS Films)
• JACKIE (Fox Searchlight)
• LA LA LAND (Lionsgate)
• MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions)
• MOONLIGHT (A24)
• THE WITCH (A24)

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Robert Eggers – The Witch
• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• Paul Verhoeven – Elle
• Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE:

• Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea
• Ryan Gosling – La La Land
• Logan Lerman – Indignation
• Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
• Denzel Washington – Fences

BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE:

• Amy Adams – Arrival
• Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
• Isabelle Huppert – Elle
• Natalie Portman – Jackie
• Emma Stone – La La Land

BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Mahershala Ali– Moonlight
• Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water
• Kyle Chandler – Manchester By The Sea
• John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea

BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Viola Davis – Fences
• Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
• Naomie Harris – Moonlight
• Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
• Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:

• Captain Fantastic
• Hell Or High Water
• Fences
• Manchester By The Sea
• Moonlight

BEST SCREENPLAY:

• Arrival – Eric Heisserer
• Hell Or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
• La La Land – Damien Chazelle
• Manchester By The Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
• Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell McCraney

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

• Finding Dory – Andrew Stanton, director; Angus MacLane, co-director
• Kubo And The Two Strings – Travis Knight, director
• Moana – Ron Clements and John Musker, directors
• Tower – Keith Maitland, director
• Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore, directors; Jared Bush, co-director.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Elle – Paul Verhoeven, director
• The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook, director
• The Innocents – Anne Fontaine, director
• Under The Shadow – Babak Anvari, director
• The Wailing – Na Hong-jin, director

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

• 13th – Ava DuVernay, director
• Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson, director
• O.J.: Made In America – Ezra Edelman, director
• Tickled – David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, directors
• Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, directors

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Arrival – Bradford Young
• Jackie – Stéphane Fontaine
• La La Land – Linus Sandgren
• Moonlight – James Laxton
• The Witch – Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

• The Handmaiden – Cho Sang-kyung
• Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
• La La Land – Mary Zophres
• Love & Friendship – Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
• The Witch – Linda Muir

BEST FILM EDITING:

• Arrival – Joe Walker
• Cameraperson – Nels Bangerter, David Teague
• Hell Or High Water – Jake Roberts
• La La Land – Tom Cross
• Moonlight – Nat Sanders, Joi McMillon

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Jackie – Mica Levi
• La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
• Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
• Swiss Army Man – Andy Hull, Robert McDowell

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• Arrival – Patrice Vermette (production designer); Paul Hotte (key decorator)
• The Handmaiden – Ryu Seong-hee
• Jackie – Jean Rabasse (production designer); Véronique Melery (set decorator)
• La La Land – David Wasco (production designer); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set decorator)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont (production designers); Lee Sandales (set decorator)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Arrival – Louis Morin
• Captain America: Civil War – Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, Greg Steele
• Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vince Cerelli
• The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, Dan Lemmon
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming):

• Alex Hibbert – Moonlight
• Royalty Hightower – The Fits
• Sunny Pawar – Lion
• Harvey Scrimshaw – The Witch
• Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch

BEST VILLAIN:

• Darcy Banker – Green Room – portrayed by Patrick Stewart
• Black Phillip – The Witch – portrayed by Charlie and voiced by Wahab Chaudary
• Orson Krennic – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn
• Norman Nordstrom (a/k/a ‘The Blind Man’) – Don’t Breathe – portrayed by Stephen Lang
• Howard Stambler – 10 Cloverfield Lane – portrayed by John Goodman