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Boasting an unusually wide spread of winners, an indication of the excellent quality and quantity of great movies released over the past twelve months, this year only two film have won in more than one category. Moonlight, which after its historical -and shocking- won at the Oscars, stood above the rest also in our poll by earning a total of five Robers, namely best directing, adapting screenplay, acting ensemble, supporting actor-Mahershala Ali– and cinematography honours. Meanwhile, Park Chan-Wook‘s The Handmaiden was selected in the best Foreign Language and production design categories.

Kelly Reichard‘s collection of intimate female portraits in Certain Women was the runner-up in several categories, including best film, and earned Lily Gladstone the best supporting actress trophy. Other acting winners were Adam Driver, for his poetic rendition of a blue collar worker’s simple life in Paterson. Isabelle Huppert for her double tour de force in Paul Verhoeven‘s provocative thriller Elle and in Mia Hansen-Løve‘s reflection on how we adapt to life’s changes, Things To Come. Ruth Negga conquered the Rising Star award for the heartfelt interracial love story of Loving.

Other notable winners on this edition are Toni Erdmann for best comedy, Scott Walker for the soundtrack of The Childhood Of A Leader, Nick Cave’s documentary One More Time With Feeling and Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By The Sea‘s original screenplay. Alice Rowe‘s hilariously chilling Prevenge won the best first feature; the documentary Notes On Blindness was voted Best British Film and Pablo Larraín‘s Neruda biopic was named best Hispanic film.