'' Moonlight '' received eight nominations at the 89th Academy Awards , the second highest of all nominees , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Supporting Actor ( for Ali ) , Best Supporting Actress ( for Harris ) and Best Adapted Screenplay . The film won three awards : for Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay . At the ceremony , presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read '' La La Land '' as the winner of Best Picture . Beatty later stated that he had mistakenly been given the duplicate Best Actress envelope , for which Emma Stone had won for her role in '' La La Land '' several minutes prior . When the mistake was realized , '' La La Land '' producer Jordan Horowitz came forward to announce '' Moonlight '' as the correct winner
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Moonlight (2016 film)