2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

Date| February 15, 2021
Site| Seattle, Washington
Highlights
Best Picture| Nomadland
Most awards| Nomadland (5)
Most nominations| Minari (8)

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* Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
* 2021 →

The 5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on February 15, 2021.

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Chloé Zhao, Best Director and Best Film Editing winner Riz Ahmed, Best Actor in a Leading Role winner Frances McDormand, Best Actress in a Leading Role winner Daniel Kaluuya, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner Youn Yuh-jung, Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner Emerald Fennell, Best Screenplay winner Jon Batiste, Best Original Score co-winner Trent Reznor (left) and Atticus Ross (right), Best Original Score co-winners Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Villain of the Year winner

Best Picture of the Year

Nomadland

* First Cow
* Hamilton
* The Invisible Man
* Judas and the Black Messiah
* Minari
* Never Rarely Sometimes Always
* Palm Springs
* Promising Young Woman
* Sound of Metal

Best Director

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

* Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
* Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
* Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock
* Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone

* Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
* Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
* Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul
* Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern

* Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
* Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn
* Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass
* Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton

* Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
* Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane
* Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke
* Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

* Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
* Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
* Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar
* Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies

Best Ensemble Cast

Da 5 Bloods

* Judas and the Black Messiah
* Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
* Minari
* One Night in Miami...

Best Action Choreography

Tenet

* Birds of Prey
* Extraction
* The Invisible Man
* Monster Hunter

Best Screenplay

Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

* First Cow – Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
* I'm Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
* Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
* Palm Springs – Andy Siara

Best Animated Feature

Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

* Onward – Dan Scanlon
* Over the Moon – John Kahrs and Glen Keane
* Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa
* Soul – Pete Docter and Kemp Powers

Best Documentary Feature

The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois

* Boys State – Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
* Collective – Alexander Nanau
* Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson
* Time – Garrett Bradley

Best Film Not in the English Language

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

* Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
* Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho
* La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante
* To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Best Cinematography

Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

* First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt
* Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
* Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
* News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

Best Costume Design

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth

* Birds of Prey – Erin Benach
* Emma – Alexandra Byrne
* First Cow – April Napier
* Mank – Trish Summerville

Best Film Editing

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

* Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough
* Tenet – Jennifer Lame
* Time – Gabriel Rhodes
* The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Original Score

Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross

* Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
* Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
* Minari – Emile Mosseri
* Tenet – Ludwig Göransson

Best Production Design

Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration)

* First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decoration)
* Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decoration)
* News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decoration)
* Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration)

Best Visual Effects

Tenet – Mike Chambers, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley

* Greyhound – Peter Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, and Sebastian Theo von Overheidt
* The Invisible Man – Aevar Bjarnason, Marcus Bolton, Jonathan Dearing, and Matt Ebb
* The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins
* Possessor – Murray Barber, Bryan Jones, and Derek Liscoumb

Best Youth Performance

Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi

* Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes as Enola Holmes
* Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird as Eun-hee
* Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar
* Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada

Villain of the Year

Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man – The Invisible Man (portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen)

* Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (portrayed by Frank Langella)
* Michael – Bacurau (portrayed by Udo Kier)
* Diane Sherman – Run (portrayed by Sarah Paulson)
* Roman Sionis / Black Mask – Birds of Prey (portrayed by Ewan McGregor)

Films that received multiple nominations  | Nominations  | Film

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8  | Minari
6  | First Cow
Nomadland
5  | The Invisible Man
Mank
Tenet
4  | Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Promising Young Woman
3  | Birds of Prey
News of the World
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2  | Palm Springs
Soul

Films that received multiple awards | Awards  | Film

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5  | Nomadland
3  | Minari
2  | Tenet

## References

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1. ^ ""Minari" Leads the 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

## External links

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Awards Categories|

* Picture
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* Actor
* Actress
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Ensemble Cast
* Action Choreography
* Screenplay
* Animated Feature
* Documentary Feature
* Foreign Language Film
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Film Editing
* Original Score
* Production Design
* Visual Effects
* Youth Performance
* Villain

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