Seattle Film Critics Society

American film critics organization

Seattle Film Critics Society

Seattle Film Critics Society logo

Founded| 2016
Purpose| Film criticism
Headquarters| Seattle, Washington
Location|

* Seattle, Washington

President

| Kathy Fennessy
Website| seattlefilmcritics.com

The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) is an organization of film critics based in the greater Seattle area and surrounding areas of Washington state. It is represented by 40 members who work in print, radio, television and online mediums. The society presents an annual awards announcement, honoring the best achievements in film, nominated and selected by all active members of the society.[1][2]

In 2023, the category "Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking" was introduced to specifically honor Pacific Northwest filmmaking. The award is meant to celebrate the many talented filmmakers who call the region home and who produce work there. A nominating committee carefully considered a wide variety of feature films released during 2022 with strong connections to the region and selected five finalists. The winner was determined by a vote of the full membership and announced alongside the SFCS's other awards on January 17, 2023.[3]

## Board of Directors

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As of 2024[update], as listed on the organization's website:[4]

* President – Kathy Fennessy
* Vice President – Chase Hutchinson
* Treasurer – Michael Clawson
* Awards Coordinator – Josh Bis
* Membership Coordinator – Mike Ward
* Communications Director – Thomas Stoneham-Judge
* Trustees – Sara Michelle Fetters, Steve Reeder, Taylor Baker

## Categories

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* Best Picture
* Best Director
* Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Best Ensemble Cast
* Best Screenplay
* Best Animated Feature
* Best Documentary Feature
* Best International Film
* Best Cinematography
* Best Costume Design
* Best Film Editing
* Best Original Score
* Best Production Design
* Best Visual Effects
* Best Action Choreography
* Best Youth Performance
* Villain of the Year
* Pacific Northwest Award

## Ceremony information

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Date

Most Nominations

Most Wins

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January 5, 2017  | La La Land / Moonlight (10)[5] | Moonlight (6)[6]
December 18, 2017  | Blade Runner 2049 (8)[7] | Lady Bird / Phantom Thread (3)[8]
December 17, 2018  | The Favourite (11)[9] | Roma (4)[10]
December 16, 2019  | The Irishman (10)[11] | Parasite (5)[12]
February 15, 2021  | Minari (8)[13] | Nomadland (5)[14]
January 17, 2022 | The Power of the Dog (11)[15] | Drive My Car (4)[16]
January 17, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once (14)[17] | Everything Everywhere All at Once (4)[18]

## SFCS Award for Best Picture of the Year

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Year  | Film  | Distributor(s)

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2016
Moonlight | A24
13th | Netflix
Arrival | Paramount Pictures
Elle | Sony Pictures Classics
The Handmaiden | Amazon Studios / Magnolia Pictures
Hell or High Water | CBS Films
Jackie | Fox Searchlight Pictures
La La Land | Lionsgate Films / Summit Entertainment
Manchester by the Sea | Amazon Studios / Roadside Attractions
The Witch | A24
2017
Get Out | Universal Pictures
Blade Runner 2049 | Warner Bros.
The Disaster Artist | A24
Dunkirk | Warner Bros.
The Florida Project | A24
Lady Bird
Logan | 20th Century Studios
Phantom Thread | Focus Features
The Post | 20th Century Studios
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight Pictures
2018
Roma | Netflix
Black Panther | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Blindspotting | Lionsgate Films / Summit Entertainment
The Favourite | Fox Searchlight Pictures
First Reformed | A24
If Beale Street Could Talk | Annapurna Pictures
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Paramount Pictures
Paddington 2 | Warner Bros.
A Star Is Born
Suspiria | Amazon Studios
2019
Parasite | NEON
1917 | Universal Pictures
The Farewell | A24
Ford v Ferrari | 20th Century Studios
The Irishman | Netflix
The Lighthouse | A24
Little Women | Sony Pictures Releasing
Marriage Story | Netflix
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Sony Pictures Releasing
Uncut Gems | A24
2020
Nomadland | Searchlight Pictures
First Cow | A24
Hamilton | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Invisible Man | Universal Pictures
Judas and the Black Messiah | Warner Bros.
Minari | A24
Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Focus Features
Palm Springs | NEON
Promising Young Woman | Focus Features
Sound of Metal | Amazon Studios
2021
Drive My Car | Janus Films
CODA | Apple TV+
Dune | Warner Bros.
The Green Knight | A24
In the Heights | Warner Bros.
Licorice Pizza | MGM / United Artists Releasing
Pig | NEON
The Power of the Dog | Netflix
Titane | NEON
West Side Story | 20th Century Studios
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once | A24
Aftersun | A24
The Banshees of Inisherin | Searchlight Pictures
Cha Cha Real Smooth | Apple TV+
Decision to Leave | MUBI
The Fabelmans | Universal Pictures
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Netflix
Nope | Universal Pictures
Tár | Focus Features
Top Gun: Maverick | Paramount Pictures

## SFCS Award for Best Director

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Year  | Director(s)  | Film

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2016
Barry Jenkins | Moonlight
Damien Chazelle | La La Land
Robert Eggers | The Witch
Paul Verhoeven | Elle
Denis Villeneuve | Arrival
2017
Christopher Nolan | Dunkirk
Sean Baker | The Florida Project
Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird
Jordan Peele | Get Out
Denis Villeneuve | Blade Runner 2049
2018
Alfonso Cuarón | Roma
Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born
Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite
Paul Schrader | First Reformed
2019
Bong Joon-ho | Parasite
Robert Eggers | The Lighthouse
Greta Gerwig | Little Women
Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie | Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese | The Irishman
2020
Chloé Zhao | Nomadland
Lee Isaac Chung | Minari
Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman
Steve McQueen | Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt | First Cow

## SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Year  | Actor  | Role  | Film

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2016
Casey Affleck | Lee Chandler | Manchester by the Sea
Ryan Gosling | Sebastian Wilder  | La La Land
Logan Lerman | Marcus Messner  | Indignation
Viggo Mortensen | Ben Cash  | Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington | Troy Maxson  | Fences
2017
Daniel Day-Lewis | Reynolds Woodcock | Phantom Thread
James Franco | Tommy Wiseau | The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya | Chris Washington  | Get Out
Gary Oldman | Winston Churchill | Darkest Hour
Robert Pattinson | Constantine "Connie" Nikas  | Good Time
2018
Ethan Hawke | Reverend Ernst Toller | First Reformed
Bradley Cooper | Jackson Maine  | A Star Is Born
Daveed Diggs | Collin Hoskins  | Blindspotting
Rami Malek | Freddie Mercury | Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix | Joe  | You Were Never Really Here
2019
Adam Driver | Charlie Barber | Marriage Story
Antonio Banderas | Salvador Mallo  | Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro | Frank Sheeran | The Irishman
Joaquin Phoenix | Arthur Fleck / Joker | Joker
Adam Sandler | Howard Ratner  | Uncut Gems
2020
Riz Ahmed | Ruben Stone | Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman | Levee Green  | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins | Anthony  | The Father
Delroy Lindo | Paul  | Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun | Jacob Yi  | Minari

## SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

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Year  | Actress  | Role  | Film

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2016
Isabelle Huppert | Michèle Leblanc | Elle
Amy Adams | Dr. Louise Banks  | Arrival
Kate Beckinsale | Lady Susan Vernon  | Love & Friendship
Natalie Portman | Jackie Kennedy | Jackie
Emma Stone | Mia Dolan  | La La Land
2017
Saoirse Ronan | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson | Lady Bird
Sally Hawkins | Elisa Esposito  | The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand | Mildred Hayes  | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie | Tonya Harding | I, Tonya
Meryl Streep | Katharine Graham | The Post
2018
Toni Collette | Annie Graham | Hereditary
Yalitza Aparicio | Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez  | Roma
Olivia Colman | Queen Anne | The Favourite
Lady Gaga | Ally Maine  | A Star Is Born
Regina Hall | Lisa Conroy  | Support the Girls
2019
Lupita Nyong'o | Adelaide Wilson / Red | Us
Awkwafina | Billi Wang  | The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson | Nicole Barber  | Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan | Josephine "Jo" March  | Little Women
Renée Zellweger | Judy Garland | Judy
2020
Frances McDormand | Fern | Nomadland
Viola Davis | Ma Rainey | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigan | Autumn  | Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Elisabeth Moss | Cecilia Kass  | The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas  | Promising Young Woman

## SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Year  | Actor  | Role  | Film

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2016
Mahershala Ali | Juan | Moonlight
Jeff Bridges | Marcus Hamilton  | Hell or High Water
Kyle Chandler | Joseph Chandler  | Manchester by the Sea
John Goodman | Howard Stambler  | 10 Cloverfield Lane
Lucas Hedges | Patrick Chandler  | Manchester by the Sea
2017
Willem Dafoe | Bobby Hicks | The Florida Project
Barry Keoghan | Martin Lang  | The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Sam Rockwell | Jason Dixon  | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Shannon | Richard Strickland  | The Shape of Water
Patrick Stewart | Charles Xavier / Professor X | Logan
2018
Richard E. Grant | Jack Hock | Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mahershala Ali | Don Shirley | Green Book
Russell Hornsby | Maverick Carter  | The Hate U Give
Michael B. Jordan | Erik Killmonger | Black Panther
Steven Yeun | Ben  | Burning
2019
Willem Dafoe | Thomas Wake | The Lighthouse
Tom Hanks | Fred Rogers | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Song Kang-ho | Kim Ki-taek  | Parasite
Joe Pesci | Russell Bufalino | The Irishman
Brad Pitt | Cliff Booth  | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020
Daniel Kaluuya | Fred Hampton | Judas and the Black Messiah
Sacha Baron Cohen | Abbie Hoffman | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bill Murray | Felix Keane  | On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. | Sam Cooke | One Night in Miami...
Paul Raci | Joe  | Sound of Metal

## SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Year  | Actress  | Role  | Film

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2016
Viola Davis | Rose Maxson | Fences
Lily Gladstone | Jamie / The Rancher  | Certain Women
Naomie Harris | Paula  | Moonlight
Kate McKinnon | Dr. Jillian Holtzmann  | Ghostbusters
Michelle Williams | Randi Chandler  | Manchester by the Sea
2017
Laurie Metcalf | Marion McPherson | Lady Bird
Tiffany Haddish | Dina  | Girls Trip
Holly Hunter | Beth Gardner  | The Big Sick
Allison Janney | LaVona Golden  | I, Tonya
Lesley Manville | Cyril Woodcock  | Phantom Thread
2018
Regina King | Sharon Rivers | If Beale Street Could Talk
Elizabeth Debicki | Alice Gunner  | Widows
Claire Foy | Janet Armstrong  | First Man
Emma Stone | Abigail Masham | The Favourite
Rachel Weisz | Sarah Churchill
2019
Jennifer Lopez | Ramona Vega | Hustlers
Laura Dern | Nora Fanshaw  | Marriage Story
Florence Pugh | Amy March  | Little Women
Taylor Russell | Emily Williams  | Waves
Zhao Shu-zhen | Nai Nai  | The Farewell
2020
Youn Yuh-jung | Soon-ja | Minari
Maria Bakalova | Tutar Sagdiyev  | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman | Anne  | The Father
Talia Ryder | Skylar  | Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Amanda Seyfried | Marion Davies | Mank

## SFCS Award for Best Ensemble Cast

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Year  | Film

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2016
Moonlight
Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hell or High Water
Manchester by the Sea
2017
Get Out
Call Me by Your Name
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018
Widows
Black Panther
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Vice
2019
Parasite
The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami...

## SFCS Award for Best Action Choreography

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Year  | Film

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2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
1917
Avengers: Endgame
Ford v Ferrari
Shadow
2020
Tenet
Birds of Prey
Extraction
The Invisible Man
Monster Hunter

## SFCS Award for Best Screenplay

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Moonlight | Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Arrival | Eric Heisserer
Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan
La La Land | Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan
2017
Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig
The Big Sick | Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
The Disaster Artist | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Get Out | Jordan Peele
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh
2018
The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
Blindspotting | Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs
First Reformed | Paul Schrader
If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins
Roma | Alfonso Cuarón
2019
Parasite | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
The Farewell | Lulu Wang
The Irishman | Steven Zaillian
Knives Out | Rian Johnson
Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach
2020
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

## SFCS Award for Best Animated Feature

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Zootopia | Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush
Finding Dory | Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane
Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight
Moana | Ron Clements and John Musker
Tower | Keith Maitland
2017
Coco | Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey
The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay
Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
Your Name | Makoto Shinkai
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird
Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson
Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda
Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
2019
Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley
Frozen II | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois
I Lost My Body | Jérémy Clapin
Missing Link | Chris Butler
2020
Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Onward | Dan Scanlon
Over the Moon | Glen Keane and John Kahrs
Ride Your Wave | Masaaki Yuasa
Soul | Pete Docter and Kemp Powers

## SFCS Award for Best Documentary Feature

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
O.J.: Made in America | Ezra Edelman
13th | Ava DuVernay
Cameraperson | Kirsten Johnson
Tickled | David Farrier and Dylan Reeve
Weiner | Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
2017
Faces Places | Agnès Varda and JR
City of Ghosts | Matthew Heineman
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | Frederick Wiseman
LA 92 | Daniel Lindsay and T. J. Martin
Step | Amanda Lipitz
2018
Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Minding the Gap | Bing Liu
Shirkers | Sandi Tan
Three Identical Strangers | Tim Wardle
Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville
2019
Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller
American Factory | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
For Sama | Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Fyre | Chris Smith
Honeyland | Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
2020
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

## SFCS Award for Best Foreign Language Film/Film Not in the English Language/International Film

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Elle | Paul Verhoeven
The Handmaiden | Park Chan-wook
The Innocents | Anne Fontaine
Under the Shadow | Babak Anvari
The Wailing | Na Hong-jin
2017
Raw | Julia Ducournau
Blade of the Immortal | Takashi Miike
BPM (Beats per Minute) | Robin Campillo
Frantz | François Ozon
Thelma | Joachim Trier
2018
Roma | Alfonso Cuarón
Burning | Lee Chang-dong
Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski
Revenge | Coralie Fargeat
Shoplifters | Hirokazu Kore-eda
2019
Parasite | Bong Joon-ho
The Farewell | Lulu Wang
Monos | Alejandro Landes
Pain and Glory | Pedro Almodóvar
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Céline Sciamma
2020
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

## SFCS Award for Best Cinematography

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Year  | Film  | Nominee

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2016
Arrival | Bradford Young
Jackie | Stéphane Fontaine
La La Land | Linus Sandgren
Moonlight | James Laxton
The Witch | Jarin Blaschke
2017
Blade Runner 2049 | Roger Deakins
Columbus | Elisha Christian
Dunkirk | Hoyte van Hoytema
The Florida Project | Alexis Zabé
The Shape of Water | Dan Laustsen
2018
Roma | Alfonso Cuarón
The Favourite | Robbie Ryan
If Beale Street Could Talk | James Laxton
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Rob Hardy
The Rider | Joshua James Richards
2019
1917 | Roger Deakins
The Lighthouse | Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Robert Richardson
Parasite | Hong Kyung-pyo
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Claire Mathon
2020
Nomadland | Joshua James Richards
First Cow | Christopher Blauvelt
Lovers Rock | Shabier Kirchner
Mank | Erik Messerschmidt
News of the World | Dariusz Wolski

## SFCS Award for Best Costume Design

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
The Handmaiden | Cho Sang-kyung
Jackie | Madeline Fontaine
La La Land | Mary Zophres
Love & Friendship | Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
The Witch | Linda Muir
2017
Phantom Thread | Mark Bridges
Beauty and the Beast | Jacqueline Durran
Blade Runner 2049 | Renée April
Darkest Hour | Jacqueline Durran
The Shape of Water | Luis Sequeira
2018
Black Panther | Ruth E. Carter
Colette | Andrea Flesch
The Favourite | Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns
Suspiria | Giulia Piersanti
2019
Dolemite Is My Name | Ruth E. Carter
Downton Abbey | Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Little Women | Jacqueline Durran
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Arianne Phillips
Rocketman | Julian Day
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ann Roth
Birds of Prey | Erin Benach
Emma | Alexandra Byrne
First Cow | April Napier
Mank | Trish Summerville

## SFCS Award for Best Film Editing

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Moonlight | Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Arrival | Joe Walker
Cameraperson | Nels Bangerter
Hell or High Water | Jake Roberts
La La Land | Tom Cross
2017
Dunkirk | Lee Smith
Baby Driver | Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
Blade Runner 2049 | Joe Walker
Get Out | Gregory Plotkin
Lady Bird | Nick Houy
2018
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Eddie Hamilton
BlacKkKlansman | Barry Alexander Brown
The Favourite | Yorgos Mavropsaridis
First Man | Tom Cross
Roma | Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough
2019
Uncut Gems | Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie
1917 | Lee Smith
The Irishman | Thelma Schoonmaker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Fred Raskin
Parasite | Yang Jin-mo
2020
Nomadland | Chloé Zhao
Da 5 Bloods | Adam Gough
Tenet | Jennifer Lame
Time | Gabriel Rhodes
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Alan Baumgarten

## SFCS Award for Best Original Score

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Arrival | Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jackie | Mica Levi
La La Land | Justin Hurwitz
Moonlight | Nicholas Britell
Swiss Army Man | Andy Hull and Robert McDowell
2017
Phantom Thread | Jonny Greenwood
Blade Runner 2049 | Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer
Dunkirk | Hans Zimmer
War for the Planet of the Apes | Michael Giacchino
Wonderstruck | Carter Burwell
2018
Mandy | Jóhann Jóhannsson
First Man | Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Lorne Balfe
You Were Never Really Here | Jonny Greenwood
2019
Uncut Gems | Oneohtrix Point Never
1917 | Thomas Newman
Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir
The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Emile Mosseri
Us | Michael Abels
2020
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

## SFCS Award for Best Production Design

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Year  | Film  | Production Designer(s)  | Set Decorator(s)

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2016
The Handmaiden | Ryu Seong-hee |
Arrival | Patrice Vermette | Paul Hotte
Jackie | Jean Rabasse | Véronique Melery
La La Land | David Wasco | Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Doug Chiang and Neil Lamont  | Lee Sandales
2017
Blade Runner 2049 | Dennis Gassner | Alessandra Querzola
Dunkirk | Nathan Crowley | Gary Fettis
Murder on the Orient Express | Jim Clay  | Rebecca Alleway
Phantom Thread | Mark Tildesley | Véronique Melery
The Shape of Water | Paul Denham Austerberry | Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
2018
The Favourite | Fiona Crombie | Alice Felton
Black Panther | Hannah Beachler | Jay Hart
First Man | Nathan Crowley | Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns | John Myhre | Gordon Sim
Roma | Eugenio Caballero | Bárbara Enríquez
2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Barbara Ling | Nancy Haigh
1917 | Dennis Gassner | Lee Sandales
The Irishman | Bob Shaw | Regina Graves
Little Women | Jess Gonchor | Claire Kaufman
Parasite | Lee Ha-jun |
2020
Mank | Donald Graham Burt | Jan Pascale
First Cow | Anthony Gasparro  | Vanessa Knoll
Judas and the Black Messiah | Sam Lisenco  | Rebecca Brown
News of the World | David Crank | Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet | Nathan Crowley | Kathy Lucas

## SFCS Award for Best Visual Effects

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Year  | Film  | Nominee(s)

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2016
Arrival (TIE) | Louis Morin
Doctor Strange (TIE) | Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, and Vincent Cirelli
Captain America: Civil War | Dan DeLeeuw, Dan Sudick, Russell Earl, and Greg Steele
The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, and Dan Lemmon
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, and Joel Whist
Blade Runner 2049 | John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, and Gerd Nefzer
Dunkirk | Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher, and Paul Corbould
The Shape of Water | Dennis Berardi, Luke Groves, Trey Harrell, and Kevin Scott
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Scott Stokdyk and Jérome Lionard
2018
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Jody Johnson
Annihilation | Andrew Whitehurst, Sara Bennett, Richard Clarke, and Simon Hughes
Avengers: Infinity War | Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick
Black Panther | Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick
First Man | Paul Lambert, J. D. Schwalm, Ian Hunter, and Tristan Myles
2019
Ad Astra | Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron, and Scott R. Fisher
1917 | Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy
Alita: Battle Angel | Nick Epstein, Joe Letteri, and Eric Saindon
Avengers: Endgame | Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick
The Irishman | Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabil, and Nelson Sepulveda
2020
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

## SFCS Award for Best Youth Performance

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Year  | Performer  | Role  | Film

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2016
Anya Taylor-Joy | Thomasin | The Witch
Alex Hibbert  | Child Chiron / "Little"  | Moonlight
Royalty Hightower  | Toni  | The Fits
Sunny Pawar  | Saroo Brierley | Lion
Harvey Scrimshaw  | Caleb  | The Witch
2017
Brooklynn Prince | Moonee | The Florida Project
Dafne Keen | Laura Kinney / X-23 | Logan
Sophia Lillis | Beverly Marsh | It
Millicent Simmonds | Rose  | Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay | August "Auggie" Pullman  | Wonder
2018
Elsie Fisher | Kayla Day | Eighth Grade
Kairi Jō | Shota Shibata  | Shoplifters
Thomasin McKenzie | Tom  | Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro | Charlie Graham  | Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds | Regan Abbott  | A Quiet Place
2019
Thomasin McKenzie | Elsa Korr | Jojo Rabbit
Julia Butters | Trudi Frazer  | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Kyliegh Curran | Abra Stone  | Doctor Sleep
Roman Griffin Davis | Johannes "Jojo Rabbit" Betzler  | Jojo Rabbit
Noah Jupe | Otis Lort  | Honey Boy
2020
Alan Kim | David Yi | Minari
Millie Bobby Brown | Enola Holmes  | Enola Holmes
Ji-hu Park | Eun-hee  | House of Hummingbird
Talia Ryder | Skylar  | Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Helena Zengel | Johanna Leonberger / Cicada  | News of the World
2021
Emilia Jones | Ruby Rossi | CODA
Jude Hill | Buddy  | Belfast
Cooper Hoffman | Gary Valentine  | Licorice Pizza
Woody Norman | Jesse  | C'mon C'mon
Joséphine Sanz  | Nelly  | Petite Maman
2022
Frankie Corio | Sophie | Aftersun
Vanessa Burghardt  | Lola  | Cha Cha Real Smooth
Anna Cobb  | Casey  | We're All Going to the World's Fair
Eden Dambrine  | Léo  | Close
Banks Repeta  | Paul Graff  | Armageddon Time

## SFCS Award for Villain of the Year

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Year  | Performer  | Role(s)  | Film

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2016
John Goodman | Howard Stambler | 10 Cloverfield Lane
Charlie (Goat) / Wahab Chaudhry (Human / voice of Charlie)  | Black Phillip  | The Witch
Stephen Lang | Norman Nordstrom (a.k.a. "The Blind Man")  | Don't Breathe
Ben Mendelsohn | Orson Krennic | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Patrick Stewart | Darcy Banker  | Green Room
2017
James McAvoy | Dennis and various multiple personalities | Split
Barry Keoghan | Martin Lang  | The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Will Poulter | Philip Krauss  | Detroit
Michael Shannon | Richard Strickland  | The Shape of Water
Bill Skarsgård | Pennywise | It
2018
Michael B. Jordan | Erik Killmonger | Black Panther
Josh Brolin | Thanos | Avengers: Infinity War
Hugh Grant | Phoenix Buchanan  | Paddington 2
Daniel Kaluuya | Jatemme Manning  | Widows
Simon Maiden  | STEM  | Upgrade
2019
Red Dress | Red Dress | In Fabric
Rebecca Ferguson | Rose the Hat | Doctor Sleep
Lupita Nyong'o | Red  | Us
Joe Pesci | Russell Bufalino | The Irishman
Joaquin Phoenix | Arthur Fleck / Joker | Joker
2020
Oliver Jackson-Cohen | Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man | The Invisible Man
Udo Kier | Michael  | Bacurau
Frank Langella | Judge Julius Hoffman | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Ewan McGregor | Roman Sionis / Black Mask | Birds of Prey
Sarah Paulson | Diane Sherman  | Run

## Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking

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Year  | Film  | Director(s)

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2022
Sweetheart Deal' | Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller
All Sorts | J. Rick Castañeda
Kimi | Steven Soderbergh
Know Your Place | Zia Mohajerjasbi
Sam Now | Reed Harkness
2023
Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt
Fantasy A Gets a Mattress | David Norman Lewis and Noah Zoltan Sofian
Richland | Irene Lusztig
Dreamin' Wild | Bill Pohlad
Even Hell Has Its Heroes | Clyde Petersen

## References

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1. ^ Zitzelman, Brian (January 5, 2017). "An Interview with the Founder of the Seattle Film Critics Society". The Film Experience. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
2. ^ "About Us". Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
3. ^ "The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Announces Nominees for First Annual Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
4. ^ "SFCS Members". Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
5. ^ "The 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
6. ^ ""Moonlight" Awarded Best Picture by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
7. ^ "'Blade Runner 2049' Leads the 2017 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
8. ^ ""Get Out" Named Best Picture of 2017 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
9. ^ "'The Favourite' Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
10. ^ "'Roma' Named Best Picture of 2018 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
11. ^ ""The Irishman" Leads the 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
12. ^ ""Parasite" Named Best Picture of 2019 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
13. ^ ""Minari" Leads the 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
14. ^ ""Nomadland" Named Best Picture of 2020 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
15. ^ ""The Power of the Dog" Leads the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
16. ^ ""Drive My Car" Named Best Picture of 2021 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
17. ^ ""Everything Everywhere All At Once" Leads the 2022 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
18. ^ ""Everything Everywhere All At Once" Named Best Picture of 2022 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 17, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

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