Seattle Film Critics Society

Seattle Film Critics Society

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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

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

• 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

Date	Most Nominations	Most Wins
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

Year	Film	Distributor(s)
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

Year	Director(s)	Film
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

Year	Actor	Role	Film
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

Year	Actress	Role	Film
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

Year	Actor	Role	Film
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

Year	Actress	Role	Film
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

Year	Film
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

Year	Film
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

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

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Performer	Role	Film
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

Year	Performer	Role(s)	Film
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

Year	Film	Director(s)
2022
	Sweetheart Deal'	Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller
	All Sorts	J. Rick Castañeda
	Kimi	Steven Soderbergh
	Know Your Place	Zia Mohajerjasbi
	Sam Now  [d]	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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11. ""The Irishman" Leads the 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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External links

• Official website