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][3]
Founded | 2016 |
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Purpose | Film criticism |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
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President | Kathy Fennessy |
Website | seattlefilmcritics |
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.[4]
Members
As listed on the organization's website:[3]
Board of Directors
- President – Kathy Fennessy
- Vice President – Chase Hutchinson
- Treasurer – Michael Clawson
- Secretary – Joan Amenn
- Awards Coordinator – Josh Bis
- Membership Coordinator – Mike Ward
- Communications Director – Thomas Stoneham-Judge
- Trustees – Taylor Baker, Ryan Bordow, and Steve Reeder
Members
- Adam Gehrke
- Allen Almachar
- Brent McKnight
- Brian Taibl ("Brian the Movie Guy")
- Calvin Kemph
- Candice McMillan
- Chase Hutchinson
- Collier Jennings
- David Chen
- Erik Samdahl
- Jas Keimig
- Joe Hammerschmidt
- That Guy Named John
- Josh Bis
- Justin Moore
- Kathy Fennessy
- Linda Gwilym
- Marc Morin
- Matt Lynch
- Matt Oakes
- Michael Clawson
- Michael Medved
- Mike Ward
- Morgen Schuler
- Paul Carlson
- Rene Sanchez
- Ryan Bordow
- Sara Michelle Fetters
- Sean Gilman
- Silas Lindenstein
- Steve Reeder
- Taylor Baker
- Thomas Stoneham-Judge
- Tim Hall
- Vaughn Swearingen
- Warren Cantrell
Emeritus Members
- Moira Macdonald
- Tom Tangney
Categories
- Best Picture of the Year
- 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 Action Choreography
- Best Screenplay
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Film Not in the English Language
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Film Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Production Design
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Youth Performance
- Villain of the Year
- Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
Ceremony information
Dates | Statistics – Nominations / Wins | ||
December 21, 2016 | January 5, 2017 | La La Land / Moonlight (10)[5] | Moonlight (6)[6] |
December 11, 2017 | December 18, 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 (8)[7] | Lady Bird / Phantom Thread (3)[8] |
December 10, 2018 | December 17, 2018 | The Favourite (11)[9] | Roma (4)[10] |
December 9, 2019 | December 16, 2019 | The Irishman (10)[11] | Parasite (5)[12] |
February 8, 2021 | February 15, 2021 | Minari (8)[13] | Nomadland (5)[14] |
January 10, 2022 | January 17, 2022 | The Power of the Dog (11)[15] | Drive My Car (4)[16] |
January 9, 2023 | January 17, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once (14)[17] | Everything Everywhere All at Once (4)[18] |
2016 SFCS Awards
Awards | Film |
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6 | Moonlight |
3 | Arrival |
2 | Elle |
The Handmaiden |
2017 SFCS Awards
Awards | Film |
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3 | Lady Bird |
Phantom Thread | |
2 | Blade Runner 2049 |
Dunkirk | |
The Florida Project | |
Get Out |
2018 SFCS Awards
Awards | Film |
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4 | Roma |
2 | Black Panther |
The Favourite | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
2019 SFCS Awards
Awards | Film |
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5 | Parasite |
2 | Uncut Gems |
2020 SFCS Awards
2021 SFCS Awards
Awards | Film |
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4 | Drive My Car |
3 | Dune |
The Green Knight | |
2 | The Power of the Dog |
2022 SFCS Awards
Best Picture of the Year | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin
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Best Action Choreography | |
Best Screenplay | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp
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| Best International Film |
Best Cinematography | Best Costume Design |
Best Film Editing Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
| Best Original Score |
Best Production Design Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
| Best Visual Effects Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
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Best Youth Performance Frankie Corio – Aftersun as Sophie Paterson
| Villain of the Year Lydia Tár – Tár (portrayed by Cate Blanchett)
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Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Sweetheart Deal (Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller's deeply moving portrait of sex workers on Seattle's Aurora Avenue seeking salvation from the spiral of addiction)
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Awards | Film |
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4 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
3 | The Banshees of Inisherin |
2 | Babylon |
Tár |
SFCS Award for Best Picture of the Year
SFCS Award for Best Director
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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
SFCS Award for Best Action Choreography
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
SFCS Award for Best Animated Feature
SFCS Award for Best Documentary Feature
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
SFCS Award for Best Cinematography
SFCS Award for Best Costume Design
SFCS Award for Best Film Editing
SFCS Award for Best Original Score
SFCS Award for Best Production Design
SFCS Award for Best Visual Effects
SFCS Award for Best Youth Performance
SFCS Award for Villain of the Year
Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
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 |