Seattle Film Critics Society
 Seattle Film Critics Society logo | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Film criticism |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| Location |
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President | Kathy Fennessy |
| Website | seattlefilmcritics |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Date
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Most Nominations
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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
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Director
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Ensemble Cast
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Action Choreography
[edit]| 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
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Animated Feature
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Cinematography
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Costume Design
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Production Design
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Visual Effects
[edit]SFCS Award for Best Youth Performance
[edit]SFCS Award for Villain of the Year
[edit]Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
[edit]| 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 | 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
[edit]- ^ Zitzelman, Brian (January 5, 2017). "An Interview with the Founder of the Seattle Film Critics Society". The Film Experience. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SFCS Members". Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ "The 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ ""Moonlight" Awarded Best Picture by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "'Blade Runner 2049' Leads the 2017 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ ""Get Out" Named Best Picture of 2017 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "'The Favourite' Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ "'Roma' Named Best Picture of 2018 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ ""The Irishman" Leads the 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ ""Parasite" Named Best Picture of 2019 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ ""Minari" Leads the 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ ""Nomadland" Named Best Picture of 2020 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ ""The Power of the Dog" Leads the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ ""Drive My Car" Named Best Picture of 2021 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ ""Everything Everywhere All At Once" Leads the 2022 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ ""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.