# Seattle Film Critics Society

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.
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.

## Board of Directors

As of 2024, as listed on the organization's website:
* 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) | Moonlight (6) |
| December 18, 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 (8) | Lady Bird / Phantom Thread (3) |
| December 17, 2018 | The Favourite (11) | Roma (4) |
| December 16, 2019 | The Irishman (10) | Parasite (5) |
| February 15, 2021 | Minari (8) | Nomadland (5) |
| January 17, 2022 | The Power of the Dog (11) | Drive My Car (4) |
| January 17, 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once (14) | Everything Everywhere All at Once (4) |

## SFCS Award for Best Picture of the Year

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

## SFCS Award for Best Director

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

## SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

## SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

## SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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

## SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

## SFCS Award for Best Ensemble Cast

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

## SFCS Award for Best Action Choreography

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

## SFCS Award for Best Screenplay

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney |
| 2016 | Arrival | Eric Heisserer |
| 2016 | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan |
| 2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Paul Schrader |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won |
| 2019 | The Farewell | Lulu Wang |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Steven Zaillian |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Rian Johnson |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell |
| 2020 | First Cow | Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Charlie Kaufman |
| 2020 | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Andy Siara |

## SFCS Award for Best Animated Feature

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

## SFCS Award for Best Documentary Feature

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

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

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Elle | Paul Verhoeven |
| 2016 | The Handmaiden | Park Chan-wook |
| 2016 | The Innocents | Anne Fontaine |
| 2016 | Under the Shadow | Babak Anvari |
| 2016 | The Wailing | Na Hong-jin |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Raw | Julia Ducournau |
| 2017 | Blade of the Immortal | Takashi Miike |
| 2017 | BPM (Beats per Minute) | Robin Campillo |
| 2017 | Frantz | François Ozon |
| 2017 | Thelma | Joachim Trier |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2018 | Burning | Lee Chang-dong |
| 2018 | Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski |
| 2018 | Revenge | Coralie Fargeat |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho |
| 2019 | The Farewell | Lulu Wang |
| 2019 | Monos | Alejandro Landes |
| 2019 | Pain and Glory | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Céline Sciamma |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Minari | Lee Isaac Chung |
| 2020 | Another Round | Thomas Vinterberg |
| 2020 | Bacurau | Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho |
| 2020 | La Llorona | Jayro Bustamante |
| 2020 | To the Ends of the Earth | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |

## SFCS Award for Best Cinematography

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

## SFCS Award for Best Costume Design

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

## SFCS Award for Best Film Editing

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

## SFCS Award for Best Original Score

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Arrival | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2016 | Jackie | Mica Levi |
| 2016 | La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Nicholas Britell |
| 2016 | Swiss Army Man | Andy Hull and Robert McDowell |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Hans Zimmer |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Michael Giacchino |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck | Carter Burwell |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Mandy | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2018 | First Man | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Lorne Balfe |
| 2018 | You Were Never Really Here | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Uncut Gems | Oneohtrix Point Never |
| 2019 | 1917 | Thomas Newman |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Emile Mosseri |
| 2019 | Us | Michael Abels |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Soul | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Terence Blanchard |
| 2020 | Mank | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Minari | Emile Mosseri |
| 2020 | Tenet | Ludwig Göransson |

## SFCS Award for Best Production Design

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

## SFCS Award for Best Visual Effects

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

## SFCS Award for Best Youth Performance

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

## SFCS Award for Villain of the Year

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

## Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking

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