# 2024 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

The 9th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards recognized the best in film of 2024. The winners were announced on December 16, 2024.
The nominations were announced on December 6, 2024. Denis Villeneuve's epic science fiction sequel Dune: Part Two and George Miller's post-apocalyptic prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga led the nominations with ten each, followed by Brady Corbet's The Brutalist with nine.
For the second year in a row, the SFCS awarded Best Picture to a film directed by a woman (that being Coralie Fargeat's The Substance).
The Seattle Film Critics Society previously announced the nominations for "Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking" on November 1; the nominees were all screened at SIFF Film Center from December 6 to 8.
Additionally, the SFCS recognized two local filmmakers, Megan Leonard and Carlos A.F. Lopez, with a "Special Citation" for their "outstanding work".

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Picture The Substance Anora The Beast The Brutalist Challengers Conclave Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga I Saw the TV Glow Sing Sing | Best Director Sean Baker – Anora Bertrand Bonello – The Beast Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two |
| Best Lead Actor Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight as Dan Mueller George MacKay – The Beast as Louis | Best Lead Actress Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Léa Seydoux – The Beast as Gabrielle |
| Best Supporting Actor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Himself Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Dementus Josh O'Connor – Challengers as Art Donaldson Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. | Best Supporting Actress Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Joan Chen – Dìdi as Chungsing Wang Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes |
| Best Ensemble Anora – Sean Baker (casting director) Conclave – Nina Gold and Martin Ware (casting directors) Dune: Part Two – Dixie Chassay and Francine Maisler (casting directors) His Three Daughters – Nicole Arbusto (casting director) Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar (casting director) | Best Action Choreography Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Tim Wong and Richard Norton Dune: Part Two – Lee Morrison and Roger Yuan The Fall Guy – Chris O'Hara, Keir Beck, and Jonathan Eusebio Monkey Man – Udeh Nans and Brahim Achabbakhe Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenji Tanigaki |
| Best Screenplay Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Conclave – Peter Straughan A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Substance – Coralie Fargeat | Best Animated Film The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders Flow – Gints Zilbalodis Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann Transformers One – Josh Cooley Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park |
| Best Documentary Film No Other Land – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor Dahomey – Mati Diop Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui Will & Harper – Josh Greenbaum | Best International Film Evil Does Not Exist (Japan) The Beast (France) Flow (Latvia) Red Rooms (Canada) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany / Iran) |
| Best Cinematography Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke | Best Costume Design Wicked – Paul Tazewell Conclave – Lisy Christl Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan Nosferatu – Linda Muir |
| Best Film Editing Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, and Valentin Feron | Best Original Score Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers |
| Best Production Design The Brutalist – Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia Conclave – Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson and Katie Sharrock Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales | Best Visual Effects Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, and Rhys Salcombe Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Andrew Jackson and Dan Bethell Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist and Sean Noel Walker The Substance – Bryan Jones and Guillaume Le Gouez Wicked – Anthony Smith, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, and Robert Weaver |
| Best Youth Performance Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Young Furiosa Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight as Daisy Mueller Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet as Lacy | Villain of the Year Dementus – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth) Count Orlok – Nosferatu (as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård) Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen – Dune: Part Two (as portrayed by Austin Butler) Longlegs – Longlegs (as portrayed by Nicolas Cage) Macrinus – Gladiator II (as portrayed by Denzel Washington) |
| Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Rainier: A Beer Odyssey – Isaac Olsen All We Carry – Cady Voge Fish War – Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, and Skylar Wagner Gasoline Rainbow – Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross Strange Darling – JT Mollner ||