Winners and Nominees for the Seattle Film Critics Society 2023 Awards
| WINNER | NOMINEES |
|---|---|
| BEST PICTURE Past Lives – Celine Song (A24)  | ☐ American Fiction – Cord Jefferson ☐ Barbie – Greta Gerwig ☐ The Holdovers – Alexander Payne ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese ☐ May December – Todd Haynes ☐ Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan ☐ Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos ☐ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson ☐ The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer |
| BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon  | ☐ Barbie – Greta Gerwig ☐ Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos ☐ Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan ☐ Past Lives – Celine Song |
| BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jeffrey Wright American Fiction  | ☐ Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers ☐ Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer ☐ Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers ☐ Kôji Yakusho – Perfect Days |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon | ☐ Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall ☐ Greta Lee – Past Lives ☐ Margot Robbie – Barbie ☐ Emma Stone – Poor Things |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Charles Melton May December  | ☐ Sterling K Brown – American Fiction ☐ Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon ☐ Ryan Gosling – Barbie ☐ Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Da’Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers  | ☐ Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. ☐ Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple ☐ Penélope Cruz – Ferrari Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest |
| BEST ENSEMBLE CAST The Holdovers Susan Shopmaker | ☐ Asteroid City – Douglas Aibel ☐ Barbie – Lucy Bevan | Allison Jones | Oscar Koç ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Ellen Lewis / Rene Haynes / Kate Sprance / Elise Buedel ☐ Oppenheimer – John Papsidera |
| BEST SCREENPLAY The Holdovers David Hemingson | ☐ American Fiction – Cord Jefferson ☐ The Holdovers – David Hemingson ☐ May December – Samy Burch ☐ Past Lives – Celine Song ☐ Poor Things – Tony McNamara |
| BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson  | ☐ The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki ☐ Nimona – Nick Bruno & Troy Quane ☐ Suzume – Makoto Shinkai ☐ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Jeff Rowe |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov  | ☐ Beyond Utopia – Madeleine Gavin ☐ Even Hell Has Its Heroes – Clyde Petersen ☐ Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros – Frederick Wiseman ☐ Still: a Michael J. Fox Movie – Davis Guggenheim |
| BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki  | ☐ Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet ☐ The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki ☐ Monster – Hirokazu Kore-eda ☐ The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Poor Things Robbie Ryan  | ☐ The Creator – Greig Fraser & Oren Soffer ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto ☐ Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal |
| BEST COSTUME DESIGN Barbie Jacqueline Durran  | ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West ☐ Napoleon – Janty Yates, David Crossman ☐ Poor Things – Holly Waddington ☐ Priscilla – Stacey Battat |
| BEST FILM EDITING Oppenheimer Jennifer Lame  | ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker ☐ Past Lives – Keith Fraase ☐ Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis ☐ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Oppenheimer Ludwig Göransson | ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson ☐ Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix ☐ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – ☐ Daniel Pemberton The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Barbie Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) | Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) | ☐ Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk ☐ Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong (production designer); Claire Kaufman (set decorator) ☐ Poor Things – Shona Heath & James Price ☐ Wonka – Nathan Crowley (production designer); Harry Bielanski (set designer) |
| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki  | ☐ The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould ☐ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stephane Ceretti / Alexis Wajsbrot / Guy Williams / Theo Bialek ☐ Oppenheimer – Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher, Dave Drzewiecki ☐ Poor Things – Simon Hughes |
| BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY John Wick: Chapter 4 Scott Rogers, Stephen Dunlevy, Laurent Demianoff, Ralf Haeger, James M. Halty  | ☐ Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya ☐ The Iron Claw – Hiro Koda ☐ ☐ Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Wade Eastwood (Stunt Coordinator); Rudolf Vrba (Fight Coordinator) ☐ Sisu – Oula Kitti (fight coordinator) |
| BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE Milo Machado Graner Anatomy of a Fall  | ☐ Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. ☐ Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie ☐ Amie Donald – M3GAN ☐ Sōya Kurokawa – Monster |
| VILLAIN OF THE YEAR Godzilla Godzilla Minus One | ☐ The Patriarchy (as represented by Kens) – Barbie ☐ Gabi Bauer – Infinity Pool ☐ William “King” Hale – Killers of the Flower Moon ☐ M3GAN – M3GAN |
| PACIFIC NORTHWEST AWARD Showing Up Kelly Reichardt  | ☐ Dreamin’ Wild – Bill Pohlad ☐ Even Hell Has Its Heroes – Clyde Petersen ☐ Fantasy A Gets A Mattress – David Norman Lewis, Noah Zoltan Sofian ☐ Richland – Irene Lusztig |