2020 Awards - Seattle Film Critics Society

WINNER	NOMINEES
BEST PICTURE Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)	☐ First Cow (A24) ☐ Hamilton (Walt Disney Pictures) ☐ The Invisible Man (Universal) ☐ Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) ☐ Minari (A24) ☐ Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) ☐ Palm Springs (NEON/Hulu) ☐ Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) ☐ Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao – Nomadland	☐ Lee Isaac Chung – Minari ☐ Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman ☐ Steve McQueen – Small Axe: Lovers Rock ☐ Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal	☐ Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ☐ Anthony Hopkins – The Father ☐ Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods ☐ Steven Yeun – Minari
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Frances McDormand – Nomadland	☐ Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ☐ Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always ☐ Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man ☐ Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah	☐ Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 ☐ Bill Murray – On the Rocks ☐ Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami… ☐ Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Yuh-jung Youn – Minari	☐ Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ☐ Olivia Colman – The Father ☐ Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always ☐ Amanda Seyfried – Mank
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST Da 5 Bloods – Kim Coleman, casting director	☐ Judas and the Black Messiah – Alexa L. Fogel, casting director ☐ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Avy Kaufman, casting director ☐ Minari – Julia Kim, casting director ☐ One Night in Miami… – Kimberly Hardin, casting director
BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY Tenet	☐ Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ☐ Extraction ☐ The Invisible Man ☐ Monster Hunter
BEST SCREENPLAY Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell	☐ First Cow – Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt ☐ I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman ☐ Nomadland – Chloé Zhao ☐ Palm Springs – Andy Siara
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, director	☐ Onward – Dan Scanlon, director ☐ Over the Moon – Glen Keane, John Kahrs, director ☐ Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa, director ☐ Soul – Pete Docter, director; Kemp Powers, co-director
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois, director	☐ Boys State – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, directors ☐ Collective – Alexander Nanau, director ☐ Dick Johnson is Dead – Kirsten Johnson, director ☐ Time – Garrett Bradley, director
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, director	☐ Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, director ☐ Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, directors ☐ La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante, director ☐ To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, director
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Nomadland – Joshua James Richards	☐ First Cow – Christopher Blauvert ☐ Mank – Erik Messerschmidt ☐ News of the World – Dariusz Wolski ☐ Small Axe: Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth	☐ Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – Erin Benach ☐ Emma. – Alexandra Byrne ☐ First Cow – April Napier ☐ Mank – Trish Summerville
BEST FILM EDITING Nomadland – Chloé Zhao	☐ Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough ☐ Tenet – Jennifer Lame ☐ Time – Gabriel Rhodes ☐ The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste	☐ Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard ☐ Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ☐ Minari – Emile Mosseri ☐ Tenet – Ludwig Göransson
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decorator)	☐ First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decorator) ☐ Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decorator) ☐ News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decorator) ☐ Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decorator)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Tenet – Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Mike Chambers	☐ Greyhound – Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, Sebastian Theo von Overheidt ☐ The Invisible Man – Jonathan Dearing, Marcus Bolton, Matt Ebb, Aevar Bjarnason ☐ The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, Max Soloman ☐ Possessor – Derek Liscoumb, Murray Barber, Bryan Jones
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE Alan Kim – Minari	☐ Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes ☐ Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird ☐ Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always ☐ Helena Zengel – News of the World
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR The Invisible Man/Adrian Griffin – The Invisible Man – portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen	☐ Diane Sherman – Run – portrayed by Sarah Paulson ☐ Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 – portrayed by Frank Langella ☐ Michael – Bacurau – portrayed by Udo Kier ☐ Roman Sionis – Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – portrayed by Ewan McGregor

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

☐ First Cow (A24)
☐ Hamilton (Walt Disney Pictures)
☐ The Invisible Man (Universal)
☐ Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
☐ Minari (A24)
☐ Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
☐ Palm Springs (NEON/Hulu)
☐ Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
☐ Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

☐ Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
☐ Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
☐ Steve McQueen – Small Axe: Lovers Rock
☐ Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

☐ Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
☐ Anthony Hopkins – The Father
☐ Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
☐ Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand – Nomadland

☐ Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
☐ Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
☐ Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
☐ Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

☐ Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
☐ Bill Murray – On the Rocks
☐ Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
☐ Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yuh-jung Youn – Minari

☐ Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
☐ Olivia Colman – The Father
☐ Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
☐ Amanda Seyfried – Mank

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Da 5 Bloods – Kim Coleman, casting director

☐ Judas and the Black Messiah – Alexa L. Fogel, casting director
☐ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Avy Kaufman, casting director
☐ Minari – Julia Kim, casting director
☐ One Night in Miami… – Kimberly Hardin, casting director

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
Tenet

☐ Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
☐ Extraction
☐ The Invisible Man
☐ Monster Hunter

BEST SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

☐ First Cow – Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
☐ I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
☐ Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
☐ Palm Springs – Andy Siara

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, director

☐ Onward – Dan Scanlon, director
☐ Over the Moon – Glen Keane, John Kahrs, director
☐ Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa, director
☐ Soul – Pete Docter, director; Kemp Powers, co-director

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois, director

☐ Boys State – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, directors
☐ Collective – Alexander Nanau, director
☐ Dick Johnson is Dead – Kirsten Johnson, director
☐ Time – Garrett Bradley, director

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, director

☐ Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, director
☐ Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, directors
☐ La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante, director
☐ To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, director

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

☐ First Cow – Christopher Blauvert
☐ Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
☐ News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
☐ Small Axe: Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

☐ Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – Erin Benach
☐ Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
☐ First Cow – April Napier
☐ Mank – Trish Summerville

BEST FILM EDITING
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

☐ Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough
☐ Tenet – Jennifer Lame
☐ Time – Gabriel Rhodes
☐ The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

☐ Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
☐ Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
☐ Minari – Emile Mosseri
☐ Tenet – Ludwig Göransson

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decorator)

☐ First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decorator)
☐ Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decorator)
☐ News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decorator)
☐ Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decorator)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet – Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Mike Chambers

☐ Greyhound – Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, Sebastian Theo von Overheidt
☐ The Invisible Man – Jonathan Dearing, Marcus Bolton, Matt Ebb, Aevar Bjarnason
☐ The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Dave Watkins, Max Soloman
☐ Possessor – Derek Liscoumb, Murray Barber, Bryan Jones

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Alan Kim – Minari

☐ Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes
☐ Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird
☐ Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
☐ Helena Zengel – News of the World

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
The Invisible Man/Adrian Griffin – The Invisible Man – portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

☐ Diane Sherman – Run – portrayed by Sarah Paulson
☐ Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 – portrayed by Frank Langella
☐ Michael – Bacurau – portrayed by Udo Kier
☐ Roman Sionis – Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn – portrayed by Ewan McGregor