2024 Awards

Winners and nominees for the Seattle Film Critics Society 2024 awards:

BEST PICTURE

The Substance
– Coralie Fargeat

NOMINEES:

  • The Beast – Bertrand Bonello
  • The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
  • Challengers – Luca Guadagnino
  • Conclave – Edward Berger
  • Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – George Miller
  • I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun
  • Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar
  • The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

BEST DIRECTOR

Sean Baker
– Anora

NOMINEES:

  • Bertrand Bonello – The Beast
  • Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
  • Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
  • Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Colman Domingo
– Sing Sing

NOMINEES:

  • Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
  • Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
  • Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight
  • George MacKay – The Beast

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Mikey Madison
– Anora

NOMINEES:

  • Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
  • Demi Moore – The Substance
  • Léa Seydoux – The Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clarence Maclin
– Sing Sing

NOMINEES:

  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
  • Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Josh O’Connor – Challengers
  • Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Margaret Qualley
– The Substance

NOMINEES:

  • Joan Chen – Dìdi (弟弟)
  • Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
  • Ariana Grande – Wicked
  • Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Izaac Wang
– Dìdi (弟弟)

NOMINEES:

  • Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight
  • Alisha Weir – Abigail
  • Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Anora
– Sean Baker
(Casting Director)

NOMINEES:

  • Conclave – Nina Gold and Martin Ware
  • Dune: Part Two – Dixie Chassay and Francine Maisler
  • His Three Daughters – Nicole Arbusto
  • Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar

BEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
–  Isaac Olsen

NOMINEES:

  • All We Carry – Cady Voge
  • Fish War – Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, and Skylar Wagner
  • Gasoline Rainbow – Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
  • Strange Darling – J.T. Mollner

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Evil Does Not Exist
– Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

NOMINEES:

  • The Beast – Bertrand Bonello
  • Flow – Gints Zilbalodis
  • Red Rooms – Pascal Plante
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No Other Land
– Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor

NOMINEES:

  • 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 ANIMATED FEATURE
The Wild Robot
– Chris Sanders

NOMINEES:

  • Flow – Gints Zilbalodis
  • Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann
  • Transformers One – Josh Cooley
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park

BEST SCREENPLAY
Anora
– Sean Baker

NOMINEES:

  • The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
  • Conclave – Peter Straughan
  • A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
  • The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nickel Boys
– Jomo Fray

NOMINEES:

  • The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
  • Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan
  • Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST FILM EDITING
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
– Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel

NOMINEES:

  • Anora – Sean Baker
  • The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
  • Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel
  • The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, and Valentin Feron

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
– Judy Becker (Production Designer), Patricia Cuccia (Set Decorator)

NOMINEES:

  • Conclave – Suzie Davies (Production Design) | Cynthia Sleiter (Set Decoration)
  • Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette (Production Design) | Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson (Production Design) | Katie Sharrock (Set Decoration)
  • Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Production Design) | Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked
– Paul Tazewell

NOMINEES:

  • Conclave – Lisy Christl
  • Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
  • Nosferatu – Linda Muir

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Challengers
– Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

NOMINEES:

  • The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
  • Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
  • Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi
  • The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
– Tim Wong (Stunt Coordinator) | Richard Norton (Fight Choreographer)

NOMINEES:

  • Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, and Rhys Salcombe
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist and Sean Noel Walker
  • The Substance – Bryan Jones, Guillaume Le Gouez, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, and Jean Miel
  • Wicked – Anthony Smith, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, and Robert Weaver

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
– Paul Lambert, Stephen James, and Rhys Salcombe

NOMINEES:

  • 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, Guillaume Le Gouez, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, and Jean Miel
  • Wicked – Anthony Smith, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, and Robert Weaver

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Dementus
– Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth)

NOMINEES:

  • 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)