2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Date	February 15, 2021
Site	Seattle, Washington
Highlights
Best Picture	Nomadland
Most awards	Nomadland (5)
Most nominations	Minari (8)

The 5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on February 15, 2021.

The nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.

Winners and nominees

Chloé Zhao, Best Director and Best Film Editing winner

Riz Ahmed, Best Actor in a Leading Role winner

Frances McDormand, Best Actress in a Leading Role winner

Daniel Kaluuya, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner

Youn Yuh-jung, Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner

Emerald Fennell, Best Screenplay winner

Jon Batiste, Best Original Score co-winner

Trent Reznor (left) and Atticus Ross (right), Best Original Score co-winners

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Villain of the Year winner

Best Picture of the Year Nomadland First Cow Hamilton The Invisible Man Judas and the Black Messiah Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always Palm Springs Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal	Best Director Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi	Best Actress in a Leading Role Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
Best Ensemble Cast Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Minari One Night in Miami...	Best Action Choreography Tenet Birds of Prey Extraction The Invisible Man Monster Hunter
Best Screenplay Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell First Cow – Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt I'm Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman Nomadland – Chloé Zhao Palm Springs – Andy Siara	Best Animated Feature Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Onward – Dan Scanlon Over the Moon – John Kahrs and Glen Keane Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa Soul – Pete Docter and Kemp Powers
Best Documentary Feature The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois Boys State – Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss Collective – Alexander Nanau Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson Time – Garrett Bradley	Best Film Not in the English Language Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Best Cinematography Nomadland – Joshua James Richards First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner Mank – Erik Messerschmidt News of the World – Dariusz Wolski	Best Costume Design Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth Birds of Prey – 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 – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Minari – Emile Mosseri Tenet – Ludwig Göransson
Best Production Design Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration) First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decoration) Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decoration) News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decoration) Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration)	Best Visual Effects Tenet – Mike Chambers, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley Greyhound – Peter Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, and Sebastian Theo von Overheidt The Invisible Man – Aevar Bjarnason, Marcus Bolton, Jonathan Dearing, and Matt Ebb The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins Possessor – Murray Barber, Bryan Jones, and Derek Liscoumb
Best Youth Performance Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes as Enola Holmes Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird as Eun-hee Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada	Villain of the Year Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man – The Invisible Man (portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen) Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (portrayed by Frank Langella) Michael – Bacurau (portrayed by Udo Kier) Diane Sherman – Run (portrayed by Sarah Paulson) Roman Sionis / Black Mask – Birds of Prey (portrayed by Ewan McGregor)

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
8	Minari
6	First Cow
	Nomadland
5	The Invisible Man
	Mank
	Tenet
4	Da 5 Bloods
	Judas and the Black Messiah
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Never Rarely Sometimes Always
	Promising Young Woman
3	Birds of Prey
	News of the World
	Sound of Metal
	The Trial of the Chicago 7
2	Palm Springs
	Soul

Films that received multiple awards

Awards	Film
5	Nomadland
3	Minari
2	Tenet

External links

• Official website