The Substance Named Best Picture by Seattle Film Critics Society

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance has been named Best Picture by the Seattle Film Critics Society. The film also picked up a win for Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley. Elsewhere, Sean Baker’s Anora scored four wins for Best Director for Baker, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actress for Mikey Madison, and Best Ensemble Cast.

Winners in bold below.

BEST PICTURE

·      Anora – Sean Baker

·      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

DIRECTOR

·      Sean Baker – Anora

·      Bertrand Bonello – The Beast

·      Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

·      Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

·      Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

LEAD ACTOR

·      Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

·      Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

·      Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

·      Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

·      George MacKay – The Beast

LEAD ACTRESS

·      Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

·      Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

·      Mikey Madison – Anora

·      Demi Moore – The Substance

·      Léa Seydoux – The Beast

SUPPORTING ACTOR

·      Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

·      Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

·      Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

·      Josh O’Connor – Challengers

·      Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

·      Joan Chen – Dìdi (弟弟)

·      Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

·      Ariana Grande – Wicked

·      Margaret Qualley – The Substance

·      Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

ENSEMBLE

·      Anora – Sean Baker

·      Conclave – Nina Gold and Martin Ware

·      Dune: Part Two – Dixie Chassay and Francine Maisler

·      His Three Daughters – Nicole Arbusto

·      Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar

PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM

·      All We Carry – Cady Voge

·      Fish War – Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, and Skylar Wagner

·      Gasoline Rainbow – Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

·      Rainier: A Beer Odyssey –  Isaac Olsen

·      Strange Darling – J.T. Mollner

INTERNATIONAL FILM

·      The Beast – Bertrand Bonello

·      Evil Does Not Exist – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

·      Flow – Gints Zilbalodis

·      Red Rooms – Pascal Plante

·      The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof

DOCUMENTARY FILM

·      Dahomey – Mati Diop

·      No Other Land – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor

·      Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie

·      Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui

·      Will & Harper – Josh Greenbaum

ANIMATED FILM

·      Flow – Gints Zilbalodis

·      Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann

·      Transformers One – Josh Cooley

·      Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park

·      The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders

CINEMATOGRAPHY

·      The Brutalist – Lol Crawley

·      Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser

·      Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan

·      Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray

·      Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

EDITING

·      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

SCREENPLAY

·      Anora – Sean Baker

·      The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

·      Conclave – Peter Straughan

·      A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg

·      The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

PRODUCTION DESIGN

·      The Brutalist – Judy Becker (Production Design)

·      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)

COSTUME DESIGN

·      Conclave – Lisy Christl

·      Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West

·      Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan

·      Nosferatu – Linda Muir

·      Wicked – Paul Tazewell

ORIGINAL SCORE

·      The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg

·      Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

·      Conclave – Volker Bertelmann

·      Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi

·      The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY

·      Dune: Part Two – Lee Morrison (Stunt Coordinator) | Roger Yuan (Fight Choreographer)

·      The Fall Guy – Chris O’Hara and Keir Beck (Stunt Coordinator) | Jonathan Eusebio (Fight Choreographer)

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

·      Monkey Man – Udeh Nans (Stunt Coordinator) | Brahim Achabbakhe (Fight Choreographer)

·      Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenji Tanigaki (Stunt Coordinator) 

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

YOUTH PERFORMANCE

·      Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

·      Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight

·      Izaac Wang – Dìdi (弟弟)

·      Alisha Weir – Abigail

·      Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

·      Count Orlok – Nosferatu (as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård)

·      Dementus – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth)

·      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)