2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

The 6th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 17, 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The nominations were announced on January 10, 2022, with The Power of the Dog leading the nominations with eleven, followed by Dune with ten and The Green Knight with nine.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Drive My Car received the most awards with four wins, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Dune and The Green Knight also received multiple awards with three wins each.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture of the Year Drive My Car (Janus Films) CODA (Apple TV+) Dune (Warner Bros.) The Green Knight (A24) In the Heights (Warner Bros.) Licorice Pizza (MGM / United Artists Releasing) Pig (Neon) The Power of the Dog (Netflix) Titane (Neon) West Side Story (20th Century Studios)	Best Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Julia Ducournau – Titane David Lowery – The Green Knight Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Nicolas Cage – Pig* as Robin "Rob" Feld** Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson Dev Patel – The Green Knight as Sir Gawain Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Davies/Saber	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Kristen Stewart – Spencer* as Diana, Princess of Wales** Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World as Julie Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia / Adrien
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog* as Peter Gordon** Colman Domingo – Zola as Abegunde "X" Olawale Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi Vincent Lindon – Titane as Vincent Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Ariana DeBose – West Side Story* as Anita** Ann Dowd – Mass as Linda Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew
Best Ensemble Cast Mass – Henry Russell Bergstein and Allison Estrin (casting directors) Dune – Jina Jay and Francine Maisler (casting directors) In the Heights – Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey (casting directors) Licorice Pizza – Cassandra Kulukundis (casting director) The Power of the Dog – Nikki Barrett, Tina Cleary, Carmen Cuba, and Nina Gold (casting directors)	Best Action Choreography In the Heights No Time to Die Nobody Raging Fire Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Screenplay Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe The Green Knight – David Lowery Mass – Fran Kranz Pig – Michael Sarnoski The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion	Best Animated Feature Flee (Neon) – Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director) Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures) – Jared Bush and Byron Howard (directors); Charise Castro Smith (co-director) Luca (Walt Disney Pictures) – Enrico Casarosa (director) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix) – Mike Rianda (director); Jeff Rowe (co-director) Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Pictures) – Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada (directors); Paul Briggs and John Ripa (co-directors)
Best Documentary Feature Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Hulu) – Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (director) Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (Apple TV+) – R. J. Cutler (director) Flee (Neon) – Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director) The Rescue (National Geographic Documentary Films / Greenwich Entertainment) – Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (directors) Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (Severin Films) – Kier-La Janisse (director)	Best Film Not in the English Language Drive My Car (Janus Films) – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (director) Flee (Neon) – Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director) The Hand of God (Netflix) – Paolo Sorrentino (director) Titane (Neon) – Julia Ducournau (director) The Worst Person in the World (Neon) – Joachim Trier (director)
Best Cinematography The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo Dune – Greig Fraser The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński	Best Costume Design The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska Cruella – Jenny Beavan Dune – Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan House of Gucci – Janty Yates Spencer – Jacqueline Durran
Best Film Editing Dune – Joe Walker Drive My Car – Azusa Yamazaki The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras Titane – Jean-Christophe Bouzy West Side Story – Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar	Best Original Score Dune – Hans Zimmer The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat The Green Knight – Daniel Hart The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
Best Production Design The Green Knight – Jade Healy (Production Design); Jenny Oman (Set Decoration) Dune – Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Zsuzsanna Sipos (Set Decoration) The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Rena DeAngelo (Set Decoration) Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration) West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Rena DeAngelo (Set Decoration)	Best Visual Effects Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer The Green Knight – Eric Saindon and Michael Cozens The Matrix Resurrections – Dan Glass, Huw J. Evans, Tom Debenham, and J. D. Schwalm Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker, and Dan Oliver Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick
Best Youth Performance *Emilia Jones – CODA* as Ruby Rossi** Jude Hill – Belfast as Buddy Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza as Gary Valentine Woody Norman – C'mon C'mon as Jesse Joséphine Sanz – Petite Maman as Nelly	Best Villain *Phil Burbank – The Power of the Dog* (portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch)** Rufus Buck – The Harder They Fall (portrayed by Idris Elba) Baron Vladimir Harkonnen – Dune (portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård) Norman Osborn / Green Goblin – Spider-Man: No Way Home (portrayed by Willem Dafoe) Xu Wenwu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (portrayed by Tony Leung)

References

^ ""Drive My Car" Named Best Picture of 2021 by Seattle Film Critics Society". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 17, 2022). "Seattle Film Critics steer towards Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 'Drive My Car' for Best Picture, Director, 'Dune' and 'The Green Knight' pick up wins". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 17, 2022). "The 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
^ ""The Power of the Dog" leads the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations". Seattle Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 10, 2022). "Seattle Film Critics nominations: 'The Power of the Dog', 'Dune', and 'The Green Knight' lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 10, 2022). "The 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 11, 2022.