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American film critics organization
The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS ) is an organization of
film critics based in the greater
Seattle area and surrounding areas of
Washington state . It is represented by 40 members who work in print, radio, television and online mediums. The society presents an annual awards announcement, honoring the best achievements in film, nominated and selected by all active members of the society.
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In 2023, the category "Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking" was introduced to specifically honor
Pacific Northwest
filmmaking . The award is meant to celebrate the many talented filmmakers who call the region home and who produce work there. A nominating committee carefully considered a wide variety of feature films released during 2022 with strong connections to the region and selected five finalists. The winner was determined by a vote of the full membership and announced alongside the SFCS's other awards on
January 17, 2023 .
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Members
As listed on the organization's website:
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Board of Directors
President – Kathy Fennessy
Vice President – Chase Hutchinson
Treasurer – Michael Clawson
Secretary – Joan Amenn
Awards Coordinator – Josh Bis
Membership Coordinator – Mike Ward
Communications Director – Thomas Stoneham-Judge
Trustees – Taylor Baker, Ryan Bordow, and Steve Reeder
Members
Adam Gehrke
Allen Almachar
Brent McKnight
Brian Taibl ("Brian the Movie Guy")
Calvin Kemph
Candice McMillan
Chase Hutchinson
Collier Jennings
David Chen
Erik Samdahl
Jas Keimig
Joe Hammerschmidt
That Guy Named John
Josh Bis
Justin Moore
Kathy Fennessy
Linda Gwilym
Marc Morin
Matt Lynch
Matt Oakes
Michael Clawson
Michael Medved
Mike Ward
Morgen Schuler
Paul Carlson
Rene Sanchez
Ryan Bordow
Sara Michelle Fetters
Sean Gilman
Silas Lindenstein
Steve Reeder
Taylor Baker
Thomas Stoneham-Judge
Tim Hall
Vaughn Swearingen
Warren Cantrell
Emeritus Members
Moira Macdonald
Tom Tangney
Categories
Best Picture of the Year
Best Director
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Action Choreography
Best Screenplay
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Film Not in the English Language
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
Best Production Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Youth Performance
Villain of the Year
Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
Ceremony information
Dates
Statistics – Nominations / Wins
December 21, 2016
January 5, 2017
La La Land /
Moonlight (10)
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Moonlight (6)
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December 11, 2017
December 18, 2017
Blade Runner 2049 (8)
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Lady Bird /
Phantom Thread (3)
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December 10, 2018
December 17, 2018
The Favourite (11)
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Roma (4)
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December 9, 2019
December 16, 2019
The Irishman (10)
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Parasite (5)
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February 8, 2021
February 15, 2021
Minari (8)
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Nomadland (5)
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January 10, 2022
January 17, 2022
The Power of the Dog (11)
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Drive My Car (4)
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January 9, 2023
January 17, 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once (14)
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (4)
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2016 SFCS Awards
Barry Jenkins , Best Director winner and Best Screenplay co-winner
Casey Affleck , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Isabelle Huppert , Best Actress in a Leading Role winner
Mahershala Ali , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Viola Davis , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Tarell Alvin McCraney , Best Screenplay co-winner
Byron Howard , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Rich Moore , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Ezra Edelman , Best Documentary Feature winner
Paul Verhoeven , Best Foreign Language Film winner
Bradford Young , Best Cinematography winner
Jóhann Jóhannsson , Best Original Score winner
Anya Taylor-Joy , Best Youth Performance winner
John Goodman , Best Villain winner
2017 SFCS Awards
Christopher Nolan , Best Director winner
Daniel Day-Lewis , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Saoirse Ronan , Best Actress in a Leading Role winner
Willem Dafoe , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Laurie Metcalf , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Greta Gerwig , Best Screenplay winner
Lee Unkrich , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Agnès Varda , Best Documentary Feature co-winner
JR , Best Documentary Feature co-winner
Roger Deakins , Best Cinematography winner
Jonny Greenwood , Best Original Score winner
James McAvoy , Villain of the Year winner
2018 SFCS Awards
Alfonso Cuarón , Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography winner
Ethan Hawke , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Toni Collette , Best Actress in a Leading Role winner
Richard E. Grant , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Regina King , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Bob Persichetti , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Peter Ramsey , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Rodney Rothman , Best Animated Feature co-winner
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and
Jimmy Chin , Best Documentary Feature winners
Ruth E. Carter , Best Costume Design winner
Jóhann Jóhannsson , Best Original Score winner
Elsie Fisher , Best Youth Performance winner
Michael B. Jordan , Villain of the Year winner
Best Picture of the Year
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón –
Roma
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ethan Hawke –
First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Toni Collette –
Hereditary as Annie Graham
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Richard E. Grant –
Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Regina King –
If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
Widows
Best Screenplay
The Favourite –
Deborah Davis and
Tony McNamara
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse –
Bob Persichetti ,
Peter Ramsey , and
Rodney Rothman
Free Solo –
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and
Jimmy Chin
Best Foreign Language Film
Roma –
Alfonso Cuarón
Best Cinematography
Roma –
Alfonso Cuarón
Best Costume Design
Black Panther –
Ruth E. Carter
Best Film Editing
Mission: Impossible – Fallout –
Eddie Hamilton
Best Original Score
Mandy –
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Best Production Design
The Favourite –
Fiona Crombie (Production Design); Alice Felton (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Jody Johnson
Annihilation –
Andrew Whitehurst ,
Sara Bennett , Richard Clarke, and Simon Hughes
Avengers: Infinity War –
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Kelly Port ,
Russell Earl , and
Dan Sudick
Black Panther – Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm,
Craig Hammack , and
Dan Sudick
First Man –
Paul Lambert ,
J. D. Schwalm ,
Ian Hunter , and
Tristan Myles
Best Youth Performance
Elsie Fisher –
Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
Villain of the Year
Erik Killmonger –
Black Panther (portrayed by
Michael B. Jordan )
2019 SFCS Awards
Bong Joon-ho , Best Director winner, Best Screenplay co-winner and Best Foreign Language Film winner
Adam Driver , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Lupita Nyong'o , Best Actress in a Leading Role winner
Willem Dafoe , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Jennifer Lopez , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Josh Cooley , Best Animated Feature winner
Roger Deakins , Best Cinematography winner
Ruth E. Carter , Best Costume Design winner
Oneohtrix Point Never , Best Original Score winner
Thomasin McKenzie , Best Youth Performance winner
Best Picture of the Year
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho –
Parasite
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adam Driver –
Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lupita Nyong'o –
Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe –
The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lopez –
Hustlers as Ramona Vega
Parasite
Best Action Choreography
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Best Screenplay
Parasite –
Bong Joon-ho and
Han Jin-won
Toy Story 4 –
Josh Cooley
Apollo 11 –
Todd Douglas Miller
Best Foreign Language Film
Parasite –
Bong Joon-ho
Best Cinematography
1917 –
Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design
Dolemite Is My Name –
Ruth E. Carter
Best Film Editing
Uncut Gems –
Ronald Bronstein and
Benny Safdie
Best Original Score
Uncut Gems –
Oneohtrix Point Never
Best Production Design
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood –
Barbara Ling (Production Design);
Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects
Ad Astra – Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith,
Guillaume Rocheron , and
Scott R. Fisher
1917 –
Guillaume Rocheron ,
Greg Butler , and
Dominic Tuohy
Alita: Battle Angel – Nick Epstein,
Joe Letteri , and
Eric Saindon
Avengers: Endgame –
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Matt Aitken ,
Russell Earl , and
Dan Sudick
The Irishman –
Pablo Helman ,
Leandro Estebecorena , Stephane Grabil, and Nelson Sepulveda
Best Youth Performance
Thomasin McKenzie –
Jojo Rabbit as Elsa Korr
Villain of the Year
Red Dress –
In Fabric
2020 SFCS Awards
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
Chloé Zhao –
Nomadland
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed –
Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Frances McDormand –
Nomadland as Fern
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya –
Judas and the Black Messiah as
Fred Hampton
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Youn Yuh-jung –
Minari as Soon-ja
Da 5 Bloods
Best Action Choreography
Tenet
Best Screenplay
Promising Young Woman –
Emerald Fennell
Wolfwalkers –
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition –
Jon Bois
Best Film Not in the English Language
Minari –
Lee Isaac Chung
Best Cinematography
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom –
Ann Roth
Best Film Editing
Nomadland –
Chloé Zhao
Best Original Score
Soul –
Jon Batiste ,
Trent Reznor , and
Atticus Ross
Best Production Design
Mank –
Donald Graham Burt (Production Design);
Jan Pascale (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
Villain of the Year
Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man –
The Invisible Man (portrayed by
Oliver Jackson-Cohen )
2021 SFCS Awards
Ryusuke Hamaguchi , Best Director and Best Film Not in the English Language winner, and Best Screenplay co-winner
Nicolas Cage , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Kristen Stewart , Best Actress in a Leading Role winner
Kodi Smit-McPhee , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Ariana DeBose , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Jonas Poher Rasmussen , Best Animated Feature winner
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson , Best Documentary Feature winner
Hans Zimmer , Best Original Score winner
Emilia Jones , Best Youth Performance winner
Benedict Cumberbatch , Villain of the Year winner
2022 SFCS Awards
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan , Best Director winners
Colin Farrell , Best Actor in a Leading Role winner
Cate Blanchett , Best Actress in a Leading Role and Villain of the Year winner
Ke Huy Quan , Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Kerry Condon , Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
Martin McDonagh , Best Screenplay winner
Catherine Martin , Best Costume Design winner
Justin Hurwitz , Best Original Score winner
Park Chan-wook , Best International Film winner
Best Picture of the Year
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert –
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Farrell –
The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett –
Tár as Lydia Tár
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan –
Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kerry Condon –
The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Action Choreography
RRR
Best Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin –
Martin McDonagh
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On –
Dean Fleischer Camp
Fire of Love –
Sara Dosa
Best International Film
Decision to Leave –
Park Chan-wook
Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick –
Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design
Elvis –
Catherine Martin
Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once –
Paul Rogers
Best Original Score
Babylon –
Justin Hurwitz
Best Production Design
Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water –
Joe Letteri ,
Richard Baneham ,
Eric Saindon , and
Daniel Barrett
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, and Jeff Desom
Nope –
Guillaume Rocheron , Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, and
Scott R. Fisher
RRR –
Srinivas Mohan , Pete Draper, and Daniel French
Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope,
Scott R. Fisher , Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson
Best Youth Performance
Frankie Corio –
Aftersun as Sophie Paterson
Villain of the Year
Lydia Tár –
Tár (portrayed by
Cate Blanchett )
Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
Sweetheart Deal (Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller's deeply moving portrait of
sex workers on
Seattle 's Aurora Avenue seeking
salvation from the spiral of
addiction )
SFCS Award for Best Picture of the Year
SFCS Award for Best Director
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
SFCS Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
SFCS Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
SFCS Award for Best Ensemble Cast
SFCS Award for Best Action Choreography
SFCS Award for Best Screenplay
SFCS Award for Best Animated Feature
SFCS Award for Best Documentary Feature
SFCS Award for Best Foreign Language Film/Film Not in the English Language/International Film
SFCS Award for Best Cinematography
SFCS Award for Best Costume Design
SFCS Award for Best Film Editing
SFCS Award for Best Original Score
SFCS Award for Best Production Design
SFCS Award for Best Visual Effects
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
2016
Arrival (TIE)
Louis Morin
Doctor Strange (TIE)
Stephane Ceretti ,
Paul Corbould ,
Richard Bluff , and
Vincent Cirelli
Captain America: Civil War
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Dan Sudick ,
Russell Earl , and Greg Steele
The Jungle Book
Robert Legato ,
Andrew R. Jones ,
Adam Valdez , and
Dan Lemmon
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
John Knoll ,
Mohen Leo ,
Hal Hickel , and
Neil Corbould
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri ,
Dan Lemmon ,
Daniel Barrett , and
Joel Whist
Blade Runner 2049
John Nelson ,
Paul Lambert ,
Richard R. Hoover , and
Gerd Nefzer
Dunkirk
Andrew Jackson ,
Andrew Lockley ,
Scott R. Fisher , and
Paul Corbould
The Shape of Water
Dennis Berardi, Luke Groves, Trey Harrell, and Kevin Scott
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Scott Stokdyk and Jérome Lionard
2018
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Jody Johnson
Annihilation
Andrew Whitehurst ,
Sara Bennett , Richard Clarke, and Simon Hughes
Avengers: Infinity War
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Kelly Port ,
Russell Earl , and
Dan Sudick
Black Panther
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm,
Craig Hammack , and
Dan Sudick
First Man
Paul Lambert ,
J. D. Schwalm ,
Ian Hunter , and
Tristan Myles
2019
Ad Astra
Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith,
Guillaume Rocheron , and
Scott R. Fisher
1917
Guillaume Rocheron ,
Greg Butler , and
Dominic Tuohy
Alita: Battle Angel
Nick Epstein,
Joe Letteri , and
Eric Saindon
Avengers: Endgame
Dan DeLeeuw ,
Matt Aitken ,
Russell Earl , and
Dan Sudick
The Irishman
Pablo Helman ,
Leandro Estebecorena , Stephane Grabil, and Nelson Sepulveda
2020
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
SFCS Award for Best Youth Performance
SFCS Award for Villain of the Year
Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
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"About Us" . Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved January 22, 2018 .
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"Our Members" . Seattle Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 11, 2017 .
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"The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Announces Nominees for First Annual Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023 .
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"The 2016 Seattle Film Award Nominees" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
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" "Moonlight" Awarded Best Picture by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
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" 'Blade Runner 2049' Leads the 2017 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017 .
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" "Get Out" Named Best Picture of 2017 by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
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" 'The Favourite' Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
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" 'Roma' Named Best Picture of 2018 by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
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" "The Irishman" Leads the 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
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" "Parasite" Named Best Picture of 2019 by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
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" "Minari" Leads the 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021 .
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" "Nomadland" Named Best Picture of 2020 by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .
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" "The Power of the Dog" Leads the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022 .
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" "Drive My Car" Named Best Picture of 2021 by Seattle Film Critics Society" . Seattle Film Critics Society. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022 .
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" "Everything Everywhere All At Once" Leads the 2022 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations" . Seattle Film Critics Society. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023 .
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