Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is the big winner of the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, taking four awards, including Best Picture of the Year. Hamaguchi’s film also earned him this year’s Best Director award, as well as Best Film Not in the English Language.
Nicolas Cage’s acclaimed performance in Pig earned him a Best Actor award and Kristen Stewart’s harrowing turn as a tortured Diana, Princess of Wales saw her win Best Actress honors for Spencer.
The animated documentary Flee earned the Best Animated Feature prize and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s archival documentary, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) earned the first-time director the Best Documentary Feature award.
Other winners include Mass, which won Best Ensemble Cast, and CODA, which earned Emilia Jones recognition in the Best Youth Performance category.
The full list of recipients of the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards are as follows:
2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Award Winners
Best Picture of the Year
Drive My Car (Janus Films)
Best Director
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Best Ensemble Cast
Mass – Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin, casting directors
Best Action Choreography
In the Heights
Best Screenplay
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe
Best Animated Feature
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director
Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, director
Best Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, director
Best Cinematography
The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo
Best Costume Design
The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska
Best Film Editing
Dune – Joe Walker
Best Original Score
Dune – Hans Zimmer
Best Production Design
The Green Knight – Jade Healy (Production Design); Jenny Oman (Set Decorator)
Best Visual Effects
Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brain Connor, Gerd Nefzer
Best Youth Performance:
Emilia Jones – CODA
Villain of the Year:
Phil Burbank – The Power of the Dog – portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch