Seattle Film Critics Society PNW Award Nominees

Seattle Film Critics Society PNW Awards

December 5–9, 2023

The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) is an association of professional critics working to facilitate a community that supports local productions and festivals; enhances public education, awareness, and appreciation of cinema; and strengthens the bonds of critical dialogue as it pertains to the cinematic arts. Since 2022, the SFCS has honored Pacific Northwest filmmaking as part of our annual awards. To celebrate the many talented filmmakers who call our region home and who produce work here, a nominating committee considers films released throughout the year whose primary production was in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, or Idaho) and selects five finalists. The winner is determined by a vote of all SFCS members.

SFCS: Even Hell has its Heroes

USA | 2023 | 110 min. | Clyde Petersen

December 5, 2023

SIFF Cinema Egyptian

Clyde Petersen directs this incendiary doc on the Olympia-based Earth, “the slowest metal band on the planet.”

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SFCS: Richland

USA | 2023 | 94 min. | Irene Lusztig

December 6, 2023

SIFF Cinema Egyptian

Approaching the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Hanford reactor, Richland, Washington’s residents wrestle with both pride and ambivalence about their role in the Nagasaki bombing and the nuclear legacy they have left behind.

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SFCS: Showing Up

USA | 2022 | 108 min. | Kelly Reichardt

December 6, 2023

SIFF Cinema Egyptian

A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt's vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.

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SFCS: Dreamin’ Wild

USA | 2022 | 110 min. | Bill Pohlad

December 7, 2023

SIFF Cinema Egyptian

Casey Affleck plays musician Donnie Emerson, who finds fame and purpose decades after he thought his career was over.

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SFCS: Fantasy A Gets A Mattress

USA | 2023 | 80 min. | David Norman Lewis, Noah Zoltan Sofian

December 9, 2023

SIFF Cinema Egyptian

Fantasy A, real-life autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar.

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