2024 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Winners: ‘The Substance’ Named Best Picture, Margaret Qualley is Best Supporting Actress

The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) announced the winners in 21 categories for the 2024 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, naming The Substance the Best Picture of the year.

Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, the satirical body-swapping evisceration of self-loathing and beauty standards premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year where it won the Best Screenplay award and was picked up by MUBI. Star Margaret Qualley was named Best Supporting Actress from the Seattle org.

Anora, Sean Baker’s story of a sex worker’s whirlwind romance with a Russian oligarch’s heir, was honored with the most awards: Sean Baker for Best Director and Best Screenplay, Mikey Madison as Best Lead Actress for her performance in the title role, as well as recognition for the film’s Ensemble Cast. 

Other acting honors went to Colman Domingo (Lead Actor) and Clarence Maclin (Supporting Actor) for their portrayal of inmates participating in the transformative Rehabilitation Through the Arts theater program in Sing Sing. Additionally, Izaac Wang was awarded Best Youth Performance for his role as an adolescent exploring his identity through emerging social media and skate filmmaking during one tumultuous 2008 summer in Dìdi (弟弟).

George Miller’s Fury Road prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, received three awards: Best Editing, Best Action Choreography, and Villain of the Year for Chris Hemsworth’s raucous turn as Wasteland warlord and Biker Horde founder Dementus.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best Director: Sean Baker – Anora

Lead Actor: Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Lead Actress: Mikey Madison – Anora

Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Supporting Actress: Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Ensemble: Anora – Sean Baker (Casting Director)

Youth Performance: Izaac Wang – Dìdi (弟弟)

Screenplay: Anora – Sean Baker

International Film: Evil Does Not Exist – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Documentary Film: No Other Land – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor

Animated Film: The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders

Cinematography: Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray

Editing: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel

Production Design: The Brutalist – Judy Becker (Production Designer), Patricia Cuccia (Set Decorator)

Costume Design: Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Original Score: Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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

Visual Effects: Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, and Rhys Salcombe

Villain of the Year: Dementus – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth)

Pacific Northwest Film: Rainier: A Beer Odyssey –  Isaac Olsen