The 5th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on February 15, 2021. 
The nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.[1] 
 Winners and nominees
 
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
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  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)     | 
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| Awards Categories |  - Picture
  - Director
  - Actor
  - Actress
  - Supporting Actor
  - Supporting Actress
  - Ensemble Cast
  - Action Choreography
  - Screenplay
  - Animated Feature
  - Documentary Feature
  - Foreign Language Film
  - Cinematography
  - Costume Design
  - Film Editing
  - Original Score
  - Production Design
  - Visual Effects
  - Youth Performance
  - Villain
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| Ceremonies |  | 
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