6TH ANNUAL San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Best Film

ANORA” • NEON

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan


“The Brutalist” • A24
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
“Sing Sing” • A24

Best Director

Brady Corbet
The Brutalist” • A24

Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


“Anora” • NEON | Sean Baker
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street | Mike Leigh
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | RaMell Ross
“The Substance” • MUBI | Coralie Fargeat

Best Actor

Colman Domingo
Sing Sing” • A24

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


Adrien Brody | “The Brutalist” • A24
Timothée Chalamet | “A Complete Unknown” • Searchlight Pictures
Daniel Craig | “Queer” • A24
Ralph Fiennes | “Conclave” • Focus Features

Best Actress

Marianne-Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street

Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe


Karla Sofía Gascón | “Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
Angelina Jolie | “Maria” • Netflix
Mikey Madison | “Anora” • NEON
Demi Moore | “The Substance” • MUBI

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov
Anora” • NEON

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan


Kieran Culkin | “A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures
Clarence Maclin | “Sing Sing” • A24
Guy Pearce | “The Brutalist” • A24
Jeremy Strong | “The Apprentice” • Briarcliff Entertainment

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Chen
Dìdi (弟弟)” • Focus Features

Directed by Sean Wang
Produced by Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, Sean Wang


Carol Kane | “Between the Temples” • Sony Pictures Classics
Isabella Rossellini | “Conclave” • Focus Features
Ariana Grande | “Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Zoe Saldana | “Emilia Pérez” • Netflix

Best Original Screenplay

ANORA” • NEON

Written by Sean Baker

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan


“The Brutalist” • A24 | Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street | Mike Leigh
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures | Jesse Eisenberg
“The Substance” • MUBI | Coralie Fargeat

Best Adapted Screenplay

SING SING” • A24

Written by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


“Conclave” • Focus Features | Peter Straughan
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix | Jacques Audiard
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes

Best Animated Feature

FLOW” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman


“Inside Out 2” • Walt Disney/Pixar
“Memoir Of A Snail” • IFC Films
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” • Netflix
“The Wild Robot” • Dreamworks/Universal

Best International Feature Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig” • NEON

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
Produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian


“All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
“I’m Still Here” • RT Features
“Kneecap” • Sony Pictures Classics

Best Documentary Feature

Sugarcane” • National Geographic

Directed by Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Produced by Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn


“Daughters” • Netflix
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Will & Harper” • Netflix

Best Cinematography 

The Brutalist” • A24

Cinematography by Lol Crawley

Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


“Conclave” • Focus Features | Stéphane Fontaine
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Greig Fraser
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios | Jomo Fray
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features | Jarin Blaschke

Best Production Design

The Brutalist” • A24

Production Design by Judy Becker

Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


“Conclave” • Focus Features | Suzie Davies, Roberta Federico
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures | Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau, Patrice Vermette
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features | Craig Lathrop
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures | Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

Best Film Editing

ANORA” • NEON

Editing by Sean Baker

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan


“The Brutalist” • A24 | Dávid Jancsó
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Marco Costa
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Nick Emerson
“September 5” • Paramount Pictures | Hansjörg Weißbrich

Best Original Score 

The Brutalist” • A24

Composed by Daniel Blumberg

Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews


“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“Conclave” • Focus Features | Volker Bertelmann
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix | Clément Ducol, Camille
“The Wild Robot” • Dreamworks/Universal | Kris Bowers

Special Citation for Independent Cinema

Femme” • Utopia

Directed by Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping
Produced by Sam Ritzenberg & Myles Payne


“Exhibiting Forgiveness” • Roadside Attractions
“Rumours” • Bleecker Street
“The Secret Art of Taking Flight” • Level 33 Entertainment

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Special Citation:

“Anora”
Brady Corbet — “The Brutalist”
Colman Domingo — “Sing Sing”
Marianne-Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths”
Yura Borisov — “Anora”
Joan Chen — “Dìdi (弟弟)”
“Anora” — Sean Baker
“Sing Sing” — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
“Flow”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Sugarcane”
“The Brutalist” — Lol Crawley
“The Brutalist” — Judy Becker
“Anora” — Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” — Daniel Blumberg
“Femme”

ABOUT THE San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

Founded in 2002, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle is comprised of critics from Bay Area publications. Its members include film journalists from the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, the East Bay Express, the San Jose Metro, Palo Alto Weekly, the Marin Independent Journal, the San Francisco Examiner, KRON-TV, Variety, RottenTomatoes.com and more.

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