24TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Best Film

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
Hamnet • Focus Features
Sentimental Value • NEON
Train Dreams • Netflix

Best Director

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just An Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actor

ETHAN HAWKE
BLUE MOON • Sony Pictures Classics

Richard Linklater | Director
Mike Blizzard, John Sloss, Richard Linklater | Producers


Runner-Up: Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

ROSE BYRNE
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU • A24

Mary Bronstein | Director
Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, Richie Doyle | Producers


Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Supporting Actor

BENICIO DEL TORO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Runner-Up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Written by Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
It Was Just An Accident – Jafar Panahi
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Weapons – Zach Cregger

Best Adapted Screenplay

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye

Best Animated Feature

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Runner-Up: Zootopia 2
Arco
Elio
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain

Best International Feature Film

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: Sentimental Value
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

Best Documentary Feature

ORWELL: 2+2=5 • NEON

Raoul Peck | Director
Alex Gibney, Raoul Peck, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker | Producers


Runner-Up: The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
The Perfect Neighbor
Riefenstahl

Best Cinematography 

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Runner-Up: Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman

Best Production Design

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Design by Hannah Beachler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Runner-Up: Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell
Hamnet – Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin

Best Film Editing

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Andy Jurgensen

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione
A House Of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie

Best Original Score 

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner

Special Citation for Independent Cinema

TWINLESS • Roadside Attractions / Lionsgate

James Sweeney | Director
David Permut, James Sweeney, Alex Astrachan | Producers


Runner-Up: Brother Verses Brother
The Encampments
Happyend

The Marlon Riggs Award (Goes to someone from or working in the Bay Area)

Karen Larsen

Publicist and Academy member who tirelessly advocates for independent film and giving local people opportunities that build careers beyond the Bay

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

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Special Citation:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sentimental Value” – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Orwell: 2+2=5”
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Sinners” – Hannah Beachler
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Twinless”

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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