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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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