Organization of film critics based in San Francisco, California
The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC), formerly known as San Francisco Film Critics Circle, was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications.
Included in its membership are journalists from San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, East Bay Express, San Jose Metro, Palo Alto Weekly, Sonoma Index-Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, KRON-TV, Variety, Bleeding Cool, CultureVulture.net, Splicedwire.com, and CombustibleCelluloid.com.
SFBAFCC Awards
In December of each year, the SFFCC meets to vote on the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards for the films released in the same calendar year.
Categories of awards include:
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Documentary Film
- Best Film
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Adapted Screenplay (2006–present)
- Best Original Screenplay (2006–present)
- Best Screenplay (2004–2005)
Multiple award winners
- 6 awards:
- Sideways (2004): Best Actor, Director, Picture, Screenplay, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress[1]
- Moonlight (2016): Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, and Editing[2]
- 4 awards:
- Milk (2008): Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay[3]
- Boyhood (2014): Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, and Editing[4]
- 3 awards:
- Brokeback Mountain (2005): Best Actor, Director and Picture[5]
- Little Children (2006): Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor[6]
- The Social Network (2010): Best Picture, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay[7]
- The Tree of Life (2011): Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography[8]
- Birdman (2014): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography
- Parasite (2019): Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film[9]
- 2 awards: