San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

{{Short description|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, NorthBay biz, 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 Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress{{cite news

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|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2 November 2012

|title=More tilt 'Sideways': pic dominates San Francisco crix kudos

|last=Harvey

|first=Dennis

|date=14 December 2004

|work=Daily Variety

|access-date=21 December 2009}}

Moonlight (2016): Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, and Editing{{cite news

|url=http://sffcc.org/2016/12/2016-san-francisco-film-critics-circle-awards/

|title=2016 San Francisco Film Circle Awards

|date=11 December 2016

|access-date=13 December 2016}}

4 awards:
Milk (2008): Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay{{cite news

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|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2 November 2012

|title=S.F. Film Critics: 'Milk,' Sean Penn share honors

|date=16 December 2008

|work=Oakland Tribune

|access-date=21 December 2009}}

Boyhood (2014): Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, and Editing{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/s-f-critics-name-boyhood-the-best-film-of-2014-1201379362/|title=S.F. Critics Name 'Boyhood' Best Film of 2014|work=Variety|date=December 14, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}
3 awards:
Brokeback Mountain (2005): Best Picture, Director, and Actor{{cite news

|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/13/DDG09G5V251.DTL

|title='Brokeback' is top film pick of S.F. critics

|last=Stein

|first=Ruthe

|date=13 December 2005

|work=San Francisco Chronicle

|access-date=21 December 2009}}

Little Children (2006): Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Supporting Actor

{{cite web

|url=http://www.sf360.org/features/sf-film-critics-circle-announces-awards

|title=SF Film Critics Circle announces awards

|last=Gerhard

|first=Susan

|date=12 December 2006

|work=sf360

|access-date=21 December 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219175145/http://www.sf360.org/features/sf-film-critics-circle-announces-awards

|archive-date=19 February 2019

|url-status=usurped

|df=dmy-all

}}

The Social Network (2010): Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay{{cite web

|url=http://sffcc.org/main/2010/12/2010-awards/

|title=2010 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

|last=Blackwelder

|first=Rob

|date=13 December 2010

|work=sffcc.org

|access-date=16 October 2012}}

The Tree of Life (2011): Best Picture, Director, and Cinematography{{cite web

|url=http://sffcc.org/main/2011/12/2011-san-francisco-film-critics-circle-awards/

|title=2011 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

|last=Blackwelder

|first=Rob

|date=11 December 2011

|work=sffcc.org

|access-date=16 October 2012}}

Birdman (2014): Best Actor, Original Screenplay, and Supporting Actor
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Best Director, Editing, and Cinematography
Parasite (2019): Best Director, Original Screenplay, and Foreign Language Film{{cite web| url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2019-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-winners/| title=The 2019 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Winners| publisher=NextBestPicture| date=December 16, 2019| access-date=December 17, 2019}}
2 awards:
Lost in Translation (2003): Best Picture and Actor{{cite web

|url = http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/lost_in_translation/awards

|title = awards: Lost in Translation

|work = Film in Focus

|access-date = 21 December 2009

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100105030353/http://filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/lost_in_translation/awards

|archive-date = 5 January 2010

}}

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): Best Picture and Supporting Actor{{cite news

|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/335202/The-Assassination-of-Jesse-James-by-the-Coward-Robert-Ford/awards

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209002155/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/335202/The-Assassination-of-Jesse-James-by-the-Coward-Robert-Ford/awards

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=9 February 2008

|department=Movies & TV Dept.

|work=The New York Times

|date=2008

|title=awards: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

|access-date=21 December 2009}}