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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'', ''
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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 Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...
: Best Actress :
Best Cinematography This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
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Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...
: Best Documentary Film : Best Film :
Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
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Best Animated Feature This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
: Best Supporting Actor : Best Supporting Actress :
Best Adapted Screenplay This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
(2006–present) : Best Original Screenplay (2006–present) :
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(2004–2005)


Multiple award winners

* 6 awards: ** '' Sideways'' (
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): Best Actor, Director, Picture, Screenplay, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress ** ''
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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
): Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, and Editing * 4 awards: ** '' Milk'' (
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
): Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay ** '' Boyhood'' (
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): Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, and Editing * 3 awards: ** ''
Brokeback Mountain ''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by O ...
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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
): Best Actor, Director and Picture ** '' Little Children'' (
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
): Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor ** '' The Social Network'' (
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
): Best Picture, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay ** '' The Tree of Life'' (
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
): Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography ** '' Birdman'' (
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay ** '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
): Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography ** '' Parasite'' (
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
): Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film * 2 awards: ** '' Lost in Translation'' (
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
): Best Actor and Best Picture ** '' The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
): Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor ** '' Away from Her'' (
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
): Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay ** ''
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
): Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress ** '' The Dark Knight'' (
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
): Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography ** ''
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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
): Best Picture and Best Director ** '' The King's Speech'' (
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
): Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay ** '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
): Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay ** '' Lincoln'' (
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
): Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay ** '' Brooklyn'' (
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
): Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay ** '' Love & Mercy'' (
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
): Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay ** ''
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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
): Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing ** ''
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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
): Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress ** '' The Handmaiden'' (
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
): Best Foreign Language Film and Best Production Design ** '' The Florida Project'' (
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
): Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor ** ''
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'' (
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
): Best Director and Best Production Design


Award ceremonies

* 2002: 1st San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2003: 2nd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2004: 3rd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2005: 4th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2006: 5th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2007: 6th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2008: 7th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2009: 8th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2010: 9th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2011: 10th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2012: 11th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2013: 12th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2014: 13th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2015: 14th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2016: 15th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2017: 16th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2018: 17th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards * 2019: 18th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards * 2020: 19th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards * 2021: 20th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards * 2022: 21st San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards


References


External links

* {{American film critic org American film critics associations Cinema of the San Francisco Bay Area Arts organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area Organizations based in San Francisco 2002 establishments in California