San Francisco Film Critics Circle

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) 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, CultureVulture.net, Splicedwire.com, and CombustibleCelluloid.com.

SFFCC Awards

In December of each year, the SFFCC meets to vote on the San Francisco 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 Screenplay (2004–)

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Multiple award winners

• 6 awards:
  • Sideways (2004): Best Actor, Director, Picture, Screenplay and Supporting Actor^[1]
• 4 awards:
  • Milk (2008): Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay^[2]
  • Boyhood (2014): Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, and Editing^[3]
• 3 awards:
  • Brokeback Mountain (2005): Best Actor, Director and Picture^[4]
  • Little Children (2006): Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor^[5]
  • The Social Network (2010): Best Picture, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay^[6]
  • The Tree of Life (2011): Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography^[7]
  • Birdman (2014): Best Actor, Supporting Actor, and Original Screenplay
• 2 awards:
  • Lost in Translation (2003): Best Actor and Picture^[8]
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): Best Picture and Supporting Actor^[9]
  • Away from Her (2007): Best Actress and Adapted Screenplay^[10]
  • The Wrestler (2008): Best Actor and Supporting Actress^[11]
  • The Dark Knight (2008): Best Supporting Actor and Cinematography^[12]
  • The Hurt Locker (2009): Best Picture and Director^[13]
  • The King's Speech (2010): Best Actor and Original Screenplay^[14]
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Lincoln (2012): Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay

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

References

1. Harvey, Dennis (14 December 2004). "More tilt 'Sideways': pic dominates San Francisco crix kudos". Daily Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
2. "S.F. Film Critics: 'Milk,' Sean Penn share honors". Oakland Tribune. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
3. "S.F. Critics Name 'Boyhood' Best Film of 2014". Variety. December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
4. Stein, Ruthe (13 December 2005). "'Brokeback' is top film pick of S.F. critics". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
5. Gerhard, Susan (12 December 2006). "SF Film Critics Circle announces awards". sf360. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
6. Blackwelder, Rob (13 December 2010). "2010 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards". sffcc.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
7. Blackwelder, Rob (11 December 2011). "2011 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards". sffcc.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
8. "awards: Lost in Translation". Film in Focus. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
9. "awards: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
10. "awards: Away From Her (2006)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
11. Kay, Jeremy (9 January 2009). "Awards Countdown - Critics - The Critics have spoken". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
12. "San Francisco Film Critics Awards 2008". Alt Film Guide. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
13. Caine, Barry (15 December 2009). "San Francisco Film Critics awards: 'The Hurt Locker' top movie of 2009". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
14. Stone, Sasha (13 December 2010). "The San Francisco Film Critics Pick The Social Network". Awards Daily. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

External links

• San Francisco Film Critics Circle official website