# San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2024

23rd SFBAFCC Awards
December 15, 2024
Best Picture: Anora
Best Animated Feature: Flow
Best Documentary Feature: Sugarcane
Best International Feature Film: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The 23rd San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2024, were given on December 15, 2024. The nominations were announced on December 13, 2024, with The Brutalist leading the nominations with nine, followed by Conclave with seven and Anora with six.
Anora and The Brutalist received the most awards with four wins each; the former won Best Picture.

## Winners and nominees

These are the nominees for the 23rd SFBAFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Anora The Brutalist Hard Truths Nickel Boys Sing Sing | Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Sean Baker – Anora Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Mike Leigh – Hard Truths RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence | Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn | Joan Chen – Dìdi as Chungsing Wang Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Carol Kane – Between the Temples as Carla Kessler Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John "Divine G" Whitfield Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes | Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Hard Truths – Mike Leigh A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg The Substance – Coralie Fargeat |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary Feature |
| Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot | Sugarcane Daughters No Other Land Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Will & Harper |
| Best International Feature Film | Best Cinematography |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) All We Imagine as Light (India) Emilia Pérez (France) I'm Still Here (Brazil) Kneecap (Ireland) | The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke |
| Best Film Editing | Best Original Score |
| Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Challengers – Marco Costa Conclave – Nick Emerson September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich | The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers |
| Best Production Design ||
| The Brutalist – Judy Becker Conclave – Suzie Davies and Roberta Federico Dune: Part Two – Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau, and Patrice Vermette Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales ||

## Special awards
### Special Citation for Independent Cinema

* Femme
** Exhibiting Forgiveness
** Rumours
** The Secret Art of Human Flight

### Marlon Riggs Award

* San Quentin Film Festival (Rahsaan "New York" Thomas and Cori Thomas)