# San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2022

21st SFBAFCC Awards
January 9, 2023
Best Picture: The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Best Documentary Feature: All That Breathes
Best International Feature Film: Decision to Leave
The 21st San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2022, were given on January 9, 2023. The nominations were announced on January 6, 2023, with The Banshees of Inisherin leading the nominations with eleven. The film won Best Picture, though Tár received the most awards, with four wins, including Best Director (Todd Field) and Best Actress (Cate Blanchett).

## Winners and nominees

These are the nominees for the 21st SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| The Banshees of Inisherin Everything Everywhere All at Once (Honorable Mention) The Fabelmans Tár Women Talking | Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Sarah Polley – Women Talking Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Charlotte Wells – Aftersun |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Williams | Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Danielle Deadwyler – Till as Mamie Till-Mobley Mia Goth – Pearl as Pearl Aubrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal as Emily Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande as Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Tom Hanks – Elvis as Colonel Tom Parker Anthony Hopkins – Armageddon Time as Aaron Rabinowitz Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney Ben Whishaw – Women Talking as August | Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin (TIE) Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre (TIE) Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness as Abigail Claire Foy – Women Talking as Salome Nina Hoss – Tár as Sharon Goodnow |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Sarah Polley – Women Talking Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale Kazuo Ishiguro – Living Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said | Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Charlotte Wells – Aftersun |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary Feature |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Turning Red | All That Breathes All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Bad Axe Fire of Love Good Night Oppy Navalny |
| Best International Feature Film | Best Cinematography |
| Decision to Leave All Quiet on the Western Front Argentina, 1985 Close EO | Florian Hoffmeister – Tár Ben Davis – The Banshees of Inisherin Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave Janusz Kamiński – The Fabelmans Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick Linus Sandgren – Babylon |
| Best Film Editing | Best Original Score |
| Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once Tom Cross – Babylon Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick Blair McClendon – Aftersun Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – The Banshees of Inisherin Monika Willi – Tár | Hildur Guðnadóttir – Women Talking Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Justin Hurwitz – Babylon John Williams – The Fabelmans |
| Best Production Design ||
| Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at Once Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rick Heinrichs and Elli Griff – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon Mark Tildesley and Michael Standish – The Banshees of Inisherin ||

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

* Emergency
** Servants
** Topside

### Marlon Riggs Award

* Phil Tippett