# San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2019

18th SFBAFCC Awards
December 16, 2019
Best Picture: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Animated Feature: I Lost My Body
Best Documentary: Apollo 11
Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite
The 18th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were given on December 16, 2019.

## Winners and nominees

These are the nominees for the 18th SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 1917 The Irishman Marriage Story Parasite | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Sam Mendes – 1917 Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver – Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix – Joker Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems | Lupita Nyong'o – Us Awkwafina – The Farewell Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Charlize Theron – Bombshell Alfre Woodard – Clemency |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse Song Kang-ho – Parasite Al Pacino – The Irishman Joe Pesci – The Irishman | Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers Laura Dern – Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit Margot Robbie – Bombshell Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Greta Gerwig – Little Women Lorene Scafaria – Hustlers Steven Zaillian – The Irishman | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Rian Johnson – Knives Out Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Lulu Wang – The Farewell |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary |
| I Lost My Body How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Klaus Missing Link Toy Story 4 | Apollo 11 American Factory For Sama Maiden One Child Nation |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Cinematography |
| Parasite Les Misérables Pain and Glory Portrait of a Lady on Fire Transit | Roger Deakins – 1917 Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse Adam Newport-Berra – The Last Black Man in San Francisco Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jörg Widmer – A Hidden Life |
| Best Film Editing | Best Production Design |
| Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari Yang Jin-mo – Parasite Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman Lee Smith – 1917 | Barbara Ling – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Dennis Gassner – 1917 Regina Graves and Bob Shaw – The Irishman Lee Ha-jun – Parasite Henrik Svensson – Midsommar |
| Best Original Score | |
| Emile Mosseri – The Last Black Man in San Francisco Alexandre Desplat – Little Women Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker Randy Newman – Marriage Story Thomas Newman – 1917 | |

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

* One Cut of the Dead, directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda
** The Cat and the Moon, directed by Alex Wolff
** Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, directed by Max Lewkowicz
** Sócrates, directed by Alexandre Moratto

### Marlon Riggs Award

* Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot (awarded a to filmmaker(s) or individual(s) who represents courage and innovation in the world of cinema)