Among the more estimable critics' organizations to ring in each awards season with their picks for the best of the year, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle has announced its 2019 award nominations. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood does as it has done over several other slates this season, racking up the most mentions with eight in total.
The SFBAFCC used to be known just as the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, so yes, it's the same group, in case you were wondering if this were another one of those bogus critics circles that's sprung up online in recent years. Award winners will be declared in two days' time, on the 16th of December.
Best Picture
1917
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Director
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
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 Actress
Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas (Pain & Glory)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Zhao Shu Zhen (The Farewell)
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Song Kang Ho (Parasite)
Best Original Screenplay
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)
Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
Roger Deakins (1917)
Adam Newport-Berra (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Robert Richardon (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Jorg Widmer (A Hidden Life)
Best Film Editing
Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (Ford v. Ferrari)
Fred Raskin (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Thelma Schoonmaker (The Irishman)
Lee Smith (1917)
Yang Jin Mo (Parasite)
Best Production Design
Dennis Gassner (1917)
Regina Graves and Bob Shaw (The Irishman)
Lee Ha Jun (Parasite)
Barbara Ling (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Henrik Svensson (Midsommar)
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
Hildur Gudnadottir (Joker)
Emile Mosseri (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
Thomas Newman (Marriage Story)
Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Maiden
One Child Nation
Best Foreign Language Film
Les Miserables
Pain & Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Transit
Special Citation for Independent Cinema
The Cat and the Moon (Alex Wolff)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (Max Lewkowicz)
One Cut of the Dead (Ueda Shin'ichiro)
Socrates (Alexandre Moratto)
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