2022 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) winners: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ named Best Picture, ‘TÁR’ leads wins with four

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The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle have announced their 2022 award winners and The Banshees of Inisherin has been named Best Picture along with Colin Farrell and Kerry Condon earning Best Actor and Supporting Actress wins.

For categories where the vote was particularly close we’ve noted honorable mention for the runners up, including Everything Everywhere All At Once in Best Picture and there was a tie in Supporting Actress where EEAAO’s Jamie Lee Curtis also won. 

TÁR was the biggest winner overall with four: Best Director and and Original Screenplay for Todd Field, Best Actress for Cate Blanchett and Best Cinematography.

The group also honored long time Berkeley resident Phil “Mad God” Tippett for his 30 years in the making film, and for his legendary contributions to the field of animation and visual effects. As the founder of Tippett Studio he has kept the craft alive and well in the Bay Area.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

Honorable Mention :“Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Director

Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Original Screenplay

Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

Best Actor

Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, “TÁR”

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actress (Tie)

Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Animated Feature

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best International Feature Film

“Decision to Leave”

Best Documentary Feature

“All That Breathes”

Best Cinematography

Florian Hoffmeister, “TÁR”

Best Production Design

Jason Isvarday and Kelsi Ephraim, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Film Editing

Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Original Score

Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Women Talking”

Special Citation for Independent Cinema

“Emergency”

Marlon Riggs Award (We award the Marlon Riggs to Bay Area filmmaker(s) or individual(s) who represents courage and innovation in the world of cinema.)

Phil Tippett

Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.