San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Share Most Wins

The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) has chosen Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another as the best film of 2025, also awarding it Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro) and Best Editing.

Sinners was also a strong player with wins for Cinematography, Score and Production Design. Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) and Amy Madigan (Weapons) rounded out the acting prizes.

The Marlon Riggs Award, named in honor of the late Bay Area filmmaker and activist Marlon Riggs, celebrates courage and vision in the Bay Area film community. It is given to individuals or organizations that embody Riggs’ legacy of social engagement, innovation, and commitment to diverse storytelling. This year’s recipient is Karen Larsen.

“In recognition of her decades of unwavering dedication to the San Francisco Bay Area film community, Karen Larsen has championed independent films and world cinema with distinction. Through her tireless work as a publicist and advocate, she has elevated countless filmmakers and promoted numerous local film festivals, enriching the cultural fabric of the region. Her enduring commitment to amplifying diverse voices and fostering cinematic discovery exemplifies the spirit of the Marlon Riggs Award.”

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: One Battle After Another

Runner-up: Sinners

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Runner-up: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

Runner-up: Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons

Runner-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another

Runner-up: Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay: Sentimental Value

Runner-up: Sinners

Best Editing: One Battle After Another

Runner-up: Sinners

Best Cinematography: Sinners

Runner-up: Train Dreams

Best Production Design: Sinners

Runner-up: Frankenstein

Best Score: Sinners

Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters

Runner-up: Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature: Orwell: 2+2=5

Runner-up: The Alabama Solution

Best International Feature: It Was Just an Accident

Runner-up: Sentimental Value

Special Citation: Twinless

Runner-up: Brother Versus Brother

Marlon Riggs Award: Karen Larsen

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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