The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) have announced their nominees for the best in film for 2025 and One Battle After Another leads with 11, followed by Sinners with 9 and Sentimental Value with 8.
All are nominated for Best Picture alongside Hamnet and Train Dreams, which earned seven and five nominations apiece, respectively.
Winners will be announced on December 14. Here is the complete list of nominations.
Best Picture
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Director
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
It Was Just An Accident – Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Original Screenplay
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
It Was Just An Accident – Jafar Panahi
Weapons – Zach Cregger
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best International Feature Film
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat
Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Riefenstahl
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Best Production Design
Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell
Hamnet – Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin
Sinners – Hannah Beachler
Best Film Editing
A House Of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter
F1 – Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Best Original Score
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner
Special Citation for Independent Cinema
Brother Verses Brother
The Encampments
Happyend
Twinless
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