San Francisco Film Critics Circle

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications.

Included in its membership are journalists from San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, East Bay Express, San Jose Metro, Palo Alto Weekly, Pacific Sun, San Francisco Examiner, KRON-TV, Variety, CultureVulture.net, Splicedwire.com and CombustibleCelluloid.com.

SFFCC Awards

In December of each year, the SFFCC meets to vote on their San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards for films released in the same calendar year.

Among the films that have received SFFCC awards are

Lost in Translation (2003),[1]
Sideways (2004),[2]
Brokeback Mountain (2005),[3]
Little Children (2006),[4]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007),[5]
Away from Her (2007),[6]
The Wrestler (2008),[7]
Milk (2008),[8]
The Dark Knight (2008),[9]
The Hurt Locker (2009).[10]

Categories of awards include:

Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Best Documentary Feature
Best Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Animated Film
Best Screenplay (2004–)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

References

  1. ^ "awards: Lost in Translation". Film in Focus. http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/lost_in_translation/awards. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  2. ^ Harvey, Dennis (14 December 2004). "More tilt 'Sideways': pic dominates San Francisco crix kudos". Daily Variety. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-126652827.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  3. ^ Stein, Ruthe (13 December 2005). "'Brokeback' is top film pick of S.F. critics". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/13/DDG09G5V251.DTL. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  4. ^ Gerhard, Susan (12 December 2006). "SF Film Critics Circle announces awards". sf360. http://www.sf360.org/features/sf-film-critics-circle-announces-awards. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "awards: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/335202/The-Assassination-of-Jesse-James-by-the-Coward-Robert-Ford/awards. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  6. ^ "awards: Away From Her (2006)". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/355981/Away-From-Her/awards. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  7. ^ Kay, Jeremy (9 January 2009). "Awards Countdown - Critics - The Critics have spoken". Screen Daily. http://www.screendaily.com/awards-countdown-critics-the-critics-have-spoken/4042577.article. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  8. ^ "S.F. Film Critics: 'Milk,' Sean Penn share honors". Oakland Tribune. 16 December 2008. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19631954.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  9. ^ "San Francisco Film Critics Awards 2008". Alt Film Guide. 15 December 2008. http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/san-francisco-film-critics-awards-2008/. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  10. ^ Caine, Barry (15 December 2009). "San Francisco Film Critics awards: 'The Hurt Locker' top movie of 2009". San Jose Mercury News. http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14004900?source=rss. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 

External links

American Film Critic Associations
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West