18th SFBAFCC Awards
December 16, 2019
Best Picture:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Animated Feature:
I Lost My Body
Best Documentary:
Apollo 11
Best Foreign Language Film:
Parasite
The 18th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were given on December 16, 2019. [1]
These are the nominees for the 18th SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
| Best Picture | Best Director |
|---|---|
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best Cinematography |
| |
| Best Film Editing | Best Production Design |
| |
| Best Original Score | |
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