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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2002
December 17, 2002
Best Picture:
The Pianist
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The Piano Teacher is a 2001 French-language erotic psychological drama film, written and directed by Michael Haneke, that is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student. A co-production of Austria and France, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker collapsed for financial reasons.
The 4th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 12 December 2005.
The 3rd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on December 13, 2004.
The 2nd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2003, were given on 15 December 2003.
The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC), formerly known as San Francisco Film Critics Circle, was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications.
The 37th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2003, honored the best in film for 2002.
The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is a film critic organization founded in 1996. The FFCC comprises 30 film critics from Florida-based print and online publications. At the end of each year, the FFCC members vote on the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for outstanding achievements in films released that year. The organization also awards the Pauline Kael Breakout Award, named after film critic Pauline Kael, and the Golden Orange Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film. The FFCC membership includes film critics from Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Sun-Sentinel, Folio Weekly, Bloody Disgusting, WJNO Radio, WTVT, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, FlickDirect, and Tampa Bay Times.
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The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling 1955 novel set in Vietnam, The Quiet American. It is directed by Phillip Noyce and stars Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.
The 5th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 12 December 2006.
Do Thi Hai Yen is a Vietnamese actress. She was born in Bac Ninh Province and grew up in Hanoi where she graduated from the Vietnamese Ballet School after seven years of study.
The 7th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 15 December 2008.
The 9th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were given on 13 December 2010.
The 10th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were given on 11 December 2011.
The 11th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were given on 17 December 2012.
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