San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2015

The 14th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2015, were given on December 12, 2015.^[1]

14th SFFCC Awards

December 12, 2015

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Picture:
Spotlight

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Animated Feature:
Anomalisa

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Documentary:
Listen to Me Marlon

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Foreign Language Picture:
Son of Saul

Winners

George Miller, Best Director winner

Paul Dano, Best Actor winner

Saoirse Ronan, Best Actress winner

Michael Shannon, Best Supporting Actor winner

These are the nominees for the 14th SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:

Best Film	Best Director
Spotlight Brooklyn Carol Love & Mercy Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road John Crowley – Brooklyn Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Best Actor	Best Actress
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes	Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Rooney Mara – Carol Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Benicio del Toro – Sicario Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone – Creed	Mya Taylor – Tangerine Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy Helen Mirren – Trumbo Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Best Screenplay – Adapted	Best Screenplay – Original
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Emma Donoghue – Room Drew Goddard – The Martian Andrew Haigh – 45 Years Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl Phyllis Nagy – Carol	Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman – Love & Mercy Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch – Tangerine Alex Garland – Ex Machina Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight Taylor Sheridan – Sicario
Best Animated Feature	Best Documentary Film
Anomalisa Boy and the World Inside Out The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie	Listen to Me Marlon Amy Best of Enemies The Look of Silence Meru
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Cinematography
Son of Saul The Assassin Goodnight Mommy A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Timbuktu	John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road Roger Deakins – Sicario Edward Lachman – Carol Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant Mark Lee Ping-bing – The Assassin
Best Editing	Best Production Design
Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road Hank Corwin – The Big Short Dino Jonsäter – Love & Mercy Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant Joe Walker – Sicario	Carol Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant

Special awards

Special Citation Award for under-appreciated independent cinema

• Guy Maddin – The Forbidden Room

Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community

• Lee Tung Foo (a.k.a. Frank Lee)