‘One Battle After Another’ ‘Twinless’ Lead San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards

One Battle After Another leads the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 2025 Awards for Achievement in Film, claiming the top prize for Best Picture, along with Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson.

In the acting categories, Ethan Hawke received Best Actor honors for his performance in Blue Moon; and Best Actress went to Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

The documentary category saw Orwell: 2+2=5 named Best Documentary Feature and It Was Just an Accident earned Best International Feature Film, continuing its strong showing with critics groups.

SFBAFCC also awarded a Special Citation for Independent Cinema to James Sweeney’s Twinless.

Complete list of winners of 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture
“One Battle After Another” (WINNER)
“Hamnet”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

Best Director
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
“Hamnet” – Chloé Zhao
“It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi
“Sentimental Value” – Joachim Trier
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler

Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon” (WINNER)
Leonardo Dicaprio – “One Battle After Another”
Joel Edgerton – “Train Dreams”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent”

Best Actress
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (WINNER)
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Renate Reinsve – “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone – “Bugonia”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – “One Battle After Another” (WINNER)
Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal – “Hamnet”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value”

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – “Weapons” (WINNER)
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value”
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another” (WINNER)
Will Tracy – “Bugonia”
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell – “Hamnet”
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKel – “No Other Choice”
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – “Train Dreams”

Best Original Screenplay
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – “Sentimental Value” (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”
Jafar Panahi – “It Was Just an Accident”
Zach Cregger – “Weapons”

Best Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – “Sinners” (WINNER)
Dan Laustsen – “Frankenstein”
Łukasz Żal – “Hamnet”
Michael Bauman – “One Battle After Another”
Adolpho Veloso – “Train Dreams”

Best Film Editing
Andy Jurgensen – “One Battle After Another” (WINNER)
Kirk Baxter – “A House Of Dynamite”
Stephen Mirrione – “F1: The Movie”
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme”
Michael P. Shawver – “Sinners”

Best Original Score
Ludwig Göransson – “Sinners” (WINNER)
Jerskin Fendrix – “Bugonia”
Alexandre Desplat – “Frankenstein”
Jonny Greenwood -“One Battle After Another”
Bryce Dessner – “Train Dreams”

Best Production Design
“Sinners” – Hannah Beachler (WINNER)
“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell
“Hamnet” – Fiona Crombie
“Marty Supreme” – Jack Fisk
“One Battle After Another” – Florencia Martin

Best Documentary Feature
“Orwell: 2+2=5” (WINNER)
“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me In The Good Light”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Riefenstahl”

Best International Feature Film
“It Was Just an Accident” (WINNER)
“No Other Choice”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirat”

Best Animated Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters” (WINNER)
“Arco”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

Special Citation for Independent Cinema
“Twinless” (WINNER)
“Brother Verses Brother”
“The Encampments”
“Happyend”