San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2023

 22nd SFBAFCC Awards January 9, 2024

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron

Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol

Best International Feature Film: The Zone of Interest

The 22nd San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2023, were given on January 9, 2024. The nominations were announced on January 5, 2024, with Oppenheimer leading the nominations with ten. The film also received the most awards with three wins, including Best Picture; The Zone of Interest also won three awards, including Best Director (Jonathan Glazer) and Best International Feature Film.

Winners and nominees


These are the nominees for the 22nd SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:

Special Citation for Independent Cinema

 * Earth Mama / Fremont (TIE)
 * The Blue Caftan

Marlon Riggs Award

 * H.P. Mendoza

"For being such a Bay Area force and being a beacon of creativity, inspiration and expression. His last film attests to his versatility and his deft comedic hand. It's been quite a year for the San Francisco native. First, he transformed his 2021 art installation, Attack! Decay! Release!, into a moving, raucous multimedia extravaganza melding a feature film with live performance. Then, he premiered his latest feature, The Secret Art of Human Flight, at Tribeca, and toured with it on the festival circuit through the rest of year, collecting awards along the way. His first film not made from his own script, it never the less continues his ongoing exploration of the ties that bind."