The San Francisco Bay Space Movie Critics Circle convened on Sunday to pick out one of the best from the movie world in 2024. Forty-eight regional movie journalists honored fairly just a few Bay Space-connected filmmakers and actors.
“Anora,” Sean Baker’s raucous rollercoaster journey by way of a mercurial relationship between a intercourse employee and a Russian oligarch, and “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s audacious epic anchored round a Brutalist architect, had been on prime, every profitable 4 awards.
A high-profile appearing honor went to former Bay Space stage phenom Colman Domingo, for his completely realized efficiency within the indie favourite “Sing Sing.” His portrayal of John “Divine G” Whitfield, a real-life former member in a theater troupe of males incarcerated on the Ossining Correctional Facility, was cited for its seamlessness and resonance.
In supporting appearing honors, San Franciscan Joan Chen was singled out for her nuanced, typically humorous, typically unhappy, flip as an exasperated, stressed-out Fremont mother of a rebellious 13-year-old skateboarder (and nascent filmmaker) in Fremont native Sean Wang’s terrific debut characteristic, “Dìdi” 弟弟.”
Former Oakland resident and Minnesota native Julian Courageous NoiseCat shares one of the best documentary award with co-director Emily Kassie for his or her searing, unforgettable “Sugarcane,” a riveting account of horrific abuses Catholic clergymen and nuns perpetrated upon younger Canadian indigenous college students at a boarding college.
The group’s prestigious Marlon Riggs Award—“presented to Bay Area filmmaker(s) or individual(s) who represent courage and innovation in the world of cinema” and named after the late nice groundbreaking filmmaker—went to Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Cori Thomas and the San Quentin Movie Pageant for creating and holding the primary pageant of its variety Oct. 10-11.
Here’s a rundown of award winners and runners up:
Colman Domingo, showing in “Sing Sing,” received in one of the best lead actor class. (Courtesy A24)
Greatest Actor
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” (Winner)
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” (Runner-up)
Greatest Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths” (Winner)
Mikey Madison, “Anora” (Runner-up)
Greatest Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov, “Anora” (Winner)
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” (Runner-up)
San Francisco resident Joan Chen was honored for enjoying an exasperated Fremont mother reverse Izaac Wang in Fremont native Sean Wang’s “Dìdi” 弟弟.” (Courtesy Focus Options/Speaking Fish Photos)
Greatest Supporting Actress
Joan Chen, “Dìdi” 弟弟 (Winner)
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Pérez” (Runner-up)
Greatest Tailored Screenplay
“Sing Sing,” Clint Bentley, Greg Kewdar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield (Winner)
“Conclave,” Peter Straughan (Runner-up)
Greatest Authentic Screenplay
“Anora,” Sean Baker (Winner)
“Hard Truths,” Mike Leigh (Runner-up)
Greatest Cinematography
“The Brutalist,” Lol Crawley (Winner)
“Nosferatu,” Jarin Blaschke (Runner-up)
Greatest Enhancing
“Anora,” Sean Baker (Winner)
“Challengers,” Marco Costa (Runner-up)
“The Brutalist,” Dávid Jancsó (Runner-up)
Greatest Authentic Rating
“The Brutalist,” Daniel Blumberg (Winner)
“Conclave,” Volker Bertelmann (Runner-up)
Greatest Manufacturing Design
“The Brutalist,” Judy Becker (Winner)
“Nosferatu,” Craig Lathrop (Runner-up)
Greatest Documentary
“Sugarcane” (Winner)
“Will & Harper” (Runner-up)
Greatest Worldwide Characteristic
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Winner)
“Emilia Pérez” (Runner-up)
Greatest Animated Characteristic
“Flow” (Winner)
“The Wild Robot” (Runner-up)
Greatest Director
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet (Winner)
“Anora,” Sean Baker (Runner-up)
Greatest Movie
“Anora” (Winner)
“Sing Sing” (Runner-up)
Particular Quotation for Impartial Cinema
“Femme” (Winner)
“Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Runner-up)
“The Secret Art of Human Flight” (Runner-up)
Marlon Riggs Award
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Cori Thomas and the San Quentin Movie Pageant
