By Daniel Barnes

My submitted ballot for the 2022 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards:

BEST PICTURE

1. Triangle of Sadness
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Northman
4. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
5. Blonde

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
2. Robert Eggers, The Northman
3. Andrew Dominik, Blonde
4. Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
5. Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave

BEST ACTRESS

1. Mia Goth, Pearl
2. Rebecca Hall, Resurrection
3. Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter
4. Ana de Armas, Blonde
5. Park Ji-Min, Return to Seoul

BEST ACTOR

1. Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Brendan Fraser, The Whale
3. Caleb Landry Jones, Nitram
4. Austin Butler, Elvis
5. Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Julianne Nicholson, Blonde
3. Judy Davis, Nitram
4. Dolly de Leon, Triangle of Sadness
5. Janelle Mónae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Tom Hanks, Elvis
3. Tim Roth, Resurrection
4. Rory Kinnear, Men
5. Steven Yeun, Nope

BEST SCREENPLAY, Original

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Decision to Leave
3. Triangle of Sadness
4. Aftersun
5. Benediction

BEST SCREENPLAY, Adapted

1. Blonde
2. The Whale
3. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
4. The Quiet Girl
5. All Quiet on the Western Front

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Blonde
2. Decision to Leave
3. The Northman
4. The Fabelmans
5. Triangle of Sadness

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. Empire of Light
2. Crimes of the Future
3. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
5. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Northman
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
4. White Noise
5. Crimes of the Future

BEST EDITING

1. Decision to Leave
2. The Northman
3. Blonde
4. Triangle of Sadness
5. Aftersun

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
2. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
4. Turning Red
5. Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. Decision to Leave
2. Return to Seoul
3. All Quiet on the Western Front
4. The Quiet Girl
5. Official Competition

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