By Daniel Barnes

My submitted ballot for the 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle awards:

BEST PICTURE

1. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
3. It Was Just an Accident
4. Sentimental Value
5. No Other Choice

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
2. Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
3. Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
4. Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
5. Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee

BEST ACTRESS

1. Zhao Tao, Caught by the Tides
2. Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
3. Emma Stone, Bugonia
4. Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
5. Cate Blanchett, Black Bag

BEST ACTOR

1. Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
2. Joaquin Phoenix, Eddington
3. Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
4. Cillian Murphy, Steve
5. Michael Fassbender, Black Bag

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
2. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
3. Amy Madigan, Weapons
4. Regina King, Caught Stealing
5. Alicia Vikander, The Assessment

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
2. Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
3. Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
4. Michael Stuhlbarg, After the Hunt
5. Aidan Delbis, Bugonia

BEST SCREENPLAY, Original

1. Sentimental Value
2. Eddington
3. It Was Just an Accident
4. Twinless
5. Weapons

BEST SCREENPLAY, Adapted

1. One Battle After Another
2. No Other Choice
3. Bugonia
4. Caught Stealing
5. Nouvelle Vague

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. One Battle After Another
2. No Other Choice
3. Bugonia
4. Sirat
5. The Testament of Ann Lee

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. One Battle After Another
2. Bugonia
3. Jay Kelly
4. Train Dreams
5. The Fantastic 4: First Steps

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. No Other Choice
2. Frankenstein
3. Bugonia
4. The Testament of Ann Lee
5. Caught Stealing

BEST EDITING

1. Caught by the Tides
2. One Battle After Another
3. Eddington
4. No Other Choice
5. Weapons

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Predator: Killer of Killers
2. KPop Demon Hunters
3. Zootopia 2
4. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
5. Arco

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. Caught by the Tides
2. It Was Just an Accident
3. Sentimental Value
4. No Other Choice
5. Sirat

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