Another win for Roma and a first for Spike Lee as director of BlacKkKlansman. Michael B. Jordan also picks up his first and Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind is a surprise editing winner.

Award Tallies

(3) BlacKkKlansman, Roma
(2) First Reformed

The Awards

Best Picture

Roma

Best Animated Feature

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee

Best Actor

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

Best Actress

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Original Screenplay

First Reformed

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Score

BlacKkKlansman

Best Editing

The Other Side of the Wind

Best Cinematography

Roma

Best Production Design

Black Panther

Best Foreign Language Film

Roma

Best Documentary

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Martin Riggs Award

Boots Riley

Underappreciated Independent Film

The Endless

Special Citation for Under-Appreciated Independent Cinema

Chained for Life – Aaron Schimberg’s playfully penetrating satire about onscreen representations of disability.
The Endless – a genre-bending story of emotionally estranged brothers starring and directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Madeline’s Madeline – Josephine Decker’s fluid collision of dream, reality and performance starring powerhouse newcomer Helena Howard

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Data

Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (17)