San Fracisco Film Critics Circle Awards

There were no major shockers after the announcement of some surprise nominations by San Francsico Critics. Boyhood and Birdman share the honors. Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski honored with Best Cinematography of  the year for their incredible work on Pawel Pawlikowski's Polish feature, Ida. Ida has some of the most impressive and inventive photography in recent memory. A great choice.

Boyhood

Best Picture
Boyhood

Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actor
Michael Keaton, Birdman

Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton, Birdman

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Best Adapted Screenplay
Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Cinematography
Ida, Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Editing
Boyhood,

Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie

Best Foreign Language Film 
Ida


Best Documentary
CitizenFour

Marlon Riggs award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Joel Shephard

Special citation for under-appreciated independent cinema
The One I Love