The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications.
Included in its membership are journalists from San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, East Bay Express, San Jose Metro, Palo Alto Weekly, Sonoma Index-Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, KRON-TV, Variety, CultureVulture.net, Splicedwire.com, and CombustibleCelluloid.com.
In December of each year, the SFFCC meets to vote on the San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards for the films released in the same calendar year.
Categories of awards include: