The Power of the Dog came out on top at San Diego, but wasn’t nearly as fond of it as their northern neighbors in San Francisco. A lot of unusual choices that haven’t reflected often in other groups.

Awards Tallies

(4) The Power of the Dog
(2) Dune, Licorice Pizza, Mass, Parallel Mothers

The Awards

Best Picture

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Belfast)

Best Animated Film

Luca (Runner-Up: Flee)

Best Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast)

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig (Runner-Up: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!)

Best Actress

TIE:
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Best Supporting Actor

Jason Isaacs – Mass (Runner-Up: Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar)

Best Supporting Actress

Ruth Negga – Passing (Runner-Up: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story)

Best Original Screenplay

Mass (Runner-Up: TIE: Belfast, Don’t Look Up)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Nightmare Alley)

Best Editing

In the Heights (Runner-Up: Belfast)

Best Cinematography

Dune (Runner-Up: The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best Production Design

Nightmare Alley (Runner-Up: The French Dispatch)

Best Costumes

Cruella (Runner-Up: The Harder They Fall)

Best Sound Design

Dune (Runner-Up: TIE: Belfast, The Power of the Dog, A Quiet Place Part II)

Best Visual Effects

Dune

Best Foreign Language Film

Parallel Mothers (Runner-Up: I’m Your Man)

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Runner-Up: Flee)

Best Ensemble

Don’t Look Up

Best Youth Performance

TIE:
Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Best Comedic Performance

Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza (Runner-Up: David Harbour – Black Widow)

Body of Work

Jonny Greenwood – Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, Spencer

Breakthrough Artist

Emilia Jones – CODA (Runner-Up: Jude Hill – Belfast)

Best Use of Music in a Film

Last Night in Soho (Runner-Up: TIE: Belfast, In the Heights, West Side Story)

San Diego Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1996 (26)