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The 1st San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2002, were given on 17 December 2002.

• Best Picture:
  • The Pianist
• Best Director:
  • Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
• Best Actor:
  • Michael Caine - The Quiet American
• Best Actress:
  • Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher (La pianiste)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Miranda Richardson - Spider
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Y Tu Mamá También • Mexico
• Best Documentary:
  • Rivers and Tides
• Most Promising Debut:
  • Dylan Kidd - Roger Dodger
• Special Citation:
  • Phillip Noyce - Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American
  • Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi - Underground Zero [1]

• 2002 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

• Polanski's 'Pianist' tops S.F. Film Critics' list / Caine, Huppert named best actors