SF Honors is an annual award and showcase that brings extraordinary cinema to San Francisco audiences by celebrating the fearless and bold talent behind one of the year’s most compelling films. SF Honors recipients have collectively earned 25 Academy Award nominations and 12 wins, including Best Picture for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016), Siân Heder’s CODA (2021), and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2023).

Those who have joined us on stage for an in-depth conversation about their films include writer/director Damien Chazelle, actors Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, composer Justin Hurwitz; director Joe Wright, actors Gary Oldman and Ben Mendelsohn; screenwriter Daniel Stiepleman and actors Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; director Siân Heder; screenwriter Erica Schmidt, and actors Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr.; writer/director Guillermo del Toro; writer/director Azazel Jacobs, executive producer and actor Elizabeth Olsen, and actor Jovan Adepo; writer/director Steven McQueen; and actors Will Arnett and Laura Dern.

SF Honors is made possible by support from SFFILM Board President Todd Traina and philanthropist Diane B. Wilsey.

Steve McQueen’s Blitz (2024)

“San Francisco has always been important for me as a filmmaker. It’s very special to be back here at SFFILM because I know they have the most remarkable film community here. When I think of San Francisco, I think of excellence in filmmaking and also nurturing of filmmaking, which is extremely important,”—Director Steve McQueen, SF Honors: Blitz (2024).

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Azazel Jacob’s His Three Daughters (2024)

“The fact that we get to be here is such a huge privilege to us. We didn’t make this with results in our minds. We made this because of a process that we had all missed. That’s where it came from. [We] wanted to support a filmmaker who we love as a person and as a creative.”—Actor Elizabeth Olson, SF Honors: His Three Daughters (2024).

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PAST SF Honors awardees

Since 2016, SF Honors has been showcasing exciting new work from singular filmmakers, presenting sneak peeks and premieres for Bay Area audiences.

Is This Thing On? (2025)

Directed by Bradley Cooper

Blitz (2024)

Directed by Steve McQueen

His Three Daughters (2024)

Directed by Azazel Jacobs

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Cyrano (2021)

Directed by Joe Wright

CODA (2021)

Directed by Siân Heder

On the Basis of Sex (2018)

Directed by Mimi Leder

Darkest Hour (2017)

Directed by Joe Wright

La La Land (2016)

Directed by Damien Chazelle