Awards 2025 Nominees

The Columbus Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the nominees for its 24th annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 8th, 2026.

Best Film

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • Marty Supreme
  • No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams
  • Wake Up Dead Man
  • Weapons

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners
  • Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man
  • Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance

  • Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
  • Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
  • Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
  • Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
  • Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
  • Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
  • Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
  • Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
  • Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  • Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance

  • Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners
  • Amy Madigan, Weapons
  • Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
  • Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
  • Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
  • Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

  • It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Wake Up Dead Man

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

  • Josh Brolin, The Running Man, Wake Up Dead Man, and Weapons
  • Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme
  • Josh O’Connor, The History of Sound, The Mastermind, Rebuilding, and Wake Up Dead Man
  • Amanda Seyfried, The Housemaid and The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Emma Stone, Bugonia and Eddington

Breakthrough Film Artist

  • Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme – (for acting)
  • Miles Caton, Sinners – (for acting)
  • Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another – (for acting)
  • Carson Lund, Eephus – (for directing and screenwriting)
  • Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby – (for acting, directing, and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
  • Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
  • Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
  • Claudio Miranda, F1
  • Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
  • Lukasz Zal – Hamnet

Best Film Editing

  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
  • Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
  • Stephen Mirrione, F1
  • Joe Murphy, Weapons
  • Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  • Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
  • Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
  • Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee, No Other Choice
    (Eojjeolsuga)
  • Will Tracy, Bugonia
  • Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners
  • Zach Cregger, Weapons
  • Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme
  • Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)

Best Score

  • Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
  • Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
  • Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
  • Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
  • Max Richter, Hamnet

Best Documentary

  • Cover-Up
  • Orwell: 2+2=5
  • The Perfect Neighbor
  • Predators
  • Seeds

Best Foreign Language Film

  • It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
  • No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga eobsda)
  • The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
  • Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
  • Sirât

Best Animated Film

  • Arco
  • The Bad Guys 2
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes)
  • Predator: Killer of Killers
  • Zootopia 2

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

  • The Baltimorons
  • Friendship
  • The Naked Gun
  • One of Them Days
  • Splitsville

Best Overlooked Film

  • The Ballad of Wallis Island
  • The Baltimorons
  • The Mastermind
  • Peter Hujar’s Day
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  • Warfare