Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Awards: Complete list of nominees and winners explored

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has officially announced its 2025 EDA Awards winners. The EDA Awards are named in honor of Eda Reiss Merin, who is the mother of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin. Eda Reiss Merin was a stage, film, and television actress. She was also one of the founders of AFTRA.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' 2024 EDA Awards winners were as follows,

• Best film: The Brutalist
• Best director: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
• Best screenplay, original: The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
• Best screenplay, adapted: Conclave, Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
• Best documentary: Dahomey, Mati Diop
• Best animated film: Flow (Tie), The Wild Robot (Tie)
• Best actress: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Hard Truths
• Best supporting actress: Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Best actor: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Best ensemble cast and casting director: Conclave
• Best cinematography: Nosferatu
• Best editing: Emilia Perez (Tie), The Brutalist (Tie)
• Best international film: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

EDA Female Focus Awards 2024

• Best woman director: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Tie), Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light (Tie)
• Best female screenwriter: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance (Tie), Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light (Tie)
• Best animated or voiced performance: Lupita N'yongo, The Wild Robot
• Best women’s breakthrough performance: Mikey Madison, Anora
• Best female stunt performance: June Squibb, Thelma

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' 2025 EDA Awards winners' list is mainly dominated by films such as One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sinners, and Sentimental Value. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another led all nominees with twelve nominations. It was followed by Chloé Zhao's Hamnet with ten, Ryan Coogler's Sinners with eight, and Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value with seven nods.

However, Sinners became the most awarded film of the year. It bagged multiple top honors, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Hamnet secured recognition for Jessie Buckley's lead performance and for its adapted screenplay. Sentimental Value earned Best International Film and Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' official EDA Awards webpage reads,

"The Alliance of Women Film Journalists' EDA Awards recognize the amazing work done by and about women, both in front and behind the camera. AWFJ presents EDA Awards at year's end and throughout the year at selected film festivals. The EDAs are named in honor of AWFJ founder Jennifer Merin’s mother, Eda Reiss Merin, a stage, film and television actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. A dedicated foot soldier in the industry, Eda was one of the founders of AFTRA and a long-standing Member of AMPAS."

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Complete list of winners and nominees at the 2025 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards

Best film

Frankenstein

Hamnet

It Was Just An Accident

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners (Winner)

Train Dreams

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Best director

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler: Sinners (Winner)

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just An Accident

Joachim Trier: Sentimental Value

Chloé Zhao: Hamnet

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Best screenplay, original

It Was Just An Accident: Jafar Panahi

Jay Kelly: Noah Baumbach

Sentimental Value: Joachim Trier

Sinners: Ryan Coogler (Winner)

Sorry, Baby: Eva Victor

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Best screenplay, adapted

Bugonia: Will Tracy

Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet: Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao (Winner)

One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson

Train Dreams: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

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Best documentary

Come See Me in the Good Light: Ryan White

My Mom Jayne: Mariska Hargitay

Orwell 2+2=5: Raoul Peck

The Librarians: Kim A. Snyder

The Perfect Neighbor: Geeta Gandbhir (Winner)

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Best animated film

Arco: Ugo Bienvenu and Giles Cazaux

In Your Dreams: Erik Benson and Alexander Woo

KPop Demon Hunters: Chris Applehaus and Maggie Kang (Winner)

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain: Liane Cho Jin Kuang and Mailys Vallade

Zootopia 2: Jared Bush and Simon Howard

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Best actress

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet (Winner)

Rose Byrne: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Emma Stone: Bugonia

Tessa Thompson: Hedda

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Best supporting actress

Nina Hoss: Hedda

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas: Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan: Weapons

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners (Winner)

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Best actor

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton: Train Dreams

Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners (Winner)

Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent

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Best supporting actor

Benicio Del Toro: One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

Paul Mescal: Hamnet

Sean Penn: One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value (Winner)

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Best ensemble cast and casting director

Hamnet: Nina Gold and Lucy Amos

Marty Supreme: Jennifer Venditti

Nouvelle Vague: Stéphane Batut

One Battle After Another: Cassandra Kulukundis

Sinners: Francine Maisler (Winner)

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Best cinematography

Frankenstein: Dan Laustsen

Hamnet: Łukasz Żal

One Battle After Another: Michael Bauman

Sinners: Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Winner)

Train Dreams: Adolpho Veloso

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Best editing

F1: The Movie: Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith

Hamnet: Affonso Gonçalves and Chloé Zhao

Marty Supreme: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

One Battle After Another: Andy Jurgensen

Sinners: Michael P. Shawver (Winner)

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Best international film

It Was Just An Accident: Jafar Panahi

No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook

Sentimental Value: Joachim Trier (Winner)

Sirât: Oliver Laxe

The Secret Agent: Kleber Mendonça Filho

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EDA female focus awards

Presented only to women

Best female director at the 2025 EDA Awards

Kathryn Bigelow: A House of Dynamite

Mary Bronstein: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Mona Fastvold: The Testament of Ann Lee

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

Chloé Zhao: Hamnet (Winner)

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Best female writer at the 2025 EDA Awards

Mary Bronstein: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Nia DaCosta: Hedda

Hikari and Stephen Blahut: Rental Family

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby (Winner)

Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell: Hamnet

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Best voiced performance in an animated film

Ginnifer Goodwin: Zootopia 2

Loïse Charpentier: Little Amelie or the Character of Rain

Arden Cho: KPop Demon Hunters (Winner)

Fortune Feimster: Zootopia 2

Zoë Saldaña: Elio

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Best breakthrough performance

Odessa A’Zion: Marty Supreme

Chase Infiniti: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

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Best stunt performance

Ana de Armas: Ballerina

Hayley Atwell: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Chase Infiniti: One Battle After Another (Winner)

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Pom Klementieff: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Congratulations to the winners at the 2025 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards.

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