Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA) 2025: Complete nominees and winners list explored

On December 11, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCA) announced the winners for this year’s ceremony. The movies like One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, It Was Just An Accident, and more won awards at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.

One Battle After Another bagged the most awards at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards. Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie won a total of nine awards at Chicago Film Critics Association Awards in different categories like Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Roles (Actor/Actress), and more.

The Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Animated Feature Film was taken home by year’s one of the most popular release K-Pop Demon Hunters.

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More about nominees and winners at this year’s Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Here’s the complete list of winners at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards:

BEST PICTURE

• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

BEST ACTOR

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (WINNER)
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
• Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
• Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Tessa Thompson, Hedda

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme
• Nina Hoss, Hedda
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Blue Moon by Robert Kaplow
• It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi (WINNER)
• Marty Supreme by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
• Sinners by Ryan Coogler
• Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Hamnet by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
• No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, & Jahye Lee
• One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
• Train Dreams by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
• Wake Up Dead Man by Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Arco
• Boys Go to Jupiter
• KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
• Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Cover-Up
• My Undesirable Friends, Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
• The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
• Predators
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sirat

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
• Łukasz Żal, Hamnet
• Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
• Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Kate Hawley, Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Lindsay Pugh, Hedda
• Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
• Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good

BEST EDITING

• Jon Harris, 28 Years Later
• Stephen Mirrione & Patrick J. Smith, F1: The Movie
• Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Kim Sang-beom & Kim Ho-bin, No Other Choice
• Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Rob Mazurek, The Mastermind
• Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
• Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Bryce Dessner, Train Dreams

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Mickey 17
• Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning
• Sinners (WINNER)

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER

• Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch
• Carson Lund, Eephus
• James Sweeney, Twinless
• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby (WINNER)

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

• Miles Caton, Sinners
• Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Abou Sangare, Souleymane’s Story
• Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

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