Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (DFWFCA) 2025 : Complete list of winners explored

On December 17, the Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, aka DFWFCA, announced the winners for this year’s awards. The Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards this year were dominated by Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another with a total of five awards in different categories.

Following Leonardo, Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners also bagged multiple titles at Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards. Kpop Demon Hunters also earned a recognition in Best Animated Film category.

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More about the winners at Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Here’s the complete list of winners at this year’s Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture

• Winner: One Battle After Another
• Runners-Up: Sinners (2); Marty Supreme (3); Hamnet (4); Sentimental Value (5); Train Dreams (6); Frankenstein (7); Jay Kelly (8); Bugonia (9); It Was Just An Accident (10)

Best Actor

• Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Runners-Up: Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme (2); Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (3); Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (4); Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams (5)

Best Actress

• Winner: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Runners-Up: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (2); Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (3); Emma Stone, Bugonia (4); Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (5)

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
• Runners-Up: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (2); Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (3); Paul Mescal, Hamnet (4); Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly (5)

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
• Runners-Up: Amy Madigan, Weapons (2); Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (3); Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme (4); Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (5)

Best Director

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Runners-Up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners (2); Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (3); Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (4); Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein (5)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Winner: Sentimental Value
• Runners-Up: It Was Just An Accident (2); The Secret Agent (3); No Other Choice (4); Sirat (5)

Best Documentary

• Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
• Runners-Up: 2000 Meters To Andriivka (2); Orwell: 2+2=5 (3); Cover-Up (4); Come See Me In The Good Light (5)

Best Animated Film

• Winner: Kpop Demon Hunters
• Runner-Up: Arco

Best Screenplay

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Cinematography

• Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
• Runner-Up: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Musical Score

• Winner: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
• Runner-Up: Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

Russell Smith Award (Best Low-Budget Or Cutting-Edge Independent Film)

• Winner: It Was Just An Accident

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