Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards (IFJA) 2025: Complete winners list explored

The winners of the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards, aka IFJA, were finally revealed. This year’s IFJA Awards are dominated by Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners. The movie bagged most awards at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards, including Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and more.

Following this, One Battle After Another also recorded wins in different categories at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards, including Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, and more.

Other movies like Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, Good Boy, and more won across different categories at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards.

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More about winners at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards

Here’s the complete rundown of winners and runner-ups at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards:

Best Picture

• Winner: Sinners
• Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

Other Best Film Finalists / Top 10 Films: (Listed Alphabetically)

• Bob Trevino Likes It
• Hamnet
• The Life Of Chuck
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• Train Dreams
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Weapons

Best Animated Film

• Winner: K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Runner-Up: The Legend Of Hei 2

Best Foreign Language Film

• Winner: No Other Choice
• Runner-Up: Sentimental Value

Best Documentary Film

• Winner: The Tenderness Tour
• Runner-Up: Orwell: 2+2=5

Best Original Screenplay

• Winner: Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
• Runner-Up: Ronald Bronstein And Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
• Runner-Up: Mike Flanagan, “The Life Of Chuck”

Best Director

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

Best Lead Performance

• Winner: Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
• Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”

Best Supporting Performance

• Winner: Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
• Runner-Up: Amy Madigan, “Weapons”

Best Vocal / Motion-Capture Performance

• Winner: Will Patton, “Train Dreams”
• Runner-Up: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”

Best Ensemble Acting

• Winner: Sinners
• Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

Best Musical Score

• Winner: Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
• Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”

Breakout Of The Year

• Winner: Chase Infiniti (Performer), “One Battle After Another”
• Runner-Up: Miles Caton (Performer), “Sinners”

Best Cinematography

• Winner: Autumn Donald Arkapaw, “Sinners”
• Runner-Up: Michael Bauman, “One Battle After Another”

Best Editing

• Winner: Michael P. Shawver, “Sinners”
• Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen, “One Battle After Another”

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography

• Winner: Wade Eastwood (Second-Unit Director / Stunt Coordinator), “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
• Runner-Up: Brian Machleit (Stunt Coordinator), “One Battle After Another”

Best Special Effects

• Winner: Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, and Ivan Busquets (Visual Effects Supervisors), and José Granell (Miniatures / Models Supervisor), “Frankenstein”
• Runner-Up: Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, and Guido Wolter (Visual Effects Supervisors) and Donnie Dean (Special Effects Coordinator), “Sinners”

Original Vision Award

• Winner: Good Boy
• Runner-Up: The Testament Of Ann Lee

The Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award*

• Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”

The Hoosier Award

• As a special honor, no runner-up is named for the Hoosier Award. It honors founding IFJA member and longtime NUVO Newsweekly Critic Edward Johnson-Ott.

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