Pandora International Film Critics Awards (PIFC) 2025 nominations: Complete list of nominees explored

The Pandora International Film Critics Awards, aka PIFC, revealed the nominations for this year’s awards. The winners for the Pandora International Film Critics Awards will be announced on December 21.

Several hits of this year, including One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, Arco, Kpop Demon Hunters, Sinners, Sorry, Baby, and more. Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners bagged nominations in around 16 categories at the Pandora International Film Critics Awards. Leonardo DiCaprio starrer One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations at this year’s Pandora International Film Critics Awards.

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More details about Pandora International Film Critics Awards nominations

Here’s the complete rundown of nominations for the Pandora International Film Critics Awards.

INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE at Pandora International Film Critics Awards

• It Was Just an Accident
• Left-Handed Girl
• No Other Choice
• Resurrection
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sirāt
• Sound of Falling
• The Ugly Stepsister
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

DOCUMENTARY MOTION PICTURE

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka
• Afternoons of Solitude
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cover-Up
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE at the Pandora International Film Critics Awards

• Arco
• Elio
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE

• Hamnet
• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sorry, Baby
• Train Dreams

EDITING

• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Frankenstein
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

SET DESIGN

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• The Phoenician Scheme
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked: For Good

COSTUME DESIGN

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Hedda
• Sinners
• The Testament of Ann Lee
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked For Good

STUNT DESIGN

• F1
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Superman

HAIR & MAKE UP

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Mickey 17
• Wicked for Good

SOUND DESIGN

• F1
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

SCORE COMPOSING

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt

SONG COMPOSING

• “Clothed by the Sun” (The Testament of Ann Lee)
• “Golden” (Kpop Demon Hunters)
• “I Lied to You” (Sinners)
• “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” (Sinners)
• “Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)

SCREENWRITING ADAPTED

• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• No Other Choice
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

SCREENWRITING ORIGINAL

• It Was Just an Accident
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Sorry, Baby

DIRECTING

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH at Pandora International Film Critics Awards

• Emilie Blichfeldt (The Ugly Stepsister)
• Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Akinola Davies Jr. (My Father’s Shadow)
• Harry Lighton (Pillion)
• Kristen Stewart (The Chronology of Water)
• Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

ACTING BREAKTHROUGH

• Miles Caton (Sinners)
• Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
• Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet)
• Lea Myren (The Ugly Stepsister)
• Clara Pacini (The Ice Tower)
• Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
• Nina Ye (Left-Handed Girl)

ACTRESS LEAD

• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
• Son Ye-jin (No Other Choice)

ACTRESS SUPPORT

• Odessa A’Zion (Marty Supreme)
• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

ACTOR LEAD

• Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

ACTOR SUPPORT

• Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

ENSEMBLE CAST

• Hamnet
• It Was Just an Accident
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

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