29TH ANNUAL TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Sunday, December 7, 2025

BEST PICTURE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


“Sinners” • Warner Bros. Pictures
“Hamnet” • Focus Features

BEST DIRECTOR

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Ryan Coogler | “Sinners” • Warner Bros. Pictures
Oliver Laxe | “Sirāt” • NEON

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE

ETHAN HAWKE
BLUE MOON • Sony Pictures Classics

Richard Linklater | Director
Mike Blizzard, John Sloss, Richard Linklater | Producers


Leonardo DiCaprio | “One Battle After Another” • Warner Bros. Pictures
Michael B. Jordan | “Sinners” • Warner Bros. Pictures
Wagner Moura | “The Secret Agent” • NEON

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE

ROSE BYRNE
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU • A24

Mary Bronstein | Director
Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, Richie Doyle | Producers


Jessie Buckley | “Hamnet” • Focus Features

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

BENICIO DEL TORO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Jacob Elordi | “Frankenstein” • Netflix
Sean Penn | “One Battle After Another” • Warner Bros. Pictures
Stellan Skarsgård | “Sentimental Value” • NEON

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

NINA HOSS
HEDDA • Amazon MGM Studios / Orion Pictures

Nia DaCosta | Director
Nia DaCosta, Gabrielle Nadig, Tessa Thompson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner | Producers


Amy Madigan | “Weapons” • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

ABOU SANGARÉ
SOULEYMANE’S STORY • Kino Lorber

Boris Lojkine | Director
Bruno Nahon | Producer


Miles Caton | “Sinners” • Warner Bros. Pictures
Chase Infinti | “One Battle After Another” • Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CANADIAN FILM

JOAN CHEN
MONTREAL, MY BEAUTIFUL • Filmoption International

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers


Deragh Campbell | “Measures for a Funeral” • Vortex Media
Vincent Cassel | “The Shrouds” • Sphere Films

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A CANADIAN FILM

ELLE-MÁIJÁ TRAILFEATHERS
SWEET ANGEL BABY • Vortex Media

Melanie Oates | Director
Claire Desmarais, Chris Hatcher, Melanie Oates, Matt Power | Producers


Charlotte Aubin | “Montreal, My Beautiful” • Filmoption International
Troy Kotsur | “In Cold Light” • Elevation Pictures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


“Marty Supreme” • A24 | Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
“Sentimental Value” • NEON | Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


“Hamnet” • Focus Features | Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
“No Other Choice” • NEON | Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jayhe Lee

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

ENDLESS COOKIE • Obscured Releasing

Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver | Directors
Daniel Bekerman, Chris Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle, Seth Scriver | Producers


“KPop Demon Hunters” • Netflix
“Space Cadet” • Les Films Opale

ALLAN KING BEST DOCUMENTARY

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT •
Apple TV+

Ryan White | Director
Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen | Producers


“Orwell: 2+2=5” • NEON
“The Tale of Silyan” • National Geographic

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

SIRĀT • NEON

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


“It Was Just an Accident” • NEON
“The Secret Agent” • NEON

BEST FIRST FEATURE

BLUE HERON • Blue Fox Entertainment

Sophy Romvari | Director
Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth | Producers


“Eephus” • Music Box Films | Carson Lund
“Sorry Baby” • A24 | Eva Victor

— 29th Annual Toronto Films Critics Association Awards —

ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FEATURE

BLUE HERON • Blue Fox Entertainment

Sophy Romvari | Director
Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth | Producers

NIRVANA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE • Elevation Pictures

Matt Johnson | Director
Matt Greyson, Matt Miller | Producers

THE SHROUDS • Sphere Films

David Cronenberg | Director
Saïd Ben Saïd, Anthony Vaccarello, Martin Katz | Producers

— 29th Annual Toronto Films Critics Association Awards —

ROGERS BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

ENDLESS COOKIE • Obscured Releasing

Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver | Directors
Daniel Bekerman, Chris Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle, Seth Scriver | Producers

GHOSTS OF THE SEA • National Film Board of Canada

Virginia Tangvald | Director
Nathalie Cloutier, Isabelle Couture, Élaine Hébert, Maéva Savinien | Producers

WHO KILLED THE MONTREAL EXPOS? • Netflix

Jean-François Poisson | Director
Stéphanie Thibault | Producer

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:
BEST FIRST FEATURE:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Nina Hoss – “Hedda”
Abou Sangaré – “Souleymane’s Story”
Joan Chen – “Montreal, My Beautiful”
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers – “Sweet Angel Baby”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“Endless Cookie”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Sirāt”
“Blue Heron”

ABOUT THE TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

The Toronto Film Critics Association was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto-based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print, electronic and web outlets are represented. Members of the TFCA also participate in the Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI). As such, they have sat on juries at festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Palm Springs, Chicago, Pusan, Moscow, Amsterdam, London and Vienna, among others.

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