17TH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Awards: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | Ceremony: Sunday, February 8, 2026
The Maybourne, Beverly Hills, California
BEST PICTURE
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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2) One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures
3) Hedda • Amazon MGM Studios / Orion Pictures
4) Frankenstein • Netflix
5) Hamnet • Focus Features
6) Wicked: For Good • Universal Pictures
7) F1: The Movie • Apple Original Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
8) One of Them Days • Sony Pictures
9) The Knife • Relativity Media
10) The Smashing Machine • A24
BEST DIRECTOR
RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST ACTOR
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST ACTRESS
TESSA THOMPSON
HEDDA • Amazon MGM / Orion Pictures
Nia DaCosta | Director
Nia DaCosta, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Tessa Thompson | Producers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
DAMSON IDRIS
F1: THE MOVIE • Apple Original Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
Joseph Kosinski | Director
Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chad Oman | Producers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WUNMI MOSAKU
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST EMERGING FACE – ACTOR
MILES CATON
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST EMERGING FACE – ACTRESS
CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
BEST ENSEMBLE
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST MUSIC
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Composed by Ludwig Göransson
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST SCREENPLAY
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Written by Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix
Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers
BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
HEDDA • Amazon MGM / Orion Pictures
Nia DaCosta | Director
Nia DaCosta, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Tessa Thompson | Producers
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN
Frank Abney | Director
Nicholas Maye, Archie Davis | Executive Producers
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
HOOPS, HOPES & DREAMS
Glenn Kaino | Director
Alexys Feaster, Glenn Kaino, Michael Latt, Afshin Shahidi, Michael Watt, Jesse Williams | Producers
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
THE REBEL GIRLS
Felicia D. Henderson | Director
Felicia D. Henderson, Katrina Kudlick | Producers
AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
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“Sinners”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Tessa Thompson – “Hedda”
Damson Idris – “F1: The Movie”
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners”
Miles Caton – “Sinners”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Hedda”
“Black Man, Black Man”
“Hoops, Hopes, & Dreams”
“The Rebel Girl”
ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) actively reviews and spotlights cinema at-large, with a particular emphasis on film and TV highlighting the Black experience, especially that produced, written and/or directed by persons from the African Diaspora. Members are also engaged in AAFCA’s advocacy work, which includes programming for students interested in film criticism and journalism in addition to general community outreach. AAFCA members are a geographically diverse cross-section of journalists, covering all genres of the cinematic arts while representing multiple mediums – including print, TV, radio broadcast and online. Collectively, they reach a worldwide audience in excess of 100 million.
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