38TH ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Thursday, December 11, 2025

BEST PICTURE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


It Was Just an Accident • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
Train Dreams • Netflix

Best Director

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

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Best Actor

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
MARTY SUPREME • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers


Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

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
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Tessa Thompson – Hedda

Best Supporting Actor

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
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

TEYANA TAYLOR
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Odessa A’Zion – Marty Supreme
Nina Hoss – Hedda
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners

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Best Original Screenplay

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Written by Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor

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 – Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Jahye Lee
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

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Best Documentary

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


Cover-Up
My Undesirable Friends – Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
Predators
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Production Design by Tamara Deverell

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers


Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners

Best Cinematography

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Michael Bauman

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


Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Lukasz Zal
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Costume Design by Kate Hawley

Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers


Hedda – Lindsay Pugh
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
The Testament of Ann Lee – Malgorzata Karpiuk
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell

Best Editing

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Edited by Andy Jurgensen

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


28 Years Later – Jon Harris
F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione & Patrick J. Smith
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
No Other Choice – Kim Sang-beom & Kim Ho-bin

Best Original Score

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Jonny Greenwood

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


The Mastermind – Rob Mazurek
Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
The Testament of Ann Lee – Daniel Blumberg
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner

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BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER

EVA VICTOR
SORRY, BABY • A24

Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins | Producers


Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch
Carson Lund – Eephus
James Sweeney – Twinless

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Miles Caton – Sinners
Abou Sangare – Souleymane’s Story
Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Chicago Film Critics Association

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Most Promising Performer:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another”
“It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell
“One Battle After Another” – Michael Bauman
“Frankenstein” – Kate Hawley
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“One Battle After Another” – Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”

ABOUT THE Chicago Film Critics Association

The Chicago Film Critics Association supports and celebrates quality filmmaking that has something to say about our world, our lives, and our society. In the past, while the CFCA’s priority was to support and fight for the continued role of film critics in the media, the CFCA’s public interaction was limited to the announcement of its annual film awards. In recent years, the CFCA has expanded its presence on the Chicago arts scene, promoting critical thinking about cinema to a wider base through several initiatives, including the re-launch of a late-winter film awards ceremony; CFCA-hosted film screenings throughout Chicagoland; and a Young People’s Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia. The annual Chicago Critics Film Festival further builds on the organization’s goal to be an active part of the Chicago film landscape.

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