17TH ANNUAL INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Monday, December 15, 2025

BEST PICTURE

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures
28 Years Later • Sony / Columbia Pictures
Black Bag • Focus Features
Bob Trevino Likes It • Roadside Attractions
Bugonia • Focus Features
Frankenstein • Netflix
Friendship • A24
Hamnet • Focus Features
Jay Kelly • Netflix
The Life of Chuck • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
No Other Choice • NEON
The Phoenician Scheme • Focus Features
The Plague • IFC Films
Splitsville • NEON
Superman • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Train Dreams • Netflix
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Netflix
Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema

Best Director

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

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Michael Angelo Covino – Splitsville
Zach Cregger – Weapons
James Gunn – Superman
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Steven Soderbergh – Black Bag

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
MARTY SUPREME • A24

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


Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Everett Blunck – The Plague
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
David Corenswet – Superman
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Michael Fassbender – Black Bag
Barbie Ferreira – Bob Trevino Likes It
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Liam Neeson – The Naked Gun
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Emma Stone – Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

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

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


Runner-Up: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Pamela Anderson – The Naked Gun
Miles Caton – Sinners
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Nicholas Hoult – Superman
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
John Leguizamo – Bob Trevino Likes It
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
French Stewart – Bob Trevino Likes It
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE

WILL PATTON (Narrator)
TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix

Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers


Runner-Up: Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire And Ash
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi – Predator: Badlands
Zhu Jing – The Legend of Hei 2

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another
Black Bag
Bugonia
The Life of Chuck
Marty Supreme
The Plague
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Original Screenplay

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

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


Runner-Up: Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Black Bag – David Koepp
Bob Trevino Likes It – Tracie Laymon
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer
The Plague – Charlie Polinger
Splitsville – Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin
Weapons – Zach Cregger

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


Runner-Up: The Life of Chuck – Mike Flanagan
28 Years Later – Alex Garland
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
The Naked Gun – Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akiva Schaffer
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Lee Ja-hye
Superman – James Gunn
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

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


Runner-Up: The Legend of Hei 2
In Your Dreams
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Ne Zha 2
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

NO OTHER CHOICE • NEON

Park Chan-wook | Director
Park Chan-wook, Jisun Back, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras | Producers


Runner-Up: Sentimental Value
Cloud
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Rental Family
The Secret Agent
Universal Language
The Voice of Hind Rajab

BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE TENDERNESS TOUR •
By The Glass Productions

Andie Redwine | Director
Edward Paul Fry, Denis Henry Hennelly, Mike Manning, Andie Redwine | Producers


Runner-Up: Orwell: 2+2=5
Are We Good?
Deaf President Now!
Disposable Humanity
Grand Theft Hamlet
Hacking at Leaves
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
28 Years Later – Young Fathers
Black Bag – David Holmes
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
The Plague – Johan Lenox
Superman – John Murphy and David Fleming
Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails
Weapons – Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay and Zach Cregger

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
28 Years Later – Anthony Dod Mantle
Black Bag – Steven Soderbergh
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Fraser Taggart
The Plague – Steven Breckon
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Weapons – Larkin Seiple

BEST EDITING

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Michael P. Shawver

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
28 Years Later – Jon Harris
Black Bag – Steven Soderbergh
Highest 2 Lowest – Barry Alexander Brown and Allyson C. Johnson
The Life of Chuck – Mike Flanagan
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
The Naked Gun – Brian Scott Olds
No Other Choice – Kim Sang-bum
Splitsville – Sara Shaw

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Second Unit Directing & Stunt Choreography by Wade Eastwood

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Brian Machleit (stunt coordinator)
Eddington – Timothy Eulich (stunt coordinator)
Fight or Flight – Alain Moussi (stunt coordinator), Brahim Chab (fight coordinator), László Kósa (stunt coordinator, Hungary) and Balázs Lengyel (fight coordinator, Hungary)
The Life of Chuck – Mandy Moore (choreographer)
Predator: Badlands – Jacob Tomuri (stunt coordinator)
Splitsville – Tyler Hall (stunt coordinator / stunt driver) and Dave McKeown (stunt coordinator)
The Testament of Ann Lee – Celia Rowlson-Hall (choreographer)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

Special Effects by Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess & Ivan Busquets (VFX supervisors) & José Granell (miniatures / models supervisor)

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


Runner-Up: Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter & Donnie Dean
Avatar: Fire And Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon & Daniel Barrett
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Scott Stokdyk, Robert Allman, Daniele Bigi, Theodore Bialek & Alistair Williams
The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen & Brandon K. McLaughlin
Mickey 17 – Dan Glass, Chris McLaughlin, Stuart Penn & Dominic Tuohy
Predator: Badlands – Olivier Dumont, Sheldon Stopsack, Kathy Siegel & Karl Rapley
Superman – Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé & Guy Williams
Tron: Ares – Jeff Capogreco, Dave Funston, Ross McCabe, Abishek Nair, Vincent Papaix & Cameron Waldbauer

ORIGINAL VISION

GOOD BOY • IFC Films

Ben Leonberg | Director
Kari Fischer, Ben Leonberg | Producers


Runner-Up: The Testament of Ann Lee
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
One Battle After Another
The Plague
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Train Dreams

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR

CHASE INFINITI (Performer)
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Miles Caton (performer) – Sinners
Clint Bentley (director / co-writer) – Train Dreams
Everett Blunck (performer) – The Plague
Aidan Delbis (performer) – Bugonia
Jacobi Jupe (performer) – Hamnet
Tracie Laymon (director / writer) – Bob Trevino Likes It
Charlie Polinger (director / writer) – The Plague
Eva Victor (director / writer / performer) – Sorry, Baby
Alfie Williams (performer) – 28 Years Later

EDWARD JOHNSON-OTT HOOSIER AWARD
(As a special honor named after IFJA founding member and longtime NUVO Newsweekly critic Edward Johnson-Ott, no runner-up is named in this category)

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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

Indiana Film Journalists Association

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BEST ANIMATED FILM:
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
BEST MUSICAL SCORE:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST EDITING:
BEST STUNT / CHOREOGRAPHY:

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
ORIGINAL VISION AWARD:

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR:

“Sinners”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Will Patton – “Train Dreams”
“Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“No Other Choice”
“The Tenderness Tour”
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Sinners” – Michael P. Shawver
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“Frankenstein”
“Good Boy”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”

ABOUT THE Indiana Film Journalists Association

Established in 2009 by a dedicated group of six Indiana journalists, the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) is a growing organization of Indiana-based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented. IFJA was established to promote the art of film criticism in the Hoosier state, to support Indiana’s growing film industry and to promote quality film criticism in Indiana.

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