34TH ANNUAL Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Monday, December 15, 2025



BEST PICTURE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers
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Runner-Up: Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
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3) Marty Supreme • A24
4) It Was Just an Accident • NEON
5) Sentimental Value • NEON
6) Hamnet • Focus Features
7) Train Dreams • Netflix
8) Weapons• Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema
9) Frankenstein • Netflix
10) The Secret Agent • NEON



BEST DIRECTOR
RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another



Best Actor
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon



Best Actress
JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features
Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers
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Runner-Up: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You



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
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Runner-Up: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another



Best Supporting Actress
AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
Zach Cregger| Director
| Producers
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Runner-Up: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another



Best Ensemble
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: One Battle After Another



Best Original Screenplay
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Written by Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: Sentimental Value – 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
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Runner-Up: Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar



BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix
Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers
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Runner-Up: Predators



BEST ANIMATED FILM
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
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Runner-Up: Zootopia 2



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON
Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer
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Runner-Up: Sentimental Value



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Composed by Ludwig Göransson
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Runner-Up: One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

Southeastern Film Critics Association
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Best Ensemble:
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
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Best Foreign-Language Film:
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Best Score:
“One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson

ABOUT THE Southeastern Film Critics Association
The Southeastern Film Critics Association is to represent–as an impartial, organized working unit–the profession of film criticism, and to recognize the highest creative achievements in the field of motion pictures, and thereby to uphold the integrity and significance of film criticism.







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