29TH ANNUAL FLORIDA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
Friday, December 19, 2025

BEST PICTURE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: No Other Choice • NEON
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Grand Tour • MUBI
The Mastermind • MUBI
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

Best Director

PARK CHAN-WOOK
NO OTHER CHOICE • NEON

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


Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
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Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Bi Gan – Resurrection
Kelly Reichardt – The Mastermind

Best Actor

JOSH O’CONNOR
THE MASTERMIND • MUBI

Kelly Reichardt | Director
Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani | Producers


Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
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


Runner-Up: Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
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Crista Alfaiate – Grand Tour
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Best Supporting Actor

SEAN PENN
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: David Jonsson – The Long Walk
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Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacques Develay – Misericordia
Delroy Lindo – Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

TEYANA TAYLOR
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
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Rita Cortese – Most People Die on Sundays
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Mia Threapleton – The Phoenician Scheme

Best Ensemble

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: One Battle After Another
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Eephus
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value

Best Original Screenplay

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Written by Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: Rent Free – Fernando Andrés & Tyler Rugh
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The Astronaut Lovers – Marco Berger
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Mary Bronstein
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler

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: No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye
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Bugonia – Will Tracy
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade & Eddine Noël

Best Cinematography

RESURRECTION • Janus Films

Cinematography by Dong Jingsong

Bi Gan | Director
Zuolong Shan, Yang Lele, Charles Gillibert | Producers


Runner-Up: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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Grand Tour – Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Rui Poças
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman & Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt – Mauro Herce

Best Visual Effects

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers


Runner-Up: Frankenstein
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No Other Choice
Resurrection
Sinners

BEST EDITING

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Andy Jurgensen

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


Runner-Up: Die My Love – Toni Froschhammer
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Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
No Other Choice – Kim Sang-bum & Kim Ho-bin
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

BEST ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN

RESURRECTION • Janus Films

Bi Gan | Director
Zuolong Shan, Yang Lele, Charles Gillibert | Producers


Runner-Up: Frankenstein
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The Phoenician Scheme
The Secret Agent
Sinners

Best Score

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

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


Runner-Up: The Mastermind – Rob Mazurek
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One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Resurrection – M83
Sirāt – Kangding Ray

Best Documentary

SABBATH QUEEN • Roco Films

Sandi Simcha DuBowski | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
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The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
River of Grass

Best International Film (TIE)

GRAND TOUR • MUBI

Miguel Gomes | Director
Filipa Reis, Serena Alfieire, Patricia Faria | Producers

Best International Film (TIE)

NO OTHER CHOICE • NEON

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


It Was Just an Accident
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

Best Animated Film

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN • GKIDS

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han | Directors
Henri Magalon, Edwina Liard, Claire La Combe, Nidia Santiago | Producers


Runner-Up: 100 Meters
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Arco
KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2

BEST FIRST FEATURE

SORRY, BABY • A24

Eva Victor | Director
Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski | Producers


Runner-Up: Eephus
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Lurker
The Ugly Stepsister

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
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Miles Caton – Sinners
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Théodore Pellerin – Lurker

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GOLDEN ORANGE

RIVER OF GRASS • Fourth Act Film

Sasha Wortzel | Director
Danielle Varga, Sasha Wortzel | Producers


Runner-Up: No Sleep Till – Alexandra Simpson

Florida Film Critics Circle

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GOLDEN ORANGE:

“One Battle After Another”
Park Chan-wook – “No Other Choice”
Josh O’Connor – “The Mastermind”
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another”
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“Resurrection” – Dong Jingsong
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“Resurrection”
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Sabbath Queen”
“Grand Tour” | “No Other Choice”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Sorry, Baby”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
“Rivers Of Grass”

ABOUT THE Florida Film Critics Circle

The Florida Film Critics Circle is an organization of 25 writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida. Allison Hazlett of FlickDirect has served as chair of the organization since the beginning of 2020.

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