24TH ANNUAL COLUMBUS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Best Film

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


2) No Other Choice • NEON
3) Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
4) It Was Just an Accident • NEON
5) Bugonia •
6) Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Netflix
7) Sentimental Value • NEON
8) Train Dreams • Netflix
9) Weapons • Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema
10) Marty Supreme • A24
11) Frankenstein • Netflix

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
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Rian Johnson – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance

ETHAN HAWKE
BLUE MOON • Sony Pictures Classics

Richard Linklater | Director
Mike Blizzard, John Sloss, Richard Linklater | Producers


Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
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Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
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: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
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Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Sinners
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It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Wake Up Dead Man

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

JOSH O’CONNOR
MASTERMIND | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY | THE HISTORY OF SOUND | REBUILDING


Runner-Up: Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another, The Phoenician Scheme
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Josh Brolin – The Running Man, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons
Amanda Seyfried – The Housemaid, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia, Eddington

Breakthrough Film Artist

CHASE INFINITI (Acting)
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 (Acting, Directing, Screenwriting)
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Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme (Acting)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Acting)
Carson Lund – Eephus (Directing, Screenwriting)

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
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Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
F1: The Movie – Claudio Miranda
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal

Best Film 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: F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione
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Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Weapons – Joe Murphy

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, and Jahye Lee
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Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo Del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best Original Screenplay

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

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


Runner-Up: It Was Just An Accident – Jafar Panahi
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Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Weapons – Zach Cregger

Best 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
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Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin

Best Documentary

PREDATORS • MTV / Paramount+

David Osit | Director
Jamie Gonçalves, Kellen Quinn, David Osit | Producers


Runner-Up: Cover-Up
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Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Seeds

Best Foreign Language Film

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: No Other Choice
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The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
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: KPop Demon Hunters
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Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Elio
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

ONE OF THEM DAYS • TriStar Pictures

Lawrence Lamont | Director
Issa Rae, Deniese Davis, Sara Rastogi, James Lopez, Poppy Hanks | Producers


Runner-Up: The Baltimorons
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Friendship
The Naked Gun
Splitsville

Best Overlooked Film

WARFARE • A24

Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Mathew Penry-Davey, Allon Reich, Peter Rice | Producers


Runner-Up: The Mastermind
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The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Baltimorons
Peter Hujar’s Day
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Columbus Film Critics Association

Best Film:
Best Director:
Best Lead Performance:
Best Supporting Performance:
Best Ensemble:
Best Body Of Work:
Breakthrough Film Artist:
Best Cinematography:
Best Film Editing:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Score:
Best Documentary:
Best Foreign Language Film:
Best Animated Film:
BEST COMEDY FILM:
Best Overlooked Film:

“One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”
Benicio Del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
“One Battle After Another”
Josh O’Connor – “The History of Sound”|”The Mastermind”|”Rebuilding” |”Wake Up Dead Man”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another” (Acting)
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Predators”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“One Of Them Days”
“Warfare”

ABOUT THE Columbus Film Critics Association

Founded in 2002, the Columbus Film Critics Association is made up of film critics based in Columbus, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. Its membership consists of more than 25 print, radio, television, and new media critics.

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