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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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