24TH ANNUAL UTAH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Best Picture

SORRY, BABY • A24

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


Runner-Up: Hamnet • Focus Features
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One Battle After Another • Warner Bros. Pictures
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
Train Dreams • Netflix

Best Director

Eva Victor
SORRY, BABY • A24

Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski | Producers


Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
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Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Lead Performance, Male

MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
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Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

Best Lead Performance, Female

JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers


Runner-Up: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Supporting Performance, Male

DELROY LINDO
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
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Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Performance, Female

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Runner-Up: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
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Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble Cast

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

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


Runner-Up: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Warfare

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film (tie)

Alfie Williams
28 YEARS LATER • Sony / Columbia Pictures

Danny Boyle | Director
Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernie Bellew, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland | Producers

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film (tie)

AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers


Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Elle Fanning – Predator: Badlands
Indy the Dog – Good Boy

Best Screenplay

SORRY, BABY • A24

Written by Eva Victor

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


Runner-Up: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
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Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Cinematography 

TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix

Cinematography by Adolpho Veloso

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


Runner-Up: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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F1: The Movie – Claudio Miranda
Hamnet – Lukas Zal
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


Runner-Up: Hamnet – Max Richter
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F1: The Movie – Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

Best Film Editing

WARFARE • A24

Editing by Fin Oates

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


Runner-Up: Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
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F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen

Best Visual Effects

FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix

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


Runner-Up: Avatar: Fire And Ash
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Predator: Badlands
Sinners
Superman

Best SOUND

WARFARE • A24

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


Runner-Up: F1: The Movie
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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Stunt Design

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures

Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers


Runner-Up: Ballerina
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F1: The Movie
Predator: Badlands
The Running Man

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Best Documentary film

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION • HBO Max

Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman | Director/Producers


Runner-Up: The Perfect Neighbor
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
Come See Me in the Good Light
The Librarians
Orwell: 2+2=5

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: K-Pop Demon Hunters
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Arco
Elio
Zootopia 2

Best Non-English Language Feature

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer


Runner-Up: Sentimental Value
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No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

Utah Film Critics Association

BEST PICTURE:
BEST DIRECTING:
BEST ACTOR:
BEST ACTRESS:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
Performance in a Sci-Fi|Fantasy|Horror:
BEST SCREENPLAY:
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
BEST FILM EDITING:
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
BEST SOUND:
BEST STUNT DESIGN:
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

“Sorry, Baby”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Delroy Lindo – “Sinners”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners”
Alfie Williams – “28 Years Later” | Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sorry, Baby” – Eva Victor
“Train Dreams” – Adolpho Veloso
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Warfare” – Fin Oates
“Frankenstein”
“Warfare”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“The Alabama Solution”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“It Was Just an Accident”

ABOUT THE Utah Film Critics Association

Formed in 2002, the Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) meets every December to vote on the year’s best cinema.

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