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



Best Documentary film
THE ALABAMA SOLUTION • HBO Max
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman | Director/Producers
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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
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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
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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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