The Austin Film Critics Association Announces its 2025 Awards Nominees

One Battle After Another and Sinners lead the Austin Film Critics Association’s (AFCA) 2025 awards with nominations in 11 categories, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and numerous acting categories. 

Other major contenders include Marty Supreme, which received nominations in 8 categories, Weapons, with 4 nominations, and The Secret Agent, with 4 nominations as well. The AFCA 2025 Awards continue to celebrate new creative talent with nominations for Andrew DeYoung (Friendship), Carson Lund (Eephus), Charlie Polinger, (The Plague), Kristen Stewart, (The Chronology of Water), and Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby).

The AFCA 2025 Awards Nomminees

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• The Testament of Ann Lee
• Train Dreams
• Weapons

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
• Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Actress

• Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• David Jonsson, The Long Walk
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly

Best Ensemble

• The Long Walk
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay

• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Zach Cregger, Weapons
• Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
• Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon, One Battle After Another
• Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Denis Johnson, Train Dreams
• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake, No Other Choice
• Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Will Tracy, Jang Joon-hwan, Bugonia

Best Cinematography

• Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
• Autumn Durald, Sinners
• Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
• Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
• Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Editing

• Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
• Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
• Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
• Joe Murphy, Weapons
• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Original Score

• Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
• Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
• Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
• Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (NiN), Tron: Ares

Best International Film

• It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
• No Other Choice (Eojjeolsugaeopda)
• The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
• Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
• Sirāt

Best Documentary

• Come See Me In The Good Light
• Orwell: 2+2=5
• The Librarians
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Predators

Best Animated Film

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance

• Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Arden Cho, Audrey Nuna, KPop Demon Hunters
• Will Patton, Train Dreams
• Stephen Lang, Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Stunt Work

• Ballerina
• F1: The Movie
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1: The Movie
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• Superman

Best Remake/Franchise Film

Best First Film

• Andrew DeYoung, Friendship
• Carson Lund, Eephus
• Charlie Polinger, The Plague
• Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water
• Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award

• Continuing our change to this category from last year, all 5 of our top nominees will be honored with the award and will be announced on December 18th.

In alphabetical order, the five nominees for Best Austin Film 2025 are:

• The American Southwest (dir. Ben Masters)
• Blue Moon (dir. Richard Linklater)
• Man Goes on Rant (dir. Peter Curtis Pardini)
• Nouvelle Vague (dir. Richard Linklater)
• The Toxic Avenger (dir. Macon Blair)

The AFCA 2025 Awards, as voted by its membership, will be unveiled on December 18th.