Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2025 Nominees

Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another’ (Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another tops the list of the 2025 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards nominees, earning 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Hamnet picked up 10 nominations, followed by Sinners with eight and Sentimental Value with seven.

“We are proud that this year’s member-determined roster of nominees includes female contenders in non-gender-specific categories, including the invincible Chloe Zhao in the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay categories, as well as newcomer Eva Victor who produced, wrote, directed, and stars in Sorry, Baby, her first feature, which is nominated in the Original Screenplay category against the likes of the accomplished Ryan Coogler, Noah Baumbach, Jochim Trier, and Jafar Panahi.

We say hooray, and we are excited to honor these and other women filmmakers who are making their way in our still male-dominated film industry,” said Jennifer Merin, President of the 88-member AWFJ.

2025 ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS EDA AWARDS NOMINEES

BEST FILM
• FRANKENSTEIN
• HAMNET
• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• THE SECRET AGENT
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• SINNERS
• TRAIN DREAMS

BEST DIRECTOR
• Paul Thomas Anderson – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Ryan Coogler – SINNERS
• Jafar Panahi – IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
• Joachim Trier – SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Chloe Zhao – HAMNET

BEST SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT – Jafar Panahi
• JAY KELLY – Noah Baumbach
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE – Joachim Trier
• SINNERS – Ryan Coogler
• SORRY, BABY – Eva Victor

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
• BUGONIA – Will Tracy
• FRANKENSTEIN – Guillermo del Toro
• HAMNET – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Paul Thomas Anderson
• TRAIN DREAMS – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

DOCUMENTARY
• COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT – Ryan White
• MY MOM JAYNE – Mariska Hargitay
• ORWELL 2+2=5 – Raoul Peck
• THE LIBRARIANS – Kim A. Snyder
• THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR – Geeta Gandbhir

ANIMATED FEATURE
• ARCO – Ugo Bienvenu & Giles Cazaux
• IN YOUR DREAMS – Erik Benson & Alexander Woo
• KPOP DEMON HUNTERS – Chris Applehaus & Maggie Kang
• LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN – Liane-Cho Jin Kuang & Mailys Vallade
• ZOOTOPIA 2 – Jared Bush & Simon Howard

BEST ACTRESS
• Jessie Buckley – HAMNET
• Rose Byrne – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
• Renate Reinsve – SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Emma Stone – BUGONIA
• Tessa Thompson – HEDDA

BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING
• Nina Hoss – HEDDA
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – SENTIMENTAL VALUE
• Amy Madigan – WEAPONS
• Teyana Taylor – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Wunmi Mosaku – SINNERS

BEST ACTOR
• Leonardo DiCaprio – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Joel Edgerton – TRAIN DREAMS
• Ethan Hawke – BLUE MOON
• Michael B Jordan – SINNERS
• Wagner Moura – THE SECRET AGENT

BEST ACTOR, SUPPORTING
• Benicio Del Toro – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Jacob Elordi – FRANKENSTEIN
• Paul Mescal – HAMNET
• Sean Penn – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Stellan Skarsgard – SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST & CASTING DIRECTOR
• HAMNET – Nina Gold & Lucy Amos
• MARTY SUPREME – Jennifer Venditti
• NOUVELLE VAGUE – Stéphane Batut
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Cassandra Kulukundis
• SINNERS – Francine Maisler

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• FRANKENSTEIN – Dan Lausten
• HAMNET – Lukasz Zal
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Michael Bauman
• SINNERS – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
• TRAIN DREAMS – Adolpho Veloso

BEST EDITING
• F1: The Movie – Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith
• HAMNET – Affonso Goncalves & Chloe Zhao
• MARTY SUPREME – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Andy Jurgensen
• SINNERS – Michael P Shawver

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
• IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT – Jafar Panahi
• NO OTHER CHOICE – Park Chan Wook
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE – Joachim Trier
• SIRAT – Oliver Laxe
• THE SECRET AGENT – Kleber Menonca Filho

FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
• Kathryn Bigelow – A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
• Mary Bronstein – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
• Mona Fastwold – THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
• Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY
• Chloe Zhao – HAMNET

BEST FEMALE WRITER
• Mary Bronstein – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
• Nia DaCosta – HEDDA
• Hikari & Stephen Blahut – RENTAL FAMILY
• Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY
• Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell – HAMNET

BEST VOICED PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATED FILM
• Ginnifer Goodwin – ZOOTOPIA 2
• Loïse Charpentier – LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
• Arden Cho – KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
• Fortune Feimster – ZOOTOPIA 2
• Zoe Saldaña – ELIO

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
• Odessa A’Zion – MARTY SUPREME
• Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Teyana Taylor – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Wunmi Mosaku – SINNERS
• Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY

BEST STUNTS PERFORMANCE
• Ana de Armas – BALLERINA
• Hayley Atwell – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
• Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Teyana Taylor – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
• Pom Klementieff – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

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