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MNFCA Awards 2025
The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) is proud to announce the winners of their 2025 annual Film Awards. This year, One Battle After Another claimed the top honor of Best Picture and received a total of four awards, the most of any nominated film.
Best Picture
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Director
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Weapons – Zach Cregger
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: One Battle After Another– Paul Thomas Anderson
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice – Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Park Chan-wook
Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson
Best Ensemble
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man
Best Lead Actor
WINNER: Timotheé Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Best Lead Actress
WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Sinners
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Marty Supreme
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons
Best Music
WINNER: Sinners
Hamnet
KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Best Sound
WINNER: F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Best Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Wicked: For Good
Best Special Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares
Best Stunt Choreography
WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Ballerina
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best International Feature
WINNER: Sentimental Value– Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
It Was Just an Accident – France, Iran, Luxembourg
No Other Choice – South Korea
The Secret Agent – Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
The Ugly Stepsister – Denmark, Norway, Poland, Sweden
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